Price Includes: All equipment and wetsuit hire; flexible booking for lessons; and one year validity from the date of purchase.
BEGINNER KITESURFING COURSE
$549 for 3.5 hours private
Includes all equipment and wetsuit hire. Flexible booking for lessons, one year validity from date of purchase.
Location: Woodman Point
- Intro Lesson 1.5 hours
- Follow-Up Lesson – 2 hours
This course is the perfect introduction to kitesurfing. You’ll start with a 1.5-hour Intro Lesson at Woodman Point, followed by one 2-hour follow-up lesson that you can book at a time that suits you.
Everyone progresses at their own pace, and you’ll never be asked to do anything beyond your ability. Lesson content may vary depending on weather and conditions, but you can expect a fun, safe, and confidence-building experience every time.
Intro Lesson 1.5 hours
Lesson Goal: Learn the essentials of safe and controlled kitesurfing:
- Reading the weather and choosing the right spot
- Identifying hazards on land and in the water
- Kitesurfing rules and etiquette
- Wind window theory and kite control
- Kite setup, components, and safety systems
- Launching and landing a kite
- Basic kite flying exercises
- One-handed kite control
- Intro to body dragging downwind
Follow-Up Lesson – 2 HOURS
Lesson Goal: Build confidence and bring on the power!:
- Build confidence and start becoming more independent:
- Recap of safety, rigging, and kite control
- Supervised kite setup
- Assisted launching and landing
- Water relaunching
- One-handed kite control while moving
- Body dragging upwind
- Body dragging with the board
- Self-rescue and pack-down techniques
- Water-start theory and first attempts (conditions permitting)
- Intro to riding and right-of-way rules