IKO Three-Day Kitesurf Course: The Hi-Life three-day kitesurf course gets you into the water and up on a board! This course is spilt up into six blocks of two hours and spread over three days. By the end of the third day you will be flying across the water powered by a kite and the wind. This course gives you all the practice, skills and knowledge needed to safely continue to kitesurf on an independent basis.

You will achieve: During the three days you will learn to control and handle powerful inflatable kites and to generate power with them, both to body-surf and then to board start in the water. The aim of the three days is to ride for a few hundred meters in both directions and be under control whilst doing so. You will learn how to safely continue to kitesurf independently; however, we advise most students to take one or two Supervised Riding packages to continue to practice their kitesurfing.

Course duration : 12-hours - 2-hour sessions, either 2 or 4 hours a day, you choose.

Ratio : 2 students 1 instructor.

Day One
Morning session :
- Welcome and introduction
- Theory of the wind window
- Safety information and safety equipment
- Location and weather assessments
- Learn to fly a power kite
- Setting up LEI inflatable kites, bars & lines
- Assisted launching of an inflatable kite
- Kite control
- Emergency release practice
- Assisted landing of an inflatable kite
Afternoon session :
- Demonstration and theory of water re-launching an LEI kite
- Body-surfing in the water
- Generating power with the kite

Day Two
Morning Session :
- Location and weather assessments
- Quick refresher of safety systems and procedures
- Demonstration and practice of a water pack down (self rescue)
- Using the harness for hooked in body-surfing
- One-handed kite-control whilst body-surfing
Afternoon session :
- Theory of the board starts, edging and line tension
- Board start simulations
- First board starts in the water
- More board starts and critical analysis
- Work on board skills and techniques for edging
- Try to stay up on the board for longer runs

Day 3
Morning Session :
- Theory of wind turbulence and safe kiting practice
- Demonstration and practice of a self-launch
- Practice another self-rescue in the sea
- Kite control whilst on the board
- Stance analysis
- Edging and heel side pressure
- Steering and the theory of going up wind
Afternoon Session :
- Rights of way for sail craft
- Theory of apparent wind
- Demonstration and practice of self-landing your kite
- Practice, practice and more practice on in the water!
- Analysis of your kitesurfing progression
- Feedback and debrief session

Don’t worry! It looks like a lot to learn but it’s really not hard - the emphasis is always on fun and the theory sections are not long or boring - they take place under a palm tree!

Price : The Three-Day IKO course is €300 [12-hours tuition, per person]

Please read our General Information page for essential school info.

To book a Three-Day IKO Kitesurf Course go to the Booking page.