#Friday50thStories It’s our 50th Season! 🪁✨And to celebrate, we’re starting our storytelling initiative where we will be sharing uplifting messages from friends, customers, and the community who have helped Kitty Hawk Kites soar into 50 years! This week's story is Terree Neal! Terry befriended founder and CEO John Harris back in 1984, and became one of the first photographers to publish photos of our Hang Gliding lessons on the dunes of Jockey's Ridge! Terree's photos were spread far and wide and captured the magic of flight in the place where it began and for that we are forever thankful! Thank you Terree for helping to teach to the world to fly! 🪁💙 Have a story to share? Nothing would make us happier than hearing from you. Visit https://lnkd.in/eBzm9qVc to learn more! #50yearsofKHK #50thAnniversary #50yearsofflightandpositivity #50years #obx #Friday50thStor #friday50thstories
Kitty Hawk Kites & Adventures
Retail
Nags Head, NC 1,222 followers
Teaching the World to Fly Since 1974!
About us
Kitty Hawk Kites 🪁 has been pioneering adventure and family fun in the Outer Banks since 1974, offering a unique blend of exhilarating recreational activities and a diverse range of quality retail products. We're dedicated to creating uplifting experiences with a focus on safety, customer service, and environmental stewardship, inviting you to soar with us and explore the beauty of OBX from land, sea, and air 🌊 🌤️ Check us out on your favorite social media 👉 @KittyHawkKites
- Website
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http://www.kittyhawk.com
External link for Kitty Hawk Kites & Adventures
- Industry
- Retail
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Nags Head, NC
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1974
- Specialties
- Hang Gliding, Kites, Kiteboarding, Paragliding, Outer Banks Shopping, Outdoor Recreation, Kayaking, Stand Up Paddleboarding, Outdoor Adventure, Toys, Gifts, T-shirts, and SUP
Locations
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Primary
PO Box 1839
Nags Head, NC 27959, US
Employees at Kitty Hawk Kites & Adventures
Updates
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It’s our 50th Season! 🪁✨And to celebrate, we’re starting our storytelling initiative where we will be sharing uplifting messages from friends, customers, and the community who have helped Kitty Hawk Kites soar into 50 years! This one is a continuation of last week's very special KHK LOVE story💙🪁! We got to catch up with Carl and Catherine Erdly at the OBX Watermelon Festival this past week. Catherine and Carl met at Kitty Hawk Kites in 1998 as store employees! Catherine worked as a yo-yo expert at our Duck and Carl was head kite salesman in Nags Head. Fast forward 20 some years and these two are married with 2 children, and visiting the Outer Banks again for the first time in 16 years! It is so excited to see them back and sharing the joy of Kitty Hawk Kites with their family all these years later! Thank you Catherine and Carl for helping teach the World to Fly! And Happy 22nd Anniversary! Have a story to share? Nothing would make us happier than hearing from you. Visit https://lnkd.in/eBzm9qVc to learn more! #50yearsofKHK #50thAnniversary #50yearsofflightandpositivity #50years #obx
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#Friday50thStories It’s our 50th Season! 🪁✨And to celebrate, we’re starting our storytelling initiative where we will be sharing uplifting messages from friends, customers, and the community who have helped Kitty Hawk Kites soar into 50 years! This one is a very special KHK LOVE story💙🪁! Former employee, Carl Erdly, shares how he met his wife while working for Kitty Hawk Kites in the late 1990s. We’re so excited to hear that Carl is bringing his family back to the OBX to share the magic of Kitty Hawk Kites: “Kitty Hawk Kites certainly changed my life! I spent two summers working at the Nags Head store (1997/98) and in the second summer met a Brit who worked at the Duck store at the KHK international worker beach house. Well here we are 26 years later, married with two wonderful children, living in London. Our family are coming back to the OBX this summer in late July, and I can't wait to get the kids on a hang gliding lesson, kayak tour(s), and of course lots of kite flying. Congrats on 50 years, and look forward to coming back!” Have a story to share? Nothing would make us happier than hearing from you! Visit https://lnkd.in/eBzm9qVc to share your story today! #50yearsofKHK #50thAnniversary #50yearsofflightandpositivity #50years #obx
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Proud to be featured in the Avery Journal Times! Check out their feature on John Harris' 50 year milestone of Grandfather Mountain! https://lnkd.in/eunP6Rpg
