Jibe's Kite School – Mui Ne, Viet Nam https://vietnam-kitesurf.com/ Careful, complete, step-by-step kitesurf lessons in Mui Ne Mon, 21 Dec 2020 09:41:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 How long does it take to learn to kitesurf? https://vietnam-kitesurf.com/post-formats/blog/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-to-kitesurf/ Fri, 23 Oct 2020 07:42:32 +0000 https://vietnam-kitesurf.com/?p=5751 I’m asked this a lot. On kite forums and kiteschool websites, I’ve seen people say anywhere from 6 hours to 12 months. There’s no short answer to this question, except… “it depends.” One, it depends on you. The more effort you put in, and the more prepared you are, the less time it will take. We’ve had students who are physically fit, used to the ocean, and very focused on learning. Some of them had already learned similar sports like paragliding, windsurfing, and wakeboarding. They took the time to go through the lesson materials and Youtube videos we provide. They […]

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]]> What should I know before starting my first lesson? https://vietnam-kitesurf.com/post-formats/blog/what-should-i-know-before-starting-my-first-lesson/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 08:55:37 +0000 https://vietnam-kitesurf.com/?p=3318 Based on the responses from my best-performing students, I would suggest the following points.

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]]> The Alphabet Soup of Instructor Certification https://vietnam-kitesurf.com/post-formats/blog/the-alphabet-soup-of-instructor-certification/ Sun, 08 Sep 2019 06:06:00 +0000 https://vietnam-kitesurf.com/?p=3027 As a beginning kiter, a lot depends on your instructor and your choice of kite school. I'm going to offer some observations based on 18 years of teaching, hiring and training instructors, and watching many instructors in action.

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]]> Launching Procedures and Problems https://vietnam-kitesurf.com/post-formats/blog/blog-3/ Sun, 23 Dec 2018 03:38:31 +0000 http://vietnam-kitesurf.com/?p=2944 I'd like to point out a very important but often-missed part of a good launch procedure. The back line tension check, if done properly, could have prevented the majority of launch mistakes, failures and near-misses that I have observed.

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]]> Waterstarts and First Riding https://vietnam-kitesurf.com/post-formats/blog/blog/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 10:01:16 +0000 http://vietnam-kitesurf.com/?p=2883 I've seen it over and over again. Taking the time to learn the basics properly first will save you huge amounts of time (and keep you and the people around you safer) when the time comes to do your waterstart.

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