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It is well known that this is the latest thing to hit the watersports scene, it is currently the fastest growing watersport worldwide. Generally done anywhere around the coast kitesurfing is an exciting mixture of board riding and wind sports.

If you prefer to learn how to kitesurf on a one to one basis, we can provide our private lesson programme.

With our private lesson programme we will teach everything you have ever dreamed of, basic to advanced tricks, you name it and we will teach you.

With this impressive sport you'll soon be going big and expressing yourself with your own style. Kiting is a great way of helping you understand the wind and the waves, within no time you'll be searching out the ideal location like many others around the world.

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Lisbon

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Depending on what levels you have learnt so far, for beginners: We would teach the basics first:

> Intro the equipment
> Safety precautions
> Beach awareness, winds directions, setting up
> launching & landing the kite
> Controlling the kite whilst entering and exiting the water
> Relaunch a kite from the water
> Perform a deep water self-rescue.

Intermediates would be from:

Level F-2
- Define if the practice area is safe for practice
- Set up and check the equipment alone (kite, line, and control bar)

Level G-2
- Go away from the shore (with side-shore and side-on-shore wind) while body dragging, go down wind and come back to the shore
- In the water, pilot a kite with power from one side of the wind window to the other, passing by the power area; the pilot must be able to perform while piloting the kite at different heights from the water
- Perform the previously mentioned exercise while piloting with one hand

Level H-2
- Know the water start theory: board and body positioning, kite piloting
- Recover the board in deep water and position the feet in the foot-straps and keep the position while flying the kite

Level I-2
- Stand up on the board and ride while moving the kite up and down
- Tie the board leash alone
- Set up a 4 line kite alone and check that it is properly done. Obligatory at this point if it hasn't been done before
- Fly 4 line kite
- Activate the safety systems of a 4 line bar (power loop, leash)
- Adjust a four line kite while using the power loop
- Adjust the trim system of a 4 line kite to avoid it to fly backward or to adjust the power.

The private lesson is for your personally and you can ask your instructors to teach you a specific thing or help to build confidence in one area.

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