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The one day kitesurfing lesson at Camber Sands is aimed at complete beginners and is a great introduction to kitesurfing in the UK. The day starts with learning the fundamentals including kite control, safety, site assessments, and kite set ups. You'll then be moving into the water for body dragging and self rescue techniques.
If you're not too sure about kiting and want an easy taster to find out what it's all about, this is the course for you.
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£99.00
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This one day kitesurfing lesson is a superb one day introduction to kitesurfing and covers:
*Leading Edge Inflatable' – these are the kites we use for kitesurfing in the water
The first part of the kitesurfing tuition covers the fundamentals of kitesurfing in the classroom and on the beach so you fully understand the sport and have a safe and highly enjoyable kitesurfing lesson. With the essentials covered, it's then onto the fun part – kite flying!
After briefly setting up some power/training kites, the fully qualified BKSA instructors will give a short demonstration and explanation, then allow you to fly them under our instruction. You start with small kites so you can learn to fly them without the fear of being out of control. The session will cover flying techniques that will be used throughout the whole course. All of the kites used have certified safety systems which instantly stop the power of the kite when activated.
Before getting in the water, you are kitted out with wetsuits, harnesses, buoyancy aids and helmets. Using the onsite changing rooms you can get ready out of the elements.
After the short break you proceed with the set up of the water kites (LEIs) with demonstrations, individual practice and tuning advice.
Before entering the water it is important to understand how to launch and land the LEI kites safely and how to activate the safety systems. A demonstration of controlled launching and landing will offer the opportunity to understand the skills required and practice throughout the course will help you learn.
Into the sea – everybody will get a chance to fly the kite in waist deep water before going any further. Once it has become a little more natural to fly, you can move onto body dragging which is awesome fun!
Body dragging consists of using the kite to drag you through the water in different directions. There will be a MAXIMUM of 4 students per qualified instructor and usually you will be working with one kite between two.
Towards the end of the lesson a demonstration of an 'emergency packdown' will show how to self rescue in difficult situations. The instructors run through example scenarios explaining ways to get back to land safely or be picked up by the rescue services. Being a vital part of the course, individual practices will follow. The course ends with debriefs and hand out packs within the comfort of the centre.
This is just the beginning , we highly recommend taking further lessons on the two or three day course to complete the body dragging exercises, become really proficient with the kite and move onto the board. Although the one day course covers a lot of information and is a great fun, adventurous experience, you will not cover enough to learn the sport and continue on your own.
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This kitesurfing course is run out of Camber Sands which is right on the Kent/Sussex border.
It's no secret that Camber Sands is one of the finest beaches for kitesurfing and water sports in the south east. The new centre is right on the edge of the beach offering the ideal location for a kite school. It provides free parking, onsite changing rooms, classroom and an abundance of the latest equipment in sizes XXS – XXXL. The centre offers a relaxed comfortable atmosphere concealed from the often ideal windy elements.
The location was chosen from years of experience spent on Camber Sands and the knowledge that it offered one of the safest and easiest conditions to learn along the Kent and Sussex coast. The ideal constant warm onshore winds are unmatched by any beach along the south coast and the safe sea state available at Camber instils confidence whilst learning kitesurfing.
Camber Sands beach is a beautiful 4 mile stretch of golden sand with shallow water making it the perfect position for a kitesurfing school!
Only 1 hour south east from London and 50 minutes east from Brighton, the centre is surrounded by good access roads and public transport along with a vast range of accommodation – making commuting or holidays very easy.
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