 | How many lessons should you reserve? The number of lessons you will want depends on what Skill Level you want to achieve before heading out to kiteboard on your own and your Learning Speed.For most students one 3-hour lesson per day is enough kiteboarding and they prefer a less strenuous activity for the remainder of the day. Skill Level Confident and prepared to kiteboard in challenging locations. This kiteboarder can go to challenging locations like The Gorge and safely kitesurf out and come back to the same spot without difficulty. Confident and prepared to kiteboard in less challenging locations. This kiteboarder can go to easer locations like Cape Hatteras or the Caribbean and safely kitesurf out and come back to the same spot without difficulty. Prepared to continue learning on your own in challenging locations. This kiteboarder has the knowledge and skills to continue learning in a challenging location like The Gorge with a reasonable expectation of avoiding injury and equipment damage. Prepared to continue learning on your own in less challenging locations. This kiteboarder has the knowledge and skills to continue learning in easer locations like Cape Hatteras or the Caribbean with a reasonable expectation of avoiding injury and equipment damage. Beginner level 4-line kite flying skills. This student has only a limited ability to control a 4-line kite. If they continue to learn on their own without additional instruction, they need to use extra caution to avoid injury and equipment damage. Basic understanding of the safety concepts and rudimentary flying skills. This student has limited ability to control a 2-line kite. If this student continues to learn on their own without additional instruction, they will need to use extreme caution to avoid injury and should expect significant damage to their equipment. Learning Speed If you are an exceptional athlete with lots of kite flying or sailing experience and wake boarding or water-ski experience you will be in the extremely fast or fast range. If you have reached expert levels in other sports easily and have some sailing or flying experience you will be in the fast or quick range. People with serious gymnastics or dance training will be in the fast or quick range. Young people under the age of 14 are generally in the quick range. If are not a great athlete but have lots of flying or sailing experience you could be in the quick or the average range. Those in the slower range are often overcoming some fear or difficulty and just need a little more instruction time to reach their goals safely. The rest of you are probably in the average range (consider yourself normal). |
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