Sailboards Miami

Kayaking

Select a rental kayak from a full fleet of stable, sit-on-top kayaks and safely and easily glide through tranquil waters. All ages are welcome and no training is necessary! Open water and wide bay self-guided kayak trips include Vizcaya, Grove Isles, The Sister Islands, celebrity homes, Shrimp Lagoon, Key Biscayne, and Bill Baggs Park. Feel free to bring a snorkel and explore!

Kayak Rental Rates: Single: Hourly $15.00 Half-Day (4 Hours) $50.00 Full-Day (6 hours) $70.00 10 Hour Club Card * $110.00 Double: Hourly $20.00 Half-Day (4 Hours) $65.00 Full-Day (6 Hours) $90.00

Kiteboarding

As a mixture of wakeboarding and windsurfing, kiteboarding started as a light wind alternative for windsurfers. Since then it has progressed into higher winds and acrobatics. Regardless of where you learn, we highly recommend you follow the safety guidelines of the Florida Kiteboarding Association thus avoiding any preventable incidents or injuries to yourself and others. Several of our instructors partake in this exciting extreme sport. It is a huge benefit if you learn to windsurf first and then progress onto kiteboarding. Windsurfing is a safer way to access the water and capture the wind. Learning about the wind will help lessen the kite learning curve.

Sailboards Miami, with its colorful sails, has graced the entrance to Key Biscayne since the 1980's. Our presence on the Causeway is an unofficial landmark for locals and tourists alike. Pioneers in introducing windsurfing to the general public, we have watched the sport grow from infancy into adulthood. The school began in the days of triangular sails, tied-on-booms, freestyle, and the family dog being taken out for a cruise. Gary Eversole, Cort Larned, Rhonda Smith, Mark Robinson and many other windsurfing hot-shots are a part of our history. Miami Vice, with the neon era, brought tremendous attention to our sport (one of our own sailors even graced the opening trailer for the series!). Having survived Hurricane Andrew, we witnessed amazing developments in equipment as hi-performance gear became the norm.

Ovidio DeLeon, the owner since the early 1990's, is a B.I.G. Master Instructor, a U.S. Sailing Instructor Trainer, and is competitive in all points of sail. Vids love of the sport and desire to see it grow motivated him to join the Sailboards team. For over 20 years Sailboards Miami has been a partner with Miami-Dade County in providing recreation and safety on the Causeway. The schools presence gives Windsurfer Beach patrons a sense of security, a helping hand, and serves as a tourist information center. Youth groups, social clubs, charity events, and local businesses utilize our school for their team building and fund-raising events. Sailboards Miami proudly works with our local community. Swap meets, beach clean-ups, and fun races create a small town feeling within the vast metropolis of Miami.

On the national front, we have been featured on ABC Family Channels "Switched," The Travel Channels "Red Hot Miami," Deco Drive, MTV "Dismissed," Telemundos "Sabado Gigante," Univisions "Caliente," and in The Miami Herald, The Key Biscayne Islander, and the Biscayne Bay Tribune. Our sails and beach have enhanced production backgrounds and numerous celebrities have found taking a windsurfer out for a sail the perfect way to spend an afternoon.