Instructors

Our IKO Certified instructors are trained to teach you everything you need to know to start kiteboarding and will share all the tips you will need to make the learning curve easy! Most of all, you will learn to kiteboard safely and comfortably.

Dwayne Strong – Dwayne is an IKO certified instructor who has lived on Vancouver Island for over 25 years and has been kiting for over 6 years. His kiting travels have taken him to Australia and the Dominican Republic .

Equipment

Strong Kiteboarding uses the latest kiteboarding gear as well as the best safety equipment available from Ocean Rodeo. Our Sea Doo is a great to have when learning to go up wind.

Why take kiteboardinglessons?

There is more to kiteboarding than just pumping up a kite and going out on the water. It is important to know how your equipment works as well as the basics. Strong Kiteboarding lessons will teach you:

• Wind effect
• Self rescue
• Water start
• Introducing 4-line rig up
• Weather dangers
• Equipment set-up
• Safety systems and usage
• Winding lines in water
• Kite repair
• How to carry a kite
• Keeping equipment in good shape
• How to choose a second hand kite and board
• Tie knots

Once the instructor feels you have good enough kite control, you will learn:

• Kite tuning
• Piloting
• Body dragging/upwind
• Launching and Landing Safely
• Board Retrieval
• Water Start/Kite re-launch
• How to analyze a spot and the effect of the obstacles
• Riding upwind
• Jumping/Back Loops