Course B - Kitesurfing Beginners Course II

Learn Riding Upwind and Transitions

Prerequisites - Your level of
kitESURFING before you enter this course:

Your rider level will be assessed at the beginning of the course. It is in your own best interest to assign yourself to the correct course at the correct level.

Before booking this course you will need to have completed your 3 days IKO kitesurfing beginners course A. You should be able to perform water starts and having started to ride a few meters into both directions. You however cannot stay upwind nor do you feel comfortable, safe and independent yet and so this is the right course for you.

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The goal of course B, and what you can do after this course:

11 days kitesurfing course B - beginners II - will really get you on the board up and riding properly, riding comfortably into both directions, also in moderate waves, and do basic transitions (change of direction). And you will be able to stay upwind, the most difficult part while learning kitesurfing. This is the phase where most learners give up. But we have the ideal learning area directly on our beach, with a long 6km uninterrupted downwind passage. A very rare thing in the world! With this you can train on the water riding upwind, while drifting slowly downwind. At the end of the downwinder our Microbus will bring you back and you do not waste all your strengths and exhaust yourself walking back upwind, like you will have to do in most other schools. Provided that you have at least average talent you will after this kitesurfing course be able to kitesurf anywhere safely on your own.

What you will learn and the course breakdown

Initial rider assessment: posture and kite control
Controlling your board and your kite while doing a down-winder. At Kitekahunas you can go downwind for 6km right from our doorstep, from Sunset Beach to Doodles Beach, safe and uninterrupted. To learn riding upwind - definitely the most difficult phase while learning kitesurfing - will happen within a few days, not month and years, where most learners stop.
Various techniques to change direction (basis transitions)
There will always be an instructor supervising you, either on the beach, kiting with you or on a boat or rescue craft
Working with radio communication on the water for immediate feedback and fast learning
Slowly you will be able to use the edge of your board to stay upwind with the correct kite positioning and kite control
Point-to-point kiting: Starting and coming back to the same point
Tacking upwind, being able to make ground windward
Transitions to change direction with various kite control and board control techniques
Learning confidence in flat water and wave conditions

Please note this very important point: Our location is particularly suited for kitesurfers, who want to learn riding upwind. This is the most difficult phase while learning kitesurfing. Most beginners fail and stop here in frustration. It often takes many months or years to learn riding upwind, mainly because you have to "walk upwind" all the time and the actual "net practising board time" is therefore limited to only a few minutes per day. At the KITEKAHUNAS beach we can drift many kilometers downwind and practise, and get back by minibus. Therefore our kitesurfing students have 1 hour or more "net practising board time" every day and often learn riding upwind within a few days, not months and years.

This is the reason why our A+B crash courses for complete kitesurfing beginners are so popular: Beginner kitesurfers come to Cape Town for 2 weeks and return home as real, fully independent kitesurfers, who can then go kitesurfing anywhere.

After this course you will be totally independent and comfortable as a kitesurfer. You will be able to kite in most kitesurfing locations in the world. People will respect your skills and spectators will enjoy watching you kitesurfing.

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Kitesurfing Equipment for Course B: Participants of kitesurfing course B (basic transitions and learn riding upwind) need their own kitesurfing equipment. You can purchase this with our competent and independent advisory here in Cape Town. Kitesurfing equipment is less expensive in South Africa than in Europe or America and in addition our students qualify for a discount. So it pays off to purchase your kitesurfing equipment in South Africa with KITEKAHUNAS. With these savings you will basically get a part of your course for free! We offer new and second hand kitesurfing equipment. We have lowest price guarantee - money back if you present us a lower offer!

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Price for kitesurfing beginner crash course A+B: from EUR 1999,- per person, including 14 nights accommodation in our holiday appartments (2 people sharing) in the KITEKAHUNAS Beach House, directly on the beach, and including all transport from downwinders.

If a full course does not fit your budget or time schedule, you can also do half a course A+B (7 days). But the results are of course less than with a full course.

We teach in private lessons or small 2 people group lessons per instructor (1:2). This is important for proper learning and your safety.

Please select a date for your kitesurfing beginners crash course A+B from our kitesurfing course table. This will make you a fully independent kitesurfer within 14 days during your holidays in phantastic Cape Town!

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We make use of a selection of the following training methods in Our Kiteboarding courseS

Warm up and stretching, muscle activation
Video training
Mental training
Sports psychology / motor learning theory
Tips on kite maintenance and kite storage
Optional: Video feedback
Optional: Board training in the cable park on windless days
Optional: Surfing on windless days
Optional: Stand-up paddle boarding on windless days
and much more…

Partner programme for kitesurfing beginners crash course A+B: Should you come with your partner and he/she is already a kitesurfer, he/she can participate either in our KITEKAHUNAS Wave Camp - also suitable if he/she is new to wave kitesurfing - or as an exception in one of our advanced freeride/freestyle kitesurfing courses (learning to jump, rotation tricks, unhooked tricks).