SUMMER SPORTS
Dale McCann, owner and
head instructor of SA KiteSurf
Adventures, skims the waves.
Photo courtesy KiteSurf.
St. Pete offers the ideal Florida
lifestyle with year-round sunshine
and a beautiful downtown
waterfront on Tampa Bay.
It’s a picture postcard setting for a day
spent enjoying water-related recreation.
Doug Byrd opened Bada Bing Water
Sports www.badabingwatersports.
com last year at the downtown St. Pete
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of watercraft rentals, from Wave Runner
jet skis and paddleboards to a 21-foot
electric boat with full canopy top that
seats 10. The company also arranges
Wave Runner tours and guided boat
tours to sandbars, islands, restaurants
“It’s all about living the
dream. We love spending
a day out on the water and
taking people out for new
experiences.”
— Doug Byrd, Bada Bing Water Sports
and waterfront bars, as well as custom
dolphin tours, all under the capable
direction of Dante Clark, a St. Pete
College graduate and master USCG
licensed captain. “It’s all about living
the dream,” says Byrd. “We love spending
a day out on the water and taking
people out for new experiences.”
FLYING HIGH
If you’re looking for a little more
adrenaline rush, there’s kiteboarding.
St. Petersburg is not on the map as
a kiteboarding destination, but Dale
McCann, an International Kiteboarding
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and owner of SA KiteSurf Adventures,
says he would love to see that happen.
“The North Sunshine Skyway recreational
rest area is the easiest place to
learn that I’ve ever taught; a fabulous
spot for beginners,” says McCann. “The
water is shallow, about waist deep and
the area is protected.” For the more
experienced, McCann says kiteboarding
off North Beach at Fort De Soto
on the Gulf of Mexico is like paradise.
WORK HARD
PLAY HARD
Recreational Pursuits in the ‘Burg.
Jet skiing near the Sunshine
Skyway Bridge on a personal
watercraft from Bada Bing
Water Sports. Photo courtesy
Bada Bing Water Sports.
18 'BURGLIFE | Living, Working and Playing in St. Petersburg, FL
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