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About to take your very first kiteboarding lessons with an accredited kitesurfing school soon? Here are 6 videos you may find useful to watch before you do. You can also read our guide of what to expect on your first kitesurfing lesson here.

The board start, also known as water start, is one of the most important moments in kiteboarding. Learn how to master the art of getting up on the kite board. The kiteboarding water start requires time and training, but you’ll rapidly learn how to angle your feet before being pulled by a kite in the wind.

Sea breezes are great for kitesurfing due to their directional nature from sea towards the land (onshore conditions). But what is a sea breeze? When do they occur? Sea breezes occur during hot, summer days because of the unequal heating rates of land and water. During the day, the land surface heats up faster than the water surface.

In this post we will have a look at winds that are good for kitesurfing (and those that are not). We do this now as many of you will be flying your trainer kite at the beach and so you can start to notice the effects we’re talking about now when you’re out flying your kite, so when you’re ready to start kitesurfing it will become a little more automatic.

You might be wondering how long it takes to learn to kitesurf. So how long does it take to learn to kitesurf really? With riding upwind as a goal, it should take you between 15 and 20 hours to learn to kitesurf, including instructor training.  Actual learning time will depend on your learning skills, fitness level, wind and water conditions, the frequency of your sessions, and the quality of your instruction.

How to body drag upwind (and body dragging in general) is one of the most important techniques you should master in kiteboarding. It will allow you to recover the board and, in extreme cases, it might save your life, too. Kiteboarding beginners must learn how to body drag themselves back to the beach using the kite if an emergency occurs. In the early rides, it’s easy to lose a board.

Here are 5 common mistakes when launching your kite, followed by our visual guide to safely launching your kitesurfing kite.