How Taking Kitesurfing Lessons Will Change Your Life Forever

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Kitesurfing is the latest water sports craze. With more and more people having kitesurfing lessons and taking up the sport every day. What is it that draws all these people, from all walks of life to this adrenaline packed, fun loving sport? What benefit will you get out of life by taking the plunge and taking your first tenuous steps in a new world and booking your first kitesurfing lessons?

The greatest danger associated with kite surfing is its ability to get under your skin and change your life forever. Such is the addiction that many people give up their 9 to 5 and head to find an alternative existence, an existence dominated by wind, water and an obsession with weather reports. Released from the pressures of the daily grind, life becomes a quest for ride time. These people are not the hippies and junkies that are stereotyped in films and novels but, instead, are people from all walks of life who have given it all up — exchanging flashy cars and expensive mortgages for quality of life, a beach, a board and often just enough money in their pocket to buy their next beer.

For a lot of people the greatest thing about kitesurfing is the fact that it draws you to lots of different and incredible locations all over the globe. Kitesurfing, being a relatively new sport, most of the top locations are still remote…or not even discovered yet! So you have some amazing opportunities to travel the world in search of your ultimate ride. The list of kitesurfing destinations reads like a Lonely Planet top ten list of places you must see before you die…Brazil, S Africa, Kenya, Thailand, Mauritius, Turkey, Ireland, Mexico….you get the picture!

So what are you waiting for get out there and book your first kitesurfing lessons…but be careful where this new lifestyle may take you!

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Kitesurfing Apps for the iPhone and iPad

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There are a multitude of apps and games out there available for the iPhone or the iPad based on kitesurfing. There are simple games to instructional apps and others that are just for showing off to your friends (think the lightsaber app). Some of these apps have real value to the wannabe kitesurfer and I’m going to spend a bit of time and a couple of articles looking at some of the better ones. Today I’m looking at Kitesurf Instructor: Beginner. An app designed to help people just breaking in to the sport to progress helping to master first riding upwind, jumps, toe-side riding etc.

The app costs £1.19 in the iStore, it is rather large weighing in at just over 35Mb. Once installed the app opens quickly and is visually pleasing. The menu system is easy to navigate and the information is all available in just a few ‘clicks.’ I was pleasantly surprised by the actual contents of the app. While lacking a certain amount of depth, the tips and advise contained would be useful to anyone progressing through the stages of kitesurfing to which it refers. The app starts at upwind body dragging so assumes a certain level of competence and does recommend that you need kitesurfing lessons with a certified instructor before using the information contained therein. However as something to combine with your kitesurfing lessons or simply with your own development I believe this app would be very useful.

On the downside, as mentioned the app is necessarily a little shallow. It obviously cannot cover every single circumstance and if you’re looking for something to take you by the guide and teach you to kitesurf this is not it, but as an accompaniment to kitesurfing lessons with an instructor or as reference material once you’ve been let loose on your own its it great.

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