Land Boarding Lesson

Land Boarding Lesson

Land Boarding A.K.A. Kite-Land Boarding or Kite-Mountain Boarding brings together the excitement of flying a kite with the thrill of riding a board; taking aspects from Kitesurfing, Ssnowboarding and Skateboarding. The challenging and fun sport can be performed either on a sandy beach, inland or on a field or park. With a 'more-ish' feel and a quick learning curve, it is not surprising to see how quickly the sport takes off and quickly people become addicted! Harnessing the wind's power is great fun and hugely rewarding when reaching the speeds and gaining the air that this kit provides!

Agenda

Once you have arrived and been welcomed to the centre your Land Boarding Lesson will begin with a safety brief and introduction to the equipment / instructor, before getting and getting some 'hands-on' practice, manning the board yourself after some serious theory has been discussed in an attempt to harness the wind's power!

This kite landboard course takes you right from the beginning, starting with a short theory session in the centre's classroom, which will cover wind and weather, site assessment, equipment, safety, the wind window and riding directions.

Then, once briefed you'll be out onto the beach, learning the following:

- Power kite set up and tuning
- Kite flying including safety
- Steering and kite control within the wind window
- Kite power control
- Introduction to more powerful kites for smooth pull on the landboard.

Once the kite control is learnt, it's onto the landboard!

- Introducing the board and kite together
- Controlled stop
- Producing continuous power from the kite to keep the board speeding along the beach!

As you start to develop your skills and are now riding up and down the beach confidently we will then introduce edging the landboard, travelling back upwind, turning and even a slalom course!

There are rules of the road to allow riders to pass each other safely without becoming tangled up which we briefly cover.

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Restrictions
Minimum Age: 8

Please contact us if you feel that your height or weight may restrict your participation in Land Boarding.

Duration
The Land Boarding Lesson will last for around 4 hours.

What to Wear / Equipment
We recommend that you wrap up warm if it is cold, wear sturdy shoes or trainers and bring sunglasses!

Group Size / Spectators
Spectators are welcome and encouraged to bring cameras!

Weather
If it is heavily raining then it makes it difficult to go ahead. Camber is one of the driest places in the UK and the centre has a huge range of kites - so lessons are very rarely postponed.

Availability
The Land Boarding Lesson is available 7 days per week, dependent on the wind & tide.

• Camber (East Sussex)