Kitesurfing lessons and kiteboarding courses

Kitesurfing courses and kitesurf lessons from the UK's Premier Kite Surfing school. Paracademy Extreme offer training in parakarting, courses in power kiting and is an IKO Kite Surfing affiliated centre. We are also the UK's premier kite surfing instructor training centre offering British Kite Surfing Association and International Kiteboarding Organisation courses. Lessons in kitesurfing are held in Portland Harbour home of the 2012 Olympic sailing games using IKO/BKSA qualified kite surf instructors to ensure your kiteboarding course goes smoothly. If kite surfing's not your sport we also offer lessons in mountain boarding, power kiting, parakarting, snowkiting, kite landboarding and RYA (Royal Yachting Association) powerboat courses. Check out our course availability.

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Rescue and Evacuation

Specialised water based senario training course to support any basic first aid qualification. Realistic first aid application and casualty recovery from safety-boat situations. A must for any instructor or safety boat driver whoms first aid has only taken place in the classroom.

One day - £80.00

* Further dates available by arangement.

GPS intro

An introduction to the electronic world of navigation, Global position System or GPS. Use and types of GPS, navigation via waypoints, plotting position and passage planning. Classrrom and on-water course.

Four hour course - £50

Basic Navigation

Improve on those introduction skills that you picked up in your initial powerboat training with our basic navigation course. Covers the basics of chart use, positioning, buoys and beacons, planning a passage, steering a course and pilotage. Classroom and on water course.

Day course - £80

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