More and more people are signing up for kitesurfing courses. Once you've mastered the basics, you'll be absolutely crazy about this action sport! Kitesurfing is a mixture of paragliding, wakeboarding, surfing and windsurfing, and appeals to a large target group. All you need is a board that is not even two meters long and weighs between 2 to 5 kilos, a kite that folds up to rucksack size, and a control bar and kite lines.

We are an IKO (International Kiteboarding Organization) affiliated center and employ fully-certified IKO kitesurfing instructors who guarantee you a safe start in the  sport and the feeling that you're mastering it right from the word 'go'. IKO kiteboarding centers commit to:

• Respecting the safety rules
• Teaching courses with IKO certified instructors
• Teaching with relaunchable kites
• Adhering to IKO quality standards
• Certifying student's level with the internationally recognised Kiteboarder Card.

Before booking your kiteboarding course, check that the center is IKO affiliated by visiting the IKO website.

Novices can learn the basics in courses of 4 to 10 lessons. You start with an introduction to powerkite flying to get used to the kite's power and the technique of handling it, and at the end of the first course unit you should be able to control the kite and cope with its tremendous pull in every situation, and to manage a safe start and landing.

Next you move to a water-relaunchable kite, which has even more pull. You do various exercises with it on the beach, and practice bodydragging on the water and once you've completed this part of the course you' will have done the groundwork for becoming a successful kitesurfer. From now on you'll be in the water: you'll learn to do a waterstart in case you fall in, and you'll have your first go at standing upright on the board.

Kitesurfing is a sport which you can learn really quickly, because all the maneuvers can be simulated on dry land. It may look like a sport for top athletes, but in fact it's easy to learn for anyone with average ability. Of course, if you're already a windsurfer or wakeboarder or do any of the other board sports, then you'll take to kitesurfing even more readily - but it's not necessary to have any previous experience.

By the end of the course the new-born kitesurfer is in full control of the equipment, and you'll have done some planing in the foot straps and maybe even tried your first jumps.

We´ll see you up there ...