Kiteboarding lessons are a lot like driving.......control is 80% of getting there. Get ready, you're about to become the pilot of a kite skimming across the water- and having the potential to FLY. Like experienced drivers, pilots must always remain in control. When compared to driving down the highway, you're never looking at your engine (the kite) or steering wheel (control system). . . you're always focused on where you're going. In power kiting, your eyes should only be doing one of three things: 1) Looking at where you're traveling - looking around for others and obstacles 2) Spotting your landing (when you start jumping) 3) Wiping the water out of your eyes (because you just crashed) Like driving a car, first mastering the low powered go-cart before moving to the high octane Ferrari will help keep things safe and fun. Starting with small lower-power kites will decrease your fundamental learning curve. In this workshop, you'll learn primary control techniques used in riding any vehicle. You'll learn how to hit the gas, let off the gas, and hit the brakes whenever you want. Start on a small power kite sized to your body weight & wind conditions, often referred to as " trainers," so you may practice the flying exercises anywhere there's a breeze. Having a properly sized kite will ensure you are properly powered. Being under- or over-powered will greatly increase your learning curve. Basics: Class 1 Your hands-on training starts with basic safety, rigging, launching, control, and landing. We'll review the absolute basics so you can practice safely. Your homework will be to get out and fumble around (probably crash a few times) until you're saying: "ahhh...that's how this thing works." Control: Class 2 Once you understand basic kiting, you're ready to learn and to master power kite control. In this class, we'll review the techniques and exercises you'll practice. From power strokes to simulated vehicle riding, your homework is to get out and master them...till you're could do them blindfolded.   Novices can learn the basics in 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 go on to the real kite, which has even more pull. You do all sorts of exercises with it on the beach, and practice body drags on the water. And once you’ve completed this part of the course you’ve 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 as a new-born kitesurfer who is in full control of the equipment, you’ll have done some planing in the foot straps and maybe even tried your first gybes.