Check Kitesports' website for session times.
Level 1 (Sky Pilot) – two-hour land power kite lesson for two people – $149 (suitable for all ages)
- Safety First – learn and understand 'The Wind Window' site and wind assessment.
- Assessing risks
- Rigging your own kite
- Understanding the centre of energy (the kite), control bar and types of input required
- Assisted launch and self launch
- Self landing
- Safety systems, deploying safety
- Flying the kite to develop power
- Learning about line lengths and how this affects the kite's power and the power stroke
- Getting traction while staying in control, kiting across the wind
- This course will be done on land and takes two hours
Level 1 & 2 – five hours, land and water lessons for two people – $399 (suitable for teenagers - adults)
- All of the above
- Following on from the first day the students will need to show a good understanding of the above
- Getting in and out of the water safely
- Deploying safety systems
- Technique for water re-launching the kite is then practiced
- Controlling the kite at the side of the wind window, moving across the wind, then upwind
- Then move into controlled body drags, focusing on staying in control of the kite
- Develop technique for getting around in the water, then repeating all this while holding the board
- The next stage before the water start is the UBD, (upwind board drag) – mastering this technique shows the instructor that you are ready for the water start on a board
- This second part of the course takes 3 hours with instructor
Level 1, 2, & 3 – eight hours, land and water lessons for two people – $649 (suitable for teenagers - adults)
- All of the above
- You now have good kite control and kite management skills
- You are getting your first water starts on a board, possibly up and riding a few metres
- This third water lesson really focuses on your board riding technique.
- Everyone's different, so keep in mind these new skills need to be practiced – repetition is key to getting to your goal of becoming a proficient kiteboarder
Landbased Buggy and Board – three hour land lesson for two people – $250 (suitable for all ages)
- Enter into the world of kite sports with power kites
- Develop good kite control, get traction with the kite, then jump in a kite buggy or try kite landboarding
- Easy to learn and loads of fun, you'll come away with good kite skills and an indication of where you can take kite sports
About Kitesports:
Having kiteboarded here in New Zealand as long as the sport has existed, Kitesports have the passion, knowledge and experience to get any newcomers involved and loving the sport, just like they do. Kitesports is a nationally credited 'Adventure Mark' Safety Audit Certified Kite-school, teaching kitesurfing and all landbased kite sports. They're also qualified stand up paddleboard instructors, so when it's not blowing you can still get out on a nearby waterway or in the surf. All of Kitesports' gear used in lessons and supplied in their kite shop is carefully selected from the leading brands, which Kitesport know will perform week in, week out for their customers.
Conditions
Valid from Dec 7, 2016
Expires Mar 31, 2017
Limit: 2 per user and 2 as gift for others
Bookings essential. Subject to availability, weather conditions and Christmas hours. Closed Statutory holidays. Each level runs on a different day - see
https://www.kitesports.co.nz/ for times and dates. Valid for two people, must take lessons at the same time. Must be used in 1 visit. Not valid on public holidays. No refunds unless required by law. No cashback. Not to be used with any other offer.
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