Vela Kitesurf St Martin
The Vela Kitesurf rental center and school, located along the beautiful beach on Orient Bay, offers services for all ability levels.
Kitesurfing Equipment
| Vela Kitesurf St Martin, our integrated Vela kiteboarding school is powered by the latest Cabrinha equipment including Convert, Switchblade, and Crossbow kites, plus Caliber, Plasma, and Prodigy boards. If you are an independent kiter we encourage you to leave your gear at home and rely on us for all your needs. Your rental includes access to the fleet of 2011 and 2012 Switchblade Kites and all boards in stock, plus harness, impact vest, helment, and beach assistance. We will help to keep on eye on you when out on the water, and can even hel pwith upwind-taxi services. |
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Kitesurfing Lessons
| We put great emphasis on a safe, proper and efficient teaching methods. Professional courses taught by certified instructors where students receive IKO Kiteboarding Cards upon successful completion of their courses. This card enables you to rent kite equipment from any IKO kite center in the world. Lessons are confirmed as either Private or Semi-Private sessions. All lessons are boat-supervised and includes all the gear you'll need. Our instructors will take you upwind with the boat while you save your energy to work on your new skills. Lessons take place everyday: morning sessions are between 9 am to 12 pm, and afternoon session from 1:30 to 4:30. |
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We always recommend booking lessons in advance to ensure your spot on the schedule. Contact us if you need to reserve some time with an instructor. If you have already booked lessons please make sure to check-in at Vela the day before or at least 30 minutes before your scheduled start time. Note: lesson start-times are dependent on the wind and may be delayed while waiting for optimal conditions.
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Beginner Package - 10 Hours
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Lesson 1: Basics of controlling the kite - 2 Hours
This is the basics of kite control and handling. You will be flying a latest Cabrinha model and you will go through the equipment terminology and setup, the wind effects and wind window theory. You will learn how to fly your kite hooked into the harness using the power of the kite in a safe environment, how to use your safety system, launch and land and fly the kite with the de-power loop.
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Lesson 2 : Body drag - 2 Hour Session (or combined with Lesson 1, 4 Hours)
The next step brings you into the water . You will learn how to change direction with your kite in the water, how to water re-launching a crashed kite from the water and the self rescue. You will also learn some additional body drag techniques such as Upwind body dragging (you will need this skill to retrieve the board after a crash).
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Lesson 3 : Waterstart - 2 Hour Session
We set you up on a board and teach you the water start theory: board and body positioning while piloting the kite, diving the kite to enable standing up on the board and controlling the speed and the direction.
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Lesson 4 : Board control and Downwind Riding - 2 Hour Session
In this lesson you'll work on riding downwind and work on your kite control. Keep your kite in the sky as you master your speed.
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Lesson 5 : Get Independent - 2 Hour Session
This final level covers the remaining topics to make you a totally independent, start to ride crosswind, control your turns, get back upwind with confidence, and you are ready to kite!. You should be able to rent some equipment and be an independent kiteboarder after completion of this 9 hours program. You will know how to choose a spot, rig your gear, and know everything about the safety to ride back and forth from the beach.
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| Upon completion of the beginner lesson Rider Package and demonstration of all the new skills your acquired, you will receive and IKO card certification that allows you to rent gear at any IKO certified Kiteboarding School in the world. We also can set you up with some brand new Cabrinha gear from our shop. Plan ahead to include lessons and rentals to ensure the best rates. |
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Advanced Lessons
Advanced Lessons: 2 Hour Sessions
Need help to nail the tricks you are working on, or just to help you polish up your riding in general. We are able to help with things as easy as body dragging upwind, back rolls, all the way up to and including handle passes and backroll kiteloops (F16’s). We also do coaching for surf riding and handling waves for the first time. Lesson rates vary depending on if you need to use school equipment or if you are traveling with your own gear. |
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If you have already booked lessons please make sure to check-in at Vela the day before your lesson.
More information is available at our new dedicated website, www.velakitesurf.com
FOR MORE DETAILS OR TO RESERVE LESSON TIME IN ADVANCE PLEASE CONTACT US
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