Water Control/Beginner Level B
Private Lesson (1 on 1) - $180 Per Hour
This two-hour kiteboarding lesson is taught entirely on the water and allows you to experience the true power of the kite. This is the next step in order to get up and stand up. All gear necessary to safely and effectively learn to kiteboard is included during this lesson (i.e. kites, boards, impact/flotation vests, helmets and harnesses). Students are responsible for their personal apparel (i.e. wetsuits, watershoes, gloves, hoods, rashguards, boardshorts). esD is an authorized dealer for O'Neill and Neil Pryde, stocks many apparel items in our shop and offers low student pricing should a student require additional gear.
Skills you will be taught:
- Body dragging using a kiteboarding harness
- Untwisting the lines with the kite in the air
- Activating the safety quick release
- Controlling the kite with one hand while hooked into the harness
- Body dragging hooked into the harness
- Re-launching the kite in the water
- Performing self-rescues
- Body dragging upwind