A blog about kitesurfing,
about learning to kitesurf,
and about teaching.

BAM! Your kite has hit the water. Perhaps your board is floating around upwind of you. Now what? Anyone who’s kitesurfed or taken lessons knows this feeling. And what you do in

BAM! Your kite has hit the water. Perhaps your board is floating around upwind of you. Now what? Anyone who’s kitesurfed or taken lessons knows this feeling. And what you do in

I’m asked this a lot. On kitesurfing forums and kiteschool websites, I’ve seen people say anywhere from 6 hours to 12 months. There’s no short answer to this question, except… “it depends.”

I’ve seen it over and over again. A kitesurf student is learning to kite, eager to get up on the board and riding, and their instructor has given them long lines with