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Armando's Kite Shack Fisherman's Huts · Aruba
Noord, Aruba · Fisherman's Huts

Your first ride starts here.

A friendly beach-school start to kitesurfing: experienced instructors, steady winds, and warm, shallow water under your feet.

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Armando's Kite Shack
10,000+ people taught at the school
15+ yrs teaching experience for instructors
Ride Guarantee in 4 lessons or money back
A proper beach-school beginning

No experience? That's the right place to start.

The first steps happen at your pace. Learn how to handle the kite on land, then take those skills into the water with an instructor beside you. Safety comes first.

"If you can walk, you can kiteboard."

Armando Wester, founder
Your first time on the kite

One step at a time. Then, into the blue.

Learn with experienced instructors, from your first kite control to your first ride.

01 / On the beach

Get comfortable with the kite

Start on land with a trainer kite: steering and power-zone fundamentals. Kite control usually takes 45–60 minutes to master.

02 / In the shallows

Feel the power, safely

Learn kite setup, line connection and the safety system, then enjoy your first body-dragging session in the water.

03 / Build your ride

Board skills and beyond

Move on to footstraps, waterstarts and riding in both directions, working toward self-sufficient kiteboarding.

Fisherman's Huts

A gentle place to find your feet.

Fisherman's Huts in Noord offers flat, shallow water and steady winds, reassuring conditions for beginners.

Clear water. Room to practice. The trade winds doing what they do best.
Lessons and rates

Choose your time on the water.

Prices in USD. Package prices are the total for the stated number of lessons.

First lesson · 2 hours
$180 per lesson

Start on land with a trainer kite, then take your first body-dragging session in the water.

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Most popular Fourth lesson
$400 total for a 4-lesson package

Our most sold course, with riding guaranteed after the fourth lesson.

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The story

The shack that brought kitesurfing to Aruba.

Armando discovered kitesurfing in Hawaii in 1998, bought his first kite and brought the sport home to the Fisherman's Huts. The shack has been teaching there ever since.

  • 1998Armando learns to kite in Hawaii and starts teaching in Aruba.
  • 2007Armando leads eleven kitesurfers on the first recorded kite crossing from Venezuela to Aruba.
  • TodayLessons, rentals, wingfoil and sunsets at the pink hut.
Make a week of it

More than lessons.

The Kite Apartment

Stay a four-minute drive from the beach, in a garden of palm trees, with kitchen, air conditioning and parking.

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Gear rental

Travel light: rent a board, or the full set of kite, board, harness and leash, by the day or the week.

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Wingfoil and Hobie-Cat

Try wingfoiling with a private lesson, or sail the bay on the Hobie-Cat when the wind is right.

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The shack and shop

Swing by the pink hut for hats, shirts and sun-protection water shirts, and stay for the sunset.

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Fisherman's HutsNoord · Aruba
Find us on the north-west coast

A little north of the Ritz.

Look for the pink hut at Fisherman's Huts in Noord, north of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Reach out before you head over to confirm the details for your visit.

Armando's Kite Shack Fisherman's Huts, Noord, Aruba
North of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel
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Let's get you out on the water.

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