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Kite surfing taster
Kite surfing is a cross between wakeboarding, snowboarding, surfing, windsurfing and powerkiting and there’s nothing to compare when it comes to pure adrenaline sport. The amazing power generated by today’s kites coupled with their performance offers the kite surfer complete three dimensional freedom as with no other land or water based sport.
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Cruising along butter smooth water, riding massive waves or flying through the air – kite surfing gives you all this and more.
Kite surf taster days from Paracademy Extreme are the best around and our taster day programme will give you an introduction to the sport. As with any naturally powered sport, lessons are imperative as the kites used are performance machines capable of delivering a nasty bight in untrained hands!
Our taster day is a one day lesson weather permitting and covers the basics of the sport. Training is by professional instructors many of whom have passed through our ITC (instructor training course) so you have a guarantee of first class tuition.
Taster days are ideal for group parties too!
Stag, hen or corporate entertainment days always go down well. Let us know about your event and we’ll sort out a day to remember for you and your friends, family, clients or work mates.
Personal training is available on request for either 1 to 1 or 1 to 2 persons. Personal training is dependent on instructor availability and all outdoor courses are subject to cancellation due to adverse weather conditions.
What to bring with you
You will need a few things before you begin so please bring a towel, swimming trunks or similar and sun screen. We recommend complete sun block (50+) as you will spend some time looking up at your kite – we don’t get much sun in the UK but what we get is strong and sun safety is taken very seriously at Paracademy Extreme. You may like to bring an old pair of sun glasses too. You will be issued with helmet wet suit, harness and buoyancy aids.
Course dates
| Date | Cost | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 6th Jul 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Thu 31st Jul 08 | £95 | Weymouth | |
| Fri 1st Aug 08 | £95 | Weymouth | |
| Sat 2nd Aug 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sun 3rd Aug 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Fri 15th Aug 08 | £95 | Weymouth | |
| Sat 16th Aug 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sun 17th Aug 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Fri 22nd Aug 08 | £95 | Weymouth | |
| Thu 28th Aug 08 | £95 | Weymouth | |
| Sun 31st Aug 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sat 13th Sep 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sun 14th Sep 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sat 20th Sep 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sun 21st Sep 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sat 27th Sep 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sun 28th Sep 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sun 5th Oct 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sun 12th Oct 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sat 18th Oct 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sun 26th Oct 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sat 1st Nov 08 | £99 | Weymouth | |
| Sun 2nd Nov 08 | £99 | Weymouth |
For information on booking your course, what to bring and more please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions section.