Kitesurfing in the Red Sea

Kitesurfing is a sport I have always had an interest in learning. After scuba diving I decided to visit the southern beach in Eilat and watched a lot of people doing windsurfing and kitesurfing. I asked the price at KiteX Eilat school and he explained it to me.

A 2-hour lesson costs 550 shekels, about 100 euros and three lessons which is recommended for learning costs 1500 shekels, about 300 euros. The instruction is exclusive, 1 teacher for 1 student. I did the first lesson to see if I would do the following according to my learning curve. In the first hour I learned everything about safety and equipment.

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We followed all the next steps before heading to the water.

1. Open the kite and fill with air

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2. Position the kite to attach the strings

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3. Move the kite to the launching area

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4. Organize the strings to attach in the belt

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5. With the swimsuit, and the belt attached to your body, put the kite up in the air.

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In the second hour of the class I went to the water with the instructor without board to learn how to handle the kite. I learned a lot and was already doing the 8, that means able to move both sides. Since I was improving fast I decided to pay for the second lesson and headed to the water again to do more half-hour review of 8 and had a successful attempt to get myself up with the board in my foot. The last 30 minutes I did a trial with the board by myself using a helmet with a radio that I would use to communicate with my instructor that was in a boat.

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The wind was worse than morning and I had a hard time climbing the board and controlling the kite at the same time. I lost about 30 minutes just trying to lift the kite because I dropped it about 5 times. In the end I was able to stay once more on the board, but I fell and the time finished. In the next picture my kite is on the right.

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This second lesson was not as productive, but definitely the amount of hours recommended by them, 6 hours, is the ideal amount. I just did not pay any more because I was already poor. But it was well worth it!