Many accidents can occur, but with proper training and safety instruction risk can be reduced significantly. Make no bones about it; KiteSurfing is a radically extreme sport. It may not be as dangerous as parachuting out of an airplane but it has other hidden dangers that aren’t always noticeable.

Before you set out you will want to purchase a setup that is cost-effective and will provide protection. You want to be safe and you want equipment to work at all times. A Wet suit is a necessity. You never know when you may lose your kite in water you will need to keep yourself buoyant as you swim, sometimes a long while to recapture your kite and other times into shore when your kite goes out to sea.

You will also need a life jacket or as it is known as a buoyancy jacket that will keep you afloat should you tire while swimming into shore or after your kite. A board leash, perhaps only thing that keeps your board on your feet, board leash straps around your ankle and stays attached when you crash or land in water.

But before you could set your feet in water you will need to know how to KiteSurf, if you have surfed or have sail surfed you have an immediate advantage to understand how to maneuver your board, however when KiteSurfing your feet will move a little and your arms and hands are only thing holding you to kite, your feet are attached to board.

Most rookie KiteSurfers have accidents because they have trouble calculating distance and variable levels of speed that kites can create by a gust of wind. Learning to KiteSurf through instruction and practice is by far best way to learn and experience heart-pounding action and gravity-defying jumps.

As with any sport there are safety precautions you should adhere to.

You must be a good swimmer. Swimming entails that if your kite flies away from you, you may have to swim after handles or swim back to shore. Depending how far out you have gone on your board this may not be such an easy task.