Kiteboarders catch the winds
Also try sailing, windsurfing or kayaking in the bay or on the Gulf

By Andrea Wall, Caller-Times

  

Outdoor Sports Recreational sports    ADULTS    Baseball    South Texas Adult Baseball League, 241-5949    Golf    Oso Beach Municipal Course, 991-5351    Gabe Lozano Sr. Golf Center, 883-3696    Horseshoes    South Texas Horseshoe Club, 729-8672    Kayaking/surfing/ windsurfing    Wind and Wave Water Sports, 937-9283    Dockside Surf Shop, 937-5451    Kickball    Corpus Christi Adult Kickball League, 992-7530    Kiteboarding    Pro Kitesurf, 883-1473    Zero Gravity, 992-2673    Soccer    Coastal Bend Women's Soccer Association, 850-7476    Softball    Grandstands, 854-9994    Corpus Christi Senior Softball Association, 852-8416    CHILDREN    Baseball    Gulf Coast Central Youth Sports, 857-2094    Padre Little League, 991-5321    Southside Pony League, 857-5714    Football    Corpus Christi Youth Football League, 851-8952    South Texas Pop Warner, 334-3943    Soccer    Santa Fe Soccer League, 857-8217    Tri-City Youth Soccer, 776-5048    Softball    Sparkling City Girl's Fastpitch, 225-4277    City by the Sea, 806-0268    Gulf Coast Complex, 960-3408

Paul Iverson/Caller-Times file RIDING THE WAVES: Jim Ceserani of Corpus Christi rides the swells in his ocean kayak at J.P. Luby Surf Park. Corpus Christi’s consistently strong winds also make it a good spot for surfing, windsurfing and kiteboarding.

Emily Witt and her fiancee, John Horne, loved to spend their free time wakeboarding, until they found themselves without access to a boat. So, on a whim, the couple drove from Houston to Corpus Christi to try a sport they had only heard about in passing.
   One lesson with Zero Gravity Kiteboarding School, and three hours later the soon-to-be-married couple had a new love in their life - kiteboarding.
   "We had such a great time," Witt said. "We have already started buying the equipment and are trying to figure out what size kite we need. It was just a ton of fun."
   Kiteboarding is just one of the outdoor water sports - along with surfing, kayaking and windsurfing - that is enjoyed on the Coastal Bend waterfront.
   But activities are not limited to the waterfront. Sporting events such as soccer, football, baseball, softball, golf and tennis, just to name a few, are available at various locations.
   "People don't realize what they've got in this city," said Buck Ashcraft, manager of Zero Gravity, who is Witt and Horne's instructor. "For every one time you have gone surfing, I've been kiteboarding probably 15 times."
   Witt and Horne went on their trip hoping to find better wind conditions. What they found was a sport surging in popularity in Corpus Christi.
   "John has some cousins in Corpus Christi, but other than that, we probably wouldn't normally have gone," Witt said. "But now that we are into kiteboarding, we can use visiting his cousins as an excuse to come down and kiteboard. The conditions are perfect, and the weather is fabulous."