Passion, Excelence, Safety — and Fun!
Gokite Cabarete Kiteboarding School was born in 2008 in Cabarete Dominican Republic, at the hand of its founder and CEO Richard Diaz who has over 13 years of experience teaching Kiteboarding. Our mission is to offer excellent kitesurfing instructions in a friendly, safe, and fun manner, and make it your best kitesurfing holidays of your life. Loved by windsurfers, surfers, and kitesurfers, with constant trade winds and warm waters, Gokite Cabarete is the ideal choice to learn Kiteboarding. 
Extreme Hotels Cabarete is a new breed of kitesurfing and sports vacation on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. It is a unique and environmentally friendly, adventure, and kitesurfing themed hotel located in one of the world’s premiere kitesurfing and surfing destinations. We cater to multiple types of vacationers: from families to solo travellers, all looking for a fitness, sport, or adventure vacation in the sun, and so much more. It’s a fun, friendly vibe that you won’t want to leave! You can pass your day kiteboarding, surfing, getting fit at the gym, relaxing in a yoga class, or learning to fly like a pro on the trapeze.
Never tried kitesurfing before? No worries, we specialize in beginner packages with rentals, lessons, and unlimited supervision so you can be out there kitesurfing with the best of them in no time at all. Kite Beach, Cabarete is a great place to learn with consistent trade winds and thermal winds to add an extra boost in the afternoon.
Amazing Facilities
Hands-down the best location of all Kite Beach Cabarete, GoKite Cabarete is located at the Extreme Hotel on Cabarete Kite Beach. Hotel’s amazing facilities are at your disposal — reception, shop, gym, yoga studio — hell, we even have a flying trapeze and circus school on the premisses! There’s a large green area in front of the beach to set, show, and maintain our kiteboarding equipment. And when you’re hungry or thirsty, the family-owned beach bar and restaurant is literally a few steps away from us…
Our Employee Team
Ramon L. Diaz (aka Richard)
Founder, CEO, and Kite Instructor
Born and raised in Dominican Republic, Richard started kiteboarding in 2001, became an IKO instructor in 2004. After working as a manager of a local Kite Beach school for 8 years, Richard founded GoKite Cabarete in 2009. He’s developed effective kite-teaching methods tailored to students, and teaches in both Spanish and English.
Yaneris L. Pacheco
Administrative Manager
Born and raised in Montecristi, Dominican Republic, Yaneris has been the administrative manager of Gokite Cabarete since 2012. Besides smoothly running our school and its affairs, Yaneris is also in charge of coordinating and implementing our branding, web, media, and social media efforts in an integrated manner.
Gabriel Peralta (aka Papa)
Manager Assistant and Kite Instructor
Francisco Nolasco (aka Papo)
Equipment and Kite repair Technician
Born and raised in Dominican Republic, Papo started kiteboarding in 1999. Previously, he worked as an assistant at a local kite school, and joined our team as a full-time employee in May 2010. Papo is our Repair Technician and a main beach attraction for our students and visitors because of his impressive kite tricks.
Yonathan (aka Pepi)
Equipment and Kite Instructor Assistant
Born and raised in Dominican Republic, Yonathan makes sure that our school opens on time, and that all the kiteboardig equipment is fully functional and ready for your lessons. He’s been with GoKite Cabarete since 2014 as a full-tima staff member, and has been trained to become kitesurfer and a kite instructor assistant.
Zoran
Webmaster & Designer
Zoran has been GoKite’s webmaster since the new version of our website (2015), and will continue to take care of online activities. Born in the US, Zoran grew up in Belgrade, Serbia, and has lived and worked as a digital designer/marketer in New York for over 20 years — only to move to Cabarete at the end of 2014.
GoKite Instructor Team
Elvis Yoel Marte Murray
Kite Instructor
Born and raised in Dominican Republic, Joel started kiteboarding in 2001. He is an high-performing athlete and kiteboarding instructor. He’s been with GoKite Cabarete since 2009, teaching in Spanish and English.
Juan Carlos Nolasco
Kite Instructor
Born and raised in Dominican Republic, Juan Carlos started kiteboarding in 2013. He is another of our staff that we taught kiteboarding and trained to become a Kiteboarding Instructor. Juan Carlos is well-know for his work with students who have a hard time getting up to speed, and people who have no previous water sports experience.
Raul Urbano (aka Quichipa)
Kite Instructor
Born and raised in Dominican Republic, Raul started kiteboarding in 2003, and joined GoKite Cabarete in 2009 as a kite instructor. He has since become one of the best kite instructors of Kite Beach, Cabarete. Raul is fluent in both Spanish and English.
Solon Christodoulou
Kite Instructor
GoKite Instructor Assistants
Anthony Romero
Assistant Kite instructor
Anthony is a born and raised Dominican, started kiteboarding in 2012, and has just joined us as an assistant kite instructor, and will be present at your supervised sessions.
Rafelito Gonsales (aka Vico)
Assistant Kite instructor
Born and raised Dominican, Vico started kiteboarding in 2011, and will be present at your supervised sessions, as an assistant kite instructor,
Luis Antonio Peña (aka Chichi)
Assistant Kite instructor
Chichi is a born and raised Dominican, started kiteboarding in 2009. He has joined us as an assistant kite instructor and will be present at your supervised sessions.
Yunior Reyez (aka Vale)
Assistant Kite instructor
Vale is a born and raised Dominican, started kiteboarding in 2013, and as an assistant kite instructor, will be present at your supervised sessions.
Nelki Veras
Assistant Kite Instructor
Nelki is a born and raised Dominican, started kiteboarding in 2009, and has joined us this year as an assistant kite instructor, and will be present at your supervised sessions.