Charl
Head instructor, IKO certified and licensed boat captain.
He has traveled to different continents working on a boat as diver and spearfishing instructor.
He is kind, patient and focuses on safety.
Charl is fluent in Afrikáans and English, and he even speaks some Spanish!
Alex
PASA Certified, Alex has been instructing in South Florida for 5 years. He knows the area, and its common wind and weather conditions. He is studying to become a commercial pilot but loves to the water and teaches with us the remaining 4 days of the week that he isn’t studying.
Alex teaches in fluent English and Russian.
Marina
IKO certified and has taught in places like Sicily and Miami Beach. Marina is very patient with a lot of experience on kiteboarding. She speaks fluent English, Russian, Italian, German and Ukrainian.
Living in Miami, Marina is also the owner of Platinum Sun.
Stefan Pantu
Stefan is the founder of SFKB. He started SFKB on 2002, he has taught hundreds of students to kiteboard and windsurf. He started to kiteboard when “no one knew what it was and we didn’t even have any inflatable kites”. He is an IKO and PASA certified kiteboard instructor and USW certified windsurfing instructor. Stefan is also an FAA Certified Private Pilot. He is fluent in English, French and Romanian.