COURSES

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COURSES

Our schools are run by IKO qualified instructors.  What does this mean you ask?  IKO stands for International Kiteboarding Organisation; at present it is the only international regulating body for the sport of Kitesurfing.  As kitesurfbeach, we are required to follow strict safety and teaching guidelines, this ensure professionalism and more importantly, your safety.

The IKO have a grading system for the level students have reached.  Students are presented with an IKO card after their course which will allow the student to rent equipment from IKO schools upon presentation of their IKO card (provided they achieve the necessary IKO level for equipment rental).  Having your IKO card with you when taking further tuition allows the instructor to see what level you had reached previously.

INTRODUCTORY COURSE  -  €300  =  (€270 course fee + €30 registration)

The introductory course at Kitesurf Beach includes everything you need to know to get you started in the sport of Kitesurfing.  The first couple of hours cover:

 

  • Safety
  • Location asessment
  • Learning the wind
  • Equipment setup
  • Basic kite flying skills

                                      

                               

 

After you have taken on board the theory side of things, and can display adequite control of a training kite, we will progress onto the next stage of the course.  This part of the course involves learning to do the following:

 

  • Safety of Leading Edge Inflatable kite
  • Launch a Leading Edge Inflatable kite
  • LEI kite control
  • Bodydragging downwind and upwind
  • Self Rescue & deep water packdown

                                

The final stage of the Introductory Course involves learning to combine the kite and board.  This part of the course is perceived to be the most complicated (a bit like learning to swim or ride a bicycle).  Once you get this bit, theres no turning back.  What we will aim to achieve in this section:

  • Boardstart theory
  • Staying upwind

The course length is 6 hours or 8 hours for a group of 3 or 4 people.  The amount of the above stated course content covered in each individual course is dependent entirely on the level of progression of the student.

 

Advanced courses and one to one instruction are available on request. Please CONTACT us for more information and pricing.

Contact number - (+9) 05332708745