Join us on Friday for the first day of the Long Weekender Intensive Kitesurf Course. We’ll prepare you for a weekend in the water, no this doesn’t mean you’re sitting in a classroom! With our immersive approach to learning the sport you will be straight out on the beach learning how to carry out your risk assessments, how to set up your equipment and how to fly the kites – After all, flying the kite is literally the most important part of the sport so you need to practice, practice and practice some more before you delve into it further.

On Saturday, you will have two sessions, making this the most active day of the Long Weekender Intensive Kitesurf Course; be sure to bring a good lunch with you. The first session of the day carries on from what you learnt on Friday and it’s time for you to see just how much power our kites have! Feel the rush of being moved around by the kite as you undertake all four body drag manoeuvres (Moving the kite in controlled ways to pull yourself downwind, left, right and tack upwind) The focus here is teaching you the fundamental skills you will use throughout your kite surfing sessions and help to make the next steps that little bit easier.

You’re getting incredibly close to trying out that board but as a school that prides itself on keeping all our students safe, it is time for you to learn how to do your self-rescue.

This will give you all the skills needed to rescue yourself in a variety of situations that can occur when out kiting and will save your life one day.

Then time for some well-earned lunch (and maybe a nap) before hitting the water again for the afternoon to master those body drag manoeuvres, once you’re confident – It is time for that moment you have been waiting for, introducing the board for your first rides!!!

After a good night’s sleep, you’ll join us on Sunday for a solid three-hour session. You’ll be working in pairs to keep practising putting that board on your feet and trying to extend those rides you were working on yesterday. This will be the day you start to feel how addictive this sport is as you compete with yourself to improve each ride you make, craving more and more distance every time you get up. (This is also the most exhausting point of learning to kite, don’t say we didn’t warn you)

Monday is about giving you the valuable time needed to combine those skills you have worked so hard to master over the weekend.

With further time on the water to keep practising (as we mentioned that learning the sport is all about practice ? ), make the most of giving it another go.