Kitesurfing in Paradise
Whether it is your first time or you want to push your kite game to the next level, the experience of learning is always something exciting.
Our kite community will make you feel at home and inspire you to grow a love affair with the ocean.
Kitesurfing in paradise
Whether it is your first time or you want to push your kite game to the next level,
the experience of learning is always something exciting. Our kite community will make you feel at home and inspire you to grow a love affair to the ocean.
Uncrowded spots, palm trees and endless pristine beaches make Kenya a paradise for many. Our kiteschool in Diani Beach, Kenya is located only a few seconds away from the Indian ocean, with tropical beach life and close to perfect conditions right at your doorstep.
While our beginners enjoy the safety and comfort of the endless shallow beach, our more advanced riders enjoy endless downwind session on the reef, or improove their freestyle game on the sandbank.
KITESURFING LESSONS
Becoming a rider
The 7h Basic Beginner course will give you the first insight into the exciting world of kitesurfing.
In your first lesson, you will be guided through the set-up and equipment introduction. Shortly, you will get into the main subject, which is kite control and bodydrags.
Our kite lesson bestsellers and most popular courses:
KITE FOIL LESSONS
Magic Carpet: Unlooked
The foil story has grown especially close to our heart.
We have truly fallen in love with the freedom and the puristic feeling a foil under your feet will give you. Not only will you score more sessions on those light wind days, but also get to enjoy learning some entirely new.
Join one of our foil clinics which we organise through out the season or inquiry for a private session.
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Kitesurfing Rental
Enjoy the latest kites and boards!
Take advantage of the latest and most modern kiteboarding equipment!
We offer a wide range of kites and boards for all level of riders.
Along side with the traditional twin tips, we also have surf boards and kite foil boards available.
It it important to us to keep our equipment safe and functional at all times,. In order to maintain a high standard, we make sure our kites are looked after, regularly check and timely exchanged.
Our kite lesson bestsellers and most popular courses:
LEARN KITESURFING AT DIANI KITE CLUB
Our Kite Club offers you a full range of kitesurfing classes and tuitions. Kite boarders of all levels
enjoy professional coaching with state of the art equipment in stunning conditions.
The Diani Beach is the perfect set up to get started in kitesurfing or improve your riding skills.
Our qualified instructors will patiently help you to achieve your goals and share the passion.
Lessons are available in Russian, German & English!
The Basic Beginner course is designed to give you an insight into the exciting world of kitesurfing. We will guide you through the process of grasping the basics of kite control and powerhandling. Following a progressiv scheme we start with safety instruction. You learn first how to set up the equipment and choose the right spot. However main subject of the first session is mastering the kite control and be comfortable with the power of the kite.
Followed by that you experience the full power of the kite using it to safely drag in different direction, learn how to recover the board and finally start with the water starts.
You will learn:
- Safety assessing, equipment introduction, launching procedure, basic kite control, powered body dragging water re-launch, directional body dragging
- Upwind body drag,board preparation
board recovery, basics water start
The Full Beginner course is ideal to guide you through the whole process of learning kitesurfing. Starting with safety instruction, kitecontrol and bodydragging, you will cover all subject as in the Basic Beginner. However we have more time to focus on individual progression steps.
After managing the water start, the big goal is riding comfortably to both sides. Also we work on the bodyposition, speed control, stops and first turns.
Part of the Full Beginner Course is the emergency packdown or self rescue. To be secure and to feel safe in any situation on the water, the self rescue is a key element.
Inclduing: 1 Day (2,5h) supervised rental
You will learn:
- Safety assessing, equipment introduction, launching procedure, basic kite control, powered body dragging water re-launch, directional body dragging
- Upwind body drag,board preparation
board recovery, basics water start - down riding, speed control, stopping
- Riding to both sides, stop-and-turn
Emergency pack-down (self-rescue)
Self sufficient and independent!
The Full Extended Beginner Course is the best approach to master kite surfing in one go. Just like in the Basic and Full Beginner Course, we work step by step through each subject. We have plenty of time to go at an individual learning pace and are able to repeat and practise each step as many times as needed. On top of that we learn more about safety, weather conditions, spotcheck and equipment in a separate theory lesson off the water.
You can practise your skills during the supervised free rental after reaching independency on the board.
Our goal is to make you an independent kitesurfer!
Inclduing: 2 Day (2×2,5h) supervised rental
You will learn:
- Safety assessing, equipment introduction, launching procedure, basic kite control, powered body dragging water re-launch, directional body dragging
- Upwind body drag,board preparation
board recovery, basics water start - down riding, speed control, stopping
- Riding to both sides, stop-and-turn
Emergency pack-down (self-rescue) - Riding upwind, confirming independence
- First turns / tacks / jibes
- Theory lesson
1h Individual Training
1:1 90 EUR / 2:1 45 EUR
3h Individual Training
1:1 240 EUR / 2:1 120 EUR
Work one on one with your instructor on your specific goals. Private lessons will be customized to your needs and are available for all levels of beginner and intermediate kite boarders.
Pick up where you left and finish your process of becoming an individual kiteboarder with your private instructor.
You will learn:
- Refreshing safety assessing , kite control and emergency pack down
- Upwind body drag,board preparation
board recovery, basics water start - down riding, speed control, stopping
- Riding to both sides, stop-and-turn
Emergency pack-down (self-rescue) - Riding upwind, confirming independence
- First turns / tacks / jibes
- Theory lesson
ADVANCED COACHING
Takeoff – first jumps 3h
170 EUR 1:1 / 100 EUR group
Rotation Clinic 3h
170 EUR 1:1 / 100 EUR group
Slides, Loops & Transition Clinic 3h
170 EUR 1:1 / 100 EUR group
Unhooked Introduction 3h
170 EUR 1:1 / 100 EUR group
Wave Board Introduction 3h
170 EUR 1:1 / 100 EUR group
Our advanced coaching is addressed to all those of you who are tired of just riding left and right. The different modules are designed to introduce to you all the different style in kite boarding.
Learn how to take of for the first time or try your first rotation. Kitesurfing offer sheer endless oportunities to develop your own style.
We provide you with the basics you need to succeed in air style, free style and wave style. To work as professional as possible we are using video recordings for better visuallisation and analyses.
Book your advanced clinic or ask for further details!
Subjects:
- Board popping, take off, balancing airtime, landing, boosting, jumping higher, safely crashing
- Back rolls, front rolls, roll transitions
- hand slide, dark slide, down looping, kite looping, transitions, jumping higher, advanced kite control, air control, grabs, multiple rotations
- strapless board control, transitions and switch on directional kite board, first contact with waves, introduction of the reef
- Kite trimm, suicide unhooked mode, first unhooked popping, unhooked kite control, Raily’s, unhooked back roll, unhooked front roll