Duration: 6 hours
Price: $240
- This course is aimed at getting beginners to an intermediate level to practice safely alone in the least amount of time.
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6 hours of private kiteboarding instruction for beginners.
STEP ONE: Kite Skills.
- We start with the trainer kite on land to teach you the steering reflexes that are so important to successful kite-flying.
- The trainer kite is smaller than the full size kite you will be using in the next steps.
- The trainer kite allows you to experiment with the wind and get the feel for the kite.
- During this process you will also learn about wind direction, flying in the wind window, using power-zones, using the harness and using the other safety systems.
STEP TWO:
- We move onto the larger inflatable kite.
- The inflatable kites are what we use in the water because they float and are able to be relaunched.
- You will discover how to handle the kite and use the depower system, and steer one handed.
- We show the correct way to set up the equipment and how to use the various safety systems.
- Moving from the land to the water you will learn how to launch the kite safely.
STEP THREE:
- We then learn to fly the kite on the water without the board.
- We start with some body surfing behind the kite, and use kite power to return to the beach and to provide locomotion.
- This is also called “body dragging”.
- You will fly away from shore, and surf a downwind course and return to the beach and self-exit.
- Next you learn to steer the kite “single-handed” while holding the board
STEP FOUR:
- Board Skills. You will learn how to launch with the board, and how to recover the board in deep water.
- You will learn board handling skills, and the Theory of the water start.
- The water start combines the board skills with the kite-flying skills.
As you gain experience using the board and kite together you will begin to pop up on the board and start to ride a short distance
You have now completed this course
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