introduction 3hrs

Duration: 3 hours

Price: €140

1 Day Kiting Lesson:

• Kiteboarding is the combination of kite flying skills and board control.
• Initially learning to control the kites is the most important factor, this is covered in the one day course whilst being safe, practical and brilliant fun.
•  It’s the perfect introduction to the sport.

• After briefly setting up some power / training kites, we give a short demonstration and explanation then allow you to fly them under our instruction.
• Starting with small kites so you can learn how to fly them without the fear of being out of control.
• The session will cover flying techniques that will be used throughout the whole course..

Equipment set up:

• We proceed with the assembly of the water Inflatable power kites including demonstrations, individual practice and tuning advice.
• Before entering the water it is important to understand how to launch and land the Inflatable power kites safely and activating the safety systems.
• A demonstration of controlled launching and landing will offer the opportunity to comprehend the skill and practice throughout the course will help you learn.

Body Dragging:

• In the water – You will get a chance to fly the kite in waist deep water before going any further.
• Once it has become a little more natural to fly, we can move onto body dragging which is awesome fun!
• Body dragging consists of using the kite to drag you through the water in different directions.

Self-Rescue:

• Towards the end of the lesson a demonstration of an ’emergency pack down’ will show how to self-rescue in difficult situations.
• We run through example scenarios explaining ways to get back to land safely or be picked up by the rescue services.
• Being a vital part of the course, individual practices will follow.