Kiteboarding Independent Course

We are teaching you the complete IKO (International Kiteboarding Association) course for independent kiteboarding.

It is time to become an independent rider and learn your first jumps.

 

Safety, control, and relaxation are the essential ingredients in this kiteboarding course. The more you practice, the more passionate you will become about this beautiful sport.

 

Your instructor will teach you the A to Z of kiteboarding.

 

You will learn the following:

• How to assess the kiteboarding spot, the environment, and the activity around you

• The equipment and how to set up in a correct and safe way

• The safety systems of the kite

• How to travel with the kite on land

• How to fly a kite and how to control it

• Basic wind theory

• Launching and landing the kite

• Body drag with the board

• Navigation right of way

• Self-rescue

• Waterstart

• Controlled stop

• Speed control

• Riding upwind

• Sliding transitions

• Toe-side ride

• Jibe

• Pop to jump

• Equipment packing

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Equipment supplied by the school:

• Kite

• Board

• Kiteboarding control bar

• Harness

• Protection gear