Lessons
We put great emphasis on a safe, proper and efficient teaching methods. Professional courses taught by certified instructors where students receive IKO Kiteboarding Cards upon successful completion of their courses. This card enables you to rent kite equipment from any IKO kite center in the world.
Dare2Fly teaches mostly private lessons, but also group lessons of not more than 2 students per instructor. Thanks to these private classes or small groups we can assure customized instruction and quality teaching during the lessons.
Dare2fly kiteboarding course description:
Full Course - Rider Package - 9 hours:
Learning the basics of control
Lesson 1 (Basic Beginner) - 3hrs
This is the basics of kite control and handling. You will be flying the latest Cabrinha model and you will go through the equipment terminology and setup, the wind effects and wind window theory.
You will learn how to fly your kite hooked into the harness using the power of the kite in a safe environment, how to use your safety system, launch and land and fly the kite with the de-power loop.
Level 2 Lesson (Intermediate beginner) - 3hrs
The next step brings you into the water. You will learn how to change direction with your kite in the water, how to water re-launching a crashed kite from the water and the self rescue.
You will also learn some additional body drag techniques such as Upwind body dragging (you will need this skill to retrieve the board after a crash).
Level 3 Lesson (Independent Beginner) - 3hrs
We set you up on a board and teach you the water start theory: board and body positioning while piloting the kite, diving the kite to enable standing up on the board and controlling the speed and the direction.
This final level covers the remaining topics to make you a totally independent.
You should be able to rent some equipment and be an independent kiteboarder after completion of this 9 hours program.
You will know how to choose a spot, rig your gear, and know everything about the safety to ride back and forth from the beach.
You will receive and IKO card certification that allows you to rent some gear in any IKO certified Kiteboarding School in the world.
We also can set you up with some brand new Cabrinha and Naish gear from our shop. Ask our instructors who would be more than happy to help you on getting the right gear for you. We offer package deal, ask us for details after your lessons.