Course C - Learn Jumping

Transitions, Popping, basic Jumps and high Jumps

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 should be able to perform water starts and ride comfortably in both directions. You should also be able to stay and tack upwind. You should feel fairly comfortable, safe and independent, then this is the right course for you.

What you will learn and the kitesurfing 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
• Working with radio communication
• There will always be an instructor supervising you, either on the beach, kitesurfing with you or on a boat or rescue craft
• You will be able to use the edge of your board to stay upwind with the correct kite positioning and kite control
• Tacking upwind, being able to make ground windward
• Transitions to change direction with various kite control and board control techniques
• Popping with your board without using your kite
• Basic jumping in both directions attracting spectators' attention
• Learning confidence in flat water and wave conditions
• Your first high jumps

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 and perform jumps. People will respect your skills and spectators will enjoy watching you.

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…