Well pretty much anybody who can swim! In our experience of teaching we have noticed that those people who don’t mind getting their head wet tend to do well. The youngest student we have taught was a 7 year old boy and the oldest was a 70 year old female, both are now accomplished kitesurfers.

No, you don’t need to be strong at all. All of the power of the kite is taken through your harness, and you only use your arms to control the kite, much like a paraglider or skydiver controls a parachute.

You can start with a tandem kite tour with us to experience the feeling! Then you can decide whether it is a great feeling, we have no doubt you will sign up for your beginner lessons with us straight after! 😁

Kitesurfing is actually a very easy sport. The average student is usually trying their first waterstart on the board after about 4-5 hours of instruction, if not sooner. Most students who take up the sport can ride comfortably both ways, and upwind, after a total of 10-15 hours of time on the water. If you have had experience windsurfing or sailing and an understanding of the wind this will help. If you have wakeboarded or snowboarded these also help.

Sunglasses preferably with a floating strap.

Sun protection, board shorts or swimsuit.

Towel, change of clothes, water, sun block and snacks.

We provide you with rashvest or wetsuit.

We will supply ALL KITESURFING EQUIPMENT, unless you are doing the advanced refresher lesson bring your own!

Historically it was quite a dangerous sport and during the early years there were some serious accidents. However now with the kite school’s around the world offering kitesurfing courses run by qualified instructors and recent developments in the kites and their safety systems the sport has evolved and is quite safe once proper training has been completed and certification achieved.