Advanced Kitesurfing Course

The Advance Course allows you to get comfortable with the kite and get on the board, or improve skills (learning some freestyle or wave riding basics).

Alessandro, kite instructor of Internationa Kiteboarding Organization level L2 (www.ikointl.com), will lead you to kitesurfing. The patent of kite instructor IKO association assure you a good and reliable training, a training in which safety is a must.

The spot of Porto Botte, near Sant'Antioco island, where we run the courses, has never ending beach and safe, shallow lagoons so you can be assured of learning to kitesurf in one of the best places in Sardinia.

Itinerary / Highlights

Course B - Beginners Course II: Riding Upwind, Transitions and Basic Jumps

Prerequisites - Your level of kitesurfing before you enter this course:
Your rider level will be assessed at the beginning of the course. It is in your own best interest to assign yourself to the correct course at the correct level.

Before booking this course you should be able to perform water starts and having started to ride in both directions. You however cannot stay upwind nor do you feel comfortable, safe and independent yet and so this is the right course for you.



What you will learn and the course breakdown:

- Initial rider assessment: posture and kite control
- Controlling your board and your kite while doing a down-winder. At Porto Botte you can go downwind for 4km/7km left from our doorstep, from Bunker to is Solinas Beach
- There will always be an instructor supervising you kiting with you
- Slowly you will be able to use the edge of your board to stay upwind with the correct kite positioning and kite control
- Point-to-point kiting: Starting and coming back to the same point
- Tacking upwind, being able to make ground windward
- Transitions to change direction with various kite control and board control techniques
- Basic jumping in both directions attracting spectators' attention
- Learning confidence in flat water and choppy conditions


After this course you will be totally independent and comfortable as a kitesurfer. You will be able to kite in most kitesurfing locations in the world. People will respect your skills and spectators will enjoy watching you.
We use a radio helmet to follow you during "water practice"
The extra optional hours will be charged at 30 euro/hour