KITEBORDING BEGINNER PROGRESSION

The watestart and the first tacks are the most awaited moment, right? Everyone who starts kitesurfing aims to get the adrenaline rush of gliding through the water. Not surprisingly, this is the first question I am regularly asked when people book a kiteboarding lesson. The desire is so great that students target the waterstart [...]

The board is the element that challenges your abilities as a kite “pilot". Why? For the simple reason that you are adding an extra factor that will lead you, whether you like it or not, to no longer put all your focus on the kite as you have done up to now. It's no [...]

Have you ever wondered why you have to spend so much time walking without a board or being body dragged by a kite before attempting to do a real waterstart in kitesurfing? The answer to both questions is simple: the more you train with simple and potentially boring, but not dangerous, exercises, the more [...]

Learning to launch and land a kite is perhaps one of the most important skills to master when learning to kitesurf. Not many schools adopt a teaching methodology that spends enough time on this aspect, and the result is sadly manifest on the spots. The next time you go to a spot, I invite [...]

The wind window in kitesurfing can be divided into two quadrants, the left one between 9 am and 12 pm, and the right one between 12 pm and 3 am. Flying in "one quadrant" is the next step, as soon as you master the traction of the kite and manage the tension of the [...]

After a safety briefing and equipment preparation, it's time to get on the water and practice your first ride. Kitesurfing is largely about knowing how to control the kite, so this is the most important moment. Learning how to fly a kite requires movements that are often unnatural and unintuitive. Indeed, students may be [...]

If you want to be autonomous and practice kitesurfing, knowing how to properly set up the equipment is not a step to be underestimated. I often get people in my school who sail and don't know how to tie a knot to connect the lines to the kite, or have never checked the safety, [...]

Safety is one of the first elements to be covered during a beginner kitesurfing course, and the reasons are obvious. This article is the first of a list of steps to be taken during kiteboarding classes. When we are dealing with safety, especially if we are talking to a novice kiteboarder, we must be [...]