Women Beginners Kitesurfing Course
Course C - Riding Upwind, Transitions and Basic Jumps for Women
Prerequisites - Your level of kiting 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 Kitekahunas you can go downwind for 10km right from our doorstep, from Sunset Beach to Doodles Beach
* Working with radio communication
* There will always be an instructor supervising you, either on the beach, kiting with you or on a boat or rescue craft
* 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 wave conditions
Prerequisites - Your level of kiting 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 Kitekahunas you can go downwind for 10km right from our doorstep, from Sunset Beach to Doodles Beach
* Working with radio communication
* There will always be an instructor supervising you, either on the beach, kiting with you or on a boat or rescue craft
* 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 wave conditions
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Itinerary / Highlights
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.Also in this course
* Healthy nutrition and eating plan
* Polarized sun glasses for the duration of the course
* Kite maintenance, storage and care
* Optional: board training in the cable park on windless days
* Optional: surfing on windless days
* Optional: stand-up paddle boarding on windless days
* Optional: dolphin tours on windless days
and much more
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