KiteSurfing Equipment

Written by Jakob Jelling


You are ready to take onrepparttar extreme sport of KiteSurfing, you are ready to poundrepparttar 133223 surf and soar acrossrepparttar 133224 water and aboverepparttar 133225 waves. In order to start you will need to purchase KiteSurfing equipment that will provide both safety and quality. The last thing you need happening is equipment failure as you jet acrossrepparttar 133226 ocean at a high rate of speed.

Many accidents can occur, but withrepparttar 133227 proper training and safety instructionrepparttar 133228 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 wantrepparttar 133229 equipment to work at all times. A Wet suit is a necessity. You never know when you may lose your kite inrepparttar 133230 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, perhapsrepparttar 133231 only thing that keeps your board on your feet,repparttar 133232 board leash straps around your ankle and stays attached when you crash or land inrepparttar 133233 water.

A safety release is strap that attached you torepparttar 133234 control bar. Once attached it allows you to add slack to one side ofrepparttar 133235 kite and guiding it down intorepparttar 133236 water safely. A safety release can be 2 or 4 line and also can be used for inflatable and framed kites. Foil kites must be carefully navigated downwind to bring them down intorepparttar 133237 water.

How To KiteSurf

Written by Jakob Jelling


You have been bitten byrepparttar KiteSurfing bug, you can’t wait to hitrepparttar 133222 first current to propel your body screaming 40-feet intorepparttar 133223 air and crashing intorepparttar 133224 water. With each gusts of wind your elevated high offrepparttar 133225 surface and breaking each wave as you land. The thrill associated withrepparttar 133226 sport of KiteSurfing has many able-bodied thrill seekers flocking torepparttar 133227 beaches acrossrepparttar 133228 world to set sail and fly acrossrepparttar 133229 top ofrepparttar 133230 ocean.

But before you could set your feet inrepparttar 133231 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 arerepparttar 133232 only thing holding you torepparttar 133233 kite, your feet are attached torepparttar 133234 board.

Most rookie KiteSurfers have accidents because they have trouble calculating distance and variable levels of speed thatrepparttar 133235 kites can create by a gust of wind. Learning to KiteSurf through instruction and practice is by farrepparttar 133236 best way to learn and experiencerepparttar 133237 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 afterrepparttar 133238 handles or swim back to shore. Depending how far out you have gone on your board this may not be such an easy task.

You can be carded or rated by a professional instructor. This will help you understandrepparttar 133239 risks as well asrepparttar 133240 conditions that are appropriate for your time out onrepparttar 133241 water. Your instructor should be certified byrepparttar 133242 IKO, International KiteSurfing Organization. Never go out with a friend, it could prove disastrous.

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