We arrived in La Ventana excited, but a little nervous, for our kiteboarding lessons.
The program is well set up to get you kiting (ish) in 3 days. First day, you learn about rigging and safety systems, fly a trainer kite on the beach, fly a slightly larger kite on the beach, then do a tandem body drag (where you fly the kite which drags you and the instructor through the water). Second day is a little like controlled drowning, the instructor follows you on a standup paddleboard talking to you through a radio in your helmet, while you do more body dragging, kite control work, and learn how to manage the board and try to put all the skills together to get yourself stood onto the board. On the third day you put it all together and make progress on standing and hopefully have a few longer rides…or so I’m told.
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