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We recently got to sit down with founder, John Harris, and reflect on the 50th Anniversary of his historic hang gliding flight off of Grandfather Mountain. 🪁This comes in anticipation of the celebration at Grandfather Mountain this Saturday, July 27th! Click the link below for an interesting and heartfelt read: https://lnkd.in/eaqfEWXU
50 Years Later: John Harris Reflects on His Historic Hang Gliding Flight off Grandfather Mountain
https://blog.kittyhawk.com
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#WrightKite2024 is 2 days away! Check out our feature in the Virginian Pilot! 🎈 https://lnkd.in/evmE5kGB
Kite festival to soar at Wright brothers monument on Outer Banks
https://www.pilotonline.com
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50 YEARS AGO TODAY, our fearless leader, John Harris, made history by becoming the first person to fly a hang glider off Grandfather Mountain. John soared 1,500 feet and landed safely on a nearby golf course. This iconic flight had a major impact on the growth and trajectory of the sport. Kitty Hawk Kites and its Hang Gliding School is proud to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year along with this historic flight! This year, Grandfather Mountain will be hosting a celebratory event honoring the era of Hang Gliding within this beautiful mountain region in North Carolina! Visit kittyhawk.com/events to learn more! We’re so proud of John and all he has accomplished! Here’s to teaching the world to fly for 50+ years to come! 🪁 #hanggliding #flyflyfly #history #adventures #50yearsofflightandpositivity #KHKis50 #50years #50years #Soaringto50more
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#Friday50thStories It’s our 50th Season! 🪁✨And to celebrate, we’re starting our storytelling initiative where we will be sharing uplifting messages from friends, customers, and the community who have helped Kitty Hawk Kites soar into 50 years! Today, we’re sharing Sean Comer’s story! Sean began teaching hang gliding at Kitty Hawk Kites in the 1990s and is forever thankful for the sense of family that his experience provided him. Sean found some of his greatest friendships and an incredibly tight knit community in his fellow instructors and coworkers at KHK, something that has stuck with him, and those around him. Sean’s story is special because it spans generations. Sean’s 2 daughters, Emma and Hannah, have followed in his footsteps and found careers at Kitty Hawk Kites, creating uplifting experiences for others just as their father did. Thank you Sean for teaching the world to fly! 💙🪁 Have a story to share? Nothing would make us happier than hearing from you. Visit https://lnkd.in/eBzm9qVc to learn more! #50yearsofKHK #50thAnniversary #50yearsofflightandpositivity #50years #obx
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#Friday50thStories It’s our 50th Season! 🪁✨And to celebrate, we’re starting our storytelling initiative where we will be sharing uplifting messages from friends, customers, and the community who have helped Kitty Hawk Kites soar into 50 years! This week, our founder and CEO, John Harris, got to catch up with his longtime friend, Chad Snowfer! Harris and Snowfer first met in 1980 where Chad and John struck up a partnership leveraging Chad’s world champion boomerang skills and Kitty Hawk Kites’ Hang Gliding School. Since teaching boomerang lessons, Chad has formed a lasting relationship with Kitty Hawk Kites, participating in just about all of our adventure activities and maintaining a longtime friendship with John Harris and the Outer Banks! Thank you Chad for helping teach the world to fly! Have a story to share? Nothing would make us happier than hearing from you. Visit https://lnkd.in/eBzm9qVc to learn more! #50yearsofKHK #50thAnniversary #50yearsofflightandpositivity #50years #obx
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#Friday50thStories It’s our 50th Season! 🪁✨And to celebrate, we’re starting our storytelling initiative where we will be sharing uplifting messages from friends, customers, and the community who have helped Kitty Hawk Kites soar into 50 years! This week, we’re hearing from Rowan Kelly, who is currently managing our reservation staff here in the OBX! Rowan’s story ironically starts with a fear of heights that led her to @flymorningside in New Hampshire. While she took on the job as a Zipline adventure coordinator to conquer her fear of heights, little did she know that she would fall in love with teaching the world to fly in the process! As an employee, Rowan continually demonstrates a positive attitude, goes above and beyond to assure customers’ happiness and leads her team to excellence! Thanks Rowan for sharing your story and teaching the world to fly! Have a story to share? Nothing would make us happier than hearing from you. Visit https://lnkd.in/eBzm9qVc to learn more! #50yearsofKHK #50thAnniversary #50yearsofflightandpositivity #50years #obx