Kite surfing has a huge following on the California Coast. Traveling the length of the state, you can see the sport nearly everywhere you go. Huntington Beach features one kite surfing store and one in nearby Sunset Beach, where you can get "geared up" and go.  In Seal Beach, just over the Anaheim Bay bridge from Huntington's northernmost coastal location on Pacific Coast Highway, there is even a Windsurfing Rigging Area donated by the Seal Beach Sailors. 

Windsurfing

The first patent on a windsurf board was issued in 1968 to Hoyle Schweitzer and Jim Drake. The Southern Californians felt the drawbacks of surfing could be overcome through innovation. The "Windsurfer" was born as an idea and product to combine the sports of surfing and sailing. Though not an original idea when patented, the two men brought the sport into popularity.

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