Discovery Course
3 hours
Discover course is the perfect introduction to kitesurfing and designed to elevate your water sports experience! No experience is needed and lessons are done on the beach and in the water. We follow the IKO Kiteboarding programs, which are designed to help you learn in a safe way. Our IKO instructor will respect your rhythm and take you through all the steps to reach your goals, During this lesson you will learn
- Know safe wind directions and conditions for kiting
- Know hazards on a spot
- Know the use of safety systems
- Basic flying
- Launch and land the trainer kite with an assistant
- Pre- flight check equipment and settings In flight check equipment and settings Understand and Use the international communication signals
- Launch and land the kite to an assistant and as an assistant (4/5-line de-power kite)
- Carry and handle the kite properly.
- Assist with launch of LEI kite.
- Control the LEI kite hooked into the harness.
- Your first bodydrag downwind in waist deep water
- Self rescue exercise
Zero to Hero
This is the full and most popular course to get you up and riding! Starting from total beginner to getting on the board and riding both directions. Progress is different for every student, but this is generally enough for most people. During this lesson you will learn
- Know safe wind directions and conditions for kiting
- Know hazards on a spot
- Know the use of safety systems
- Basic flying
- Launch and land the trainer kite with an assistant
- Pre- flight check equipment and settings In flight check equipment and settings Understand and Use the international communication signals
- Launch and land the kite to an assistant and as an assistant (4/5-line de-power kite)
- Carry and handle the kite properly.
- Assist with launch of LEI kite.
- Control the LEI kite hooked into the harness.
- Your first bodydrag downwind in waist deep water
- Self rescue exercise
- Body drag with the board (to retrieve your board if you fall off)
- Make powerstrokes with the kite in deep water
- Steady pull (getting the board of your feet while stabilizing the kite)
- Waterstart
- Controlled stop
- Ride in both directions
Session 2 ( Waterbased)
- Continuing on from Discovery course
- Independent setup of LEI kite with supervision.
- Assist with launch of kite.
- Control the LEI kite hooked into the harness.
- Water re-launch the kite.
- Body drag downwind again
- Directional Bodydrag
- Upwind Bodydrag
- Holding kite with one hand at edge of wind window
- If times permits we will introduce the board
Session 3 (Advanced bodydrag & boardstarts)
- Continuation of session 2, downwind body drag, water re-launch etc.
- Walking upwind with kite controlling the kite with one hand.
- Upwind body drag with LEI kite to recover board.
- rest of lesson you are practicing your board starts
Session 4 (board starts first board ride)
- Theory of water start; kite, board and body position
- Can put the board on the feet and maintain correct position for water start.
- Water start in both directions.
- Come to a controlled stop.
- Determine the wind strength, direction and quality.
- Right of way rules.
- Equipment setup and choice according to the weather conditions.
- Exit the water independently and safely while controlling the kite.
- Launch & land the kite to an assistant.
