Lesson Structure
Here is a guide to your course. Please note that everyone progresses at different rates. Our main goal is for you to become an independent kiteboarder who is confident and safe.
How Many Lessons Should I take
Everyone learns at their own pace. But here are Pacific Watersports, we recommend taking 3 lessons. For most people, 3 lessons is enough to get you independent. Once you are an independent kiteboarder, you will be able to go out and practice kiteboarding by yourself.
Becoming a competent kiteboarder takes time, and the journey is worth it. The key is patience and enjoying the journey. Here is a standard outine of what to expect from your first 3 lessons with us.
Lesson 1
Lesson 1 is all about kite control. These kites are powerful, so it is important to gain the skills, so that you control the kite, instead of the kite controlling you.
- Location Analysis
- Wind Effects, direction and speed
- The Wind Window
- Kite Setup
- Emergency Release
- Basic Kite Piloting Skills
- Launching and landing the kite from the water
- Launching and landing the kite from the beach
- Emergency Self Landing on the Beach
- Simulated Self Rescue on the Beach
Lesson 2
- First Body Drag and Self Rescue
- Body Dragging Down wind
- directional body dragging
- directional body dragging using the board as a keel
- handling the board while holding the kite
- Retrieving the board from upwind using directional boy dragging
Lesson 3
- Water Start theory
- Using figure of 8 to generate power to get on the board
- First water start
- Riding downwind for 50 metres
- Riding while maintaining an edge
- Riding in both directions
This is a guide to the first 3 lessons and is by no means a hard and fast rule. Some people pick this up very quickly and can acheive everything in 2 lessons. Others may take more than 3 lessons. The main thing is enjoy the learning in a safe and fun way. 🙂