PROGRESSION STEPS
We’ll teach you everything from scratch. Although kitesurfing can seem daunting at first, with expert guidance you can progress much more quickly than you might think. By the end of the kite course you’ll know how to fly a power kite and have the skills and confidence you need to get up on your board and ride.
1. LEARNING TO FLY A KITE
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Your instructor will first introduce you to the sport by teaching you various safety rules and skills on land before going into the water. For example, you should be shown how to assess the wind and the spot, as well as showing how to properly manage the equipment, set-up your kite and control the kite in the air. You will launch and land your kite, and do some exercises of kite control. This is an exciting step: you will fly a real kite for the first time!
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2. BODY-DRAGGING IN THE WATER
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Once you’ve learned how to properly control the kite, it will be time to get wet! You will go in the water to put your skills to the test and experience the full potential of the wind. With your instructor, you will learn how to use the kite power to body-drag in the water, how to relaunch your kite, self-rescue, recover your board, and more. It’s a really fun step: you’ll be able to “play” with the kite while being dragged behind your kite (without the board at first). By the end of this progression step, you should be attempting your first waterstarts with the board in your feet!
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3. WATERSTART
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You now feel confortable with your kite, and you can control it with one hand, while you can grab the board with your second hand. Doing the body-drag exercice, you have understand the different power zone of the wind window and how to create traction. It's time to get up! You are now ready to stand on the board and do your first waterstarts! When you'll get out of the water, you will seek to maintain the traction and start riding. Firstly 10m, then 20m, and finally 200m… and you will go for your first ride on your board. Waterstart achieved!
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4. GET ON RIDING
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When you start getting on the board more constantly, you will learn how to keep on riding for a longer time and distance. This step is at least where you want your lessons to take you (providing you have enough time). At this level, your instructor should show you how to control your speed, ride upwind and help you focus on important safety skills like self-landing and doing a self-rescue in deep water. As an independent rider, you should be able to ride on your own.