The Kite Course for beginners proposed by our Punta Trettu Kite Center Sardinia is aimed to people who would like to learn this fantastic sport. The Beginner Kite Course is suitable for all ages, for all people that are healthy and able to swim. In this page we will give you information on what is included and on what you will learn with out Beginner Kite Course in Punta Trettu.
The Kitesurf material and insurance are included in the Kite Course
For the Beginner Kite Course the students will be provided with the latest generation of kite equipment, such as wetsuits, boots, kites, boards and radio helmets to communicate with the instructor in real time. All kite equipment is included in the kite course!
Italian law requires that every people doing kitesurf must have a third party liability insurance. With our kite school, the membership card that includes this insurance is included in the price for all our kite courses (is not included in the single kite lessons). We will give you the membership card and the insurance for free!
Steps of the Beginner Kite Course: What you will learn with the Beginner Kite Course
Kite Course for beginners includes the following steps:
- Theory, Safety, Assembly of the Kite (about 30 minutes):
- Basics of kite flight theory
- Safety rules
- Kite Control Practice (from about 3 hours)
- Practice in water with kite (we do not use kite trainers but directly normal kites. This in order to optimize the learning time of the student)
- Techniques for relaunching the kite from the water
- Self rescue (rescue techniques)
- Body Drag and Water Start (3 – 4 hour onwards)
- Body drag
- Water Start with the board
- First gliding on the water
- Gliding on the water.
Timetable of the Beginner Kite Course
Kite courses are organized daily according to weather conditions. The plan of the kite courses is communicated daily to the students, in order to make the most of the weather and wind.
Duration of Beginner Kite Courses
We have different Kite Course for Beginners, with different duration, that last 3 or 15 hours. As exemple, 9-hour course is usually divided into 3 days, for a total of about 3 hours of course per day.
Even if the kite level achieved at the end of the Kite Course could vary between each student, attending a longer kite course you will get better kite skills and level.
Here under the list of our Beginner Kite Courses:
- Mini Kite Course (B3): 3 hours of kite course in 1 session of 3 hours
- Basic Kite Course (B6): 6 hours of kite course, divided in 2 sessions of 3 hours each
- Classic Kite Course (B9): 9 hours of kite course, divided in 3 sessions of 3 hours each
- Super Kite Course (B12): 12 hours of kite course, divided in 4 sessions of 3 hours each
- Zero to Hero Kite Course (B15): 15 hours of kite course, divided in 5 sessions of 3 hours each.
Start leaning kitesurf with a Beginner Kite Course, it will be safe and funny, a fantastic challenge full of adventure!
Type of kite course: Private or Semi-private Kite Courses
Punta Trettu Kite Center Sardinia offers private or semi-private kite courses and lessons:
- Private Kite Course: with the private kite course (1 student – 1 instructor – 1 kite) you will have a dedicated instructor who will follow you exclusively during the course.
- Semi-private Kite Course: If you are two friends or a couple with the same level and with a weight difference of maximum 15 kg, you can choose to attend a semi-private kite course (2 students – 1 instructor – 1 kite). You will switch during the kite course: by looking at the other student you can relax and take the advantage to see the most frequent mistakes.
Learning times on Kitesurf
Learning times on kitesurf depend on many factors: attitude, previous experiences, age, sports practiced, psycho-psychic conditions, etc. On average, you can make the first gliding on the water with the board after about 6 hours of course.
In addition, we can state that the average time needed to most of people to complete each kite level is approximately 3 hours of kite lessons. So, with a kite course of 3 hours, you should be able to get one kite level, with a kite course of 6 hours you should be able to get two kite levels, with a kite course of 9 hours you should be able to get three kite levels, and so on. For exemple, if your Kite Level is 3 and you would like to get Kite Level 4, you would need approximatly 3 hours of kite lessons (so you would need a kite course of three hours).
Targets
The goal of our kite school is to train new kiters in total safety and in the shortest possible time. We know that all aspiring kiters want to glide on the water as soon as possible. We will do our best to satisfy you!
Which kite level do I have? Beginner or Advanced?
Taking in account the kite learning scale, we can divide kitesurfers in 2 mains groups: Advanced and Beginners.
Advanced on kitesurf are people that already did kitesurfing lessons and that are able to ride upwind (they have reached the Kite Level 5 of the kite learning scale);
Beginner on kitesurf are people that have never done kitesurf or people that did kitesurfing lessons in the past but have not yet reached the level 5 of the kite learning scale (people no
