It’s Adventure Sports USA’s birthday! For 30 years now, this shop has been making board sports accessible to everyone, from stand-up paddle to kitesurfing, from surfing to wingfoiling, but also for skateboarding, mountain biking and other outdoor sports. Based both in Florida and Maui, Adventure Sports USA distributes top brands such as Cabrinha, NeilPryde, JP Australia, Dakine and many others, from gear and accessories to lifestyle products. Well, the promise of Adventure Sports USA is still and has been for 30 years: “Whether you’re looking for kitesurfing, wingfoiling, or windsurfing gear, hydrofoils or e-foils, kayaks, paddleboards, or anything else, you can find it all here! From all the equipment for every water sport you can think of to the lifestyle, apparel and accessories on and off the beach.”. To find out more, we spoke to Raul Ruiz, Retail Operations Director at Adventure Sports USA. He tells us about the company’s history, how they’ve tackled the many evolutions of our sports over the years… and also announces the 30th anniversary party planned at Miami and Maui stores on July 28th. So let’s celebrate!
We went into this for the long haul ! We are a team that is connected by our love for the water. We spread that energy and will keep spreading it long into the future.
Raul Ruiz and Lizi Ruiz – read her interview about “How to cross over from stand-up paddling to wingfoiling?”
We are lead by our CEO Kent Marinkovic who has been there from the very start pushing the kitesurfing brand. Many of us have been here for closing in on 10 years or more. Part of our team is also young riders who grew up, went to college, came back to work for us !
We are a multi-level organization with our own brands, distribution and us the Adventure Sports retail stores. Adventure Sports was previously owned by The Pryde Group until 2020. We were then acquired by Waterbound Investments chaired by Jon Modica, a former team rider for Cabrinha and passionate wind and wave sport enthusiast. We have been charging even harder since then pushing the boundaries of wind and wave sports.
Adventure Sports USA Fort Lauderdale
Definitely lots of surfing, windsurfing and paddling back then, kiting was just at the start. We have seen many changes but consistently the number one has been kitesurfing for over 10 years.
@la_fran_kite, Adventure Sports USA Ambassador
We invite the changes ! Water sports are meant to evolve. With the most recent introduction of wingfoiling we are able to cross people from SUP to wind sports that were not interested when it was solely kitesurf or windsurf.
Francisca Canas, Adventure Sports USA Ambassador – Photo : @arnold1956newman
We are in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Maui for our stores. We have equipment rentals in all stores, on-water rentals and lessons in kitesurfing, paddling, SUP yoga are in our Matheson Hammock Concession in Miami. We try to encourage our communities to be on the water as much as possible !
Always well received at Adventure Sports USA!
Cabrinha, Dakine, NeilPryde, JP Australia, Duotone, Lift, Takuma, Patagonia, Ocean Kayak, Hobie, Mystic and many, many more.
Adventure Sports USA Miami
Expand our community. We strive to show our passion for the water. If you talk to anyone in our shops you can feel our energy, that’s what it’s all about – sharing the waters !
Lizi Ruiz, Adventure Sports USA Ambassador
YES! We’re having a huge party in our Miami and Maui stores on July 28th including dropping a whole new Adventure Sports apparel line celebrating the 30th anniversary.
17th May 2024
Pour sa troisième Ă©dition, le DĂ©fi Wing a fait fort : 400 dĂ©fieurs, trois jours de Tramontane qui est montĂ©e crescendo, 7 manches et plus de 160km parcourus, dont Fiona Wylde et Mathis Ghio ont Ă©tĂ© les grands vainqueurs. Mais, le DĂ©fi, c’est n’est pas que sur l’eau ! Tout un village de la glisse […]
30th November 2023
It’s a subject we don’t often talk about, but it’s nonetheless an important one: swimwear for board sports such as wingfoil or kitesurfing. And when it comes to women’s water sports swimwear, the choice is even more limited. However, new brands and designers are beginning to take an interest in this area: such is the […]
27th November 2023
Christmas is just around the corner! If you’re looking for the perfect gift for the wingfoil enthusiast, you’ve come to the right place. With Adventure Sports USA, we’ve put together a carefully selected list of gifts, from small accessories to larger pieces of equipment, to make your favourite wingfoil enthusiast’s eyes shine this festive season. […]
19th September 2023
Meet Frances Osorio Rivera, aka La Fran Kite, a one-legged kitesurfer and US Army veteran. Kitesurfing, SUPing, wingfoiling, skateboarding… Frances is a pure waterwoman rider, except that she does it all on one leg! Originally from Puerto Rico, Frances has always been involved in water sports, and has also swum at a high level. Unfortunately, […]
12th June 2023
La NeilPryde Fly est enfin disponible sur Adventure Sports USA ! NeilPryde, marque historique du windsurf, s’est enfin lancĂ© dans le monde du wingfoil en cette annĂ©e 2023, avec sa wing Fly et des boards spĂ©cialisĂ©e chez la marque sĹ“ur JP Australia. Ce lancement s’est accompagnĂ© de la crĂ©ation d’une team de riders ultra-motivĂ©s et […]
6th June 2023
The NeilPryde Fly is now available at Adventure Sports USA! NeilPryde, the historic windsurfing brand, has finally entered the world of wingfoil in 2023, with its wing Fly and specialized boards from sister brand JP Australia. This launch was accompanied by the creation of a team of ultra-motivated and talented riders: Vinnicius Martins, Sam Estève, […]
23rd May 2023
Last month we brought you our first Top 10 accessories for wingfoiling with Dakine and Adventure Sports USA… here is part two! Because yes, if you can totally wingfoil with just a board, a wing and a foil, there are a whole bunch of accessories that can make your life easier, or even preserve it […]
25th April 2023
For wingfoiling, you will need: a board, a wing and a foil. And that’s all ? Even if you can go in the water like that, for wingfoiling, there are quite a lot of accessories that are essential, especially in terms of safety, and others that can make your life easier, in terms of assembly, […]
31st March 2023
Among wingfoilers, apart from young people, it is rare to find people who do not come from other watersports: windsurf, surf, kite, sailing, wake… but also stand-up paddle are so many gateways to the marvelous world of the wing. As you know, here on TotalWing you are on the little brother site of TotalSUP, a […]
