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Enjoy Kiteboarding in Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka! Kiteboarding is one of the most fashionable sports and its "fan community" is growing rapidly. You will learn fast and enjoy this sport! There are many spots to uncover all over the world! Also for the advanced guys we offer premium courses, where you can really learn what you want - doesn't matter if you wanna learn to jump or learn how to backroll or maybe how to kiteloop. Rates as low as €25 per day. Kite Lessons: • Kite Discovery - Starts from €100/Person Aim of The Course: - 1 Hours: - Learn about the wind window (the basic understanding needed to steer a kite) - Learn safely with a trainer kite how you can steer the kite (even one handed or blind) - 2 Hours: - Learn how to set up your gear correctly in order to get ready for the action - Get in the water with a tubekite and experience the power you can set free If you enjoy your Kite-Discovery you can switch afterwards to a beginner course and just pay the price difference. We advise at least a 3 days Beginner course for your kiteboarding starter career. Depending on your individual level, we provide 1-3 days courses. Our very professional VDWS kite-instructor-team will teach you in a group of max. 2 persons. We prefer One-on-One instructions for best learning results. This personal kind of teaching provides the best way for your learning progress - and within you´ll have most fun. • Beginner Course/(A1-A5 Level) - Starts from €370/Person: 1. Day The first two hours you will do: - Master the trainerkite and learn everything about the wind window to be perfectly prepared for the following lessons on the water - Learn how to set up the equipment in the right way in order to get safe and fast on the water - Transfer your skills from the trainerkite to the tubekite and discover its massive power - Learn how to relaunch the kite when it drops down on the water - Then there is lunch break, get a snack and ready for your second unit of two hours - Specify your steering abilities with the tubekite by bodydraging downwind - Learn how to get back to your board by bodydraging upwind, only by using your body to give the power a direction 2. Day The first 2 hours are really exciting for you today! - You are ready for the board! Learn about the power dive: the maneuver which gets you on the board and allows you to surf at the lagoon - Knowledge how to perform a controlled stop is very important and brings you closer to the next step: turn around - After a break you finally will feel like a real kite surfer in the next hour: - Learn how to steer the board by edging in order to go upwind or downwind - The last hour of day two is really important for your future Kite carrer - Safety training, repetition of subject matter 3. Day - Learn how to edge the board to return exactly to the point where you´ve started - The Basic Jibe is now the maneuver you want to learn, in order to get back to your instructor - Repetition & Questions. Prices Are Per Person: - 1 Day Beginner Course: €145 (3 hours) - 2 Days Beginner Course: €270 (6 hours) - 3 Days Beginner Course: €375 (9 hours) - 4 Days Beginner Course: €460 (12 hours) • VDWS – Basic License: theoretical & practical test for 40€ (incl. Workbooks) After your Beginner course you are well prepared to do the VDWS basic licence test. This card (with its specific licence number) aims to be a permanent companio and, by this, illustrates one's VDWS kite-apprenticeship for the rental of equipment and vis-à-vis local authorities. • Advanced Course (A6-A7 Level) - Starts from €195/Person: One Day individual training (4 hours- and need to be consumed at once) Pre-conditions: A5-level incl. basic license Prices For Rental: - 1 Day - €25 - 3 Days - €55 - 5 Days - €85 - 1 Week - €110 - 10 Days - €140 - 2 Weeks - €190 - 3 Weeks - €270 If you have any questions, we can answer those through GetMyBoat’s messaging platform before you pay. Just hit, “Request to Book” and send us an inquiry for a custom offer.
Kalpitiya (Puttalam district, North-West-Coast of Sri Lanka) has a long, narrow and ablsolutly pristine sandlobe that seperates the lagoon from the Indian Ocean. The best is, it is one of the most reliable windspots in the world. From May-October the wind blows all days with 20-25 knots average. The lagoon with it´s flat water and standing area is perfect for beginners, upgraders, freeriders and freestylers. Higher levels may switch into the Ocean by crossing the sandlobe. So no matter what level your friends are, all of you will find the right!
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