Teaching Kiteboarding in Flat Water

http://www.15knots.com

Teaching Kiteboarding in a flat water spot near San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Review from the student Jon:

"15 Knots provided an incredible experience in every regard! My girlfriend and I arrived to Puerto Rico with the goal of going Kiteboarding, no experience and no clue where to find lessons. We were at an isolated resort outside of San Juan and were lucky to have a local say he "knew a guy" who could help us. It could not have worked out any better.

Having coached sailing for years, I can confidently say Juan Carlos is an incredible instructor. He broke down complex kite flying concepts into basic terminology, simple demonstrations and easy to understand drawings on the beach. He utilized a step by step approach to get us comfortable flying the kite, establish confidence and work up to board riding. Most of all, Juan Carlos shared his passion and deep knowledge of the sport to keep us safe, excited and eager to come back.

Whether you have never been on the water or kiteboarding for years, 15 Knots Kiteboarding School can help you achieve your goals and rip around on a kiteboard. He helped calm my admiteddly nervous girlfriend to get her started and had me up in three hours. The moment your skimming along across wavetops, you'll be hooked!"

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• Kiteboarding
• San
• Juan
• Lessons
• Puerto
• Rico
• Carlos
• Morales
• 15
• Knots
• School
• Flat
• Water

[15KnotsKiteboarding]

Riding upwind is an intermediate technique that can be accomplished in several ways. The simplest one is to have a kite with enough power for your weight that can propel you without having to move it up and down in the wind window. To go upwind, you need to generate enough speed to be able to keep the kite at a 45 degree angle also called 11 or 1 and edge against the kite will riding this will get you back to the beach. I suggest you take a lesson that covers this and you'll learn pretty fast!

[MagicJohn93]

How do you come back to where you started if the wind is blowing down the beach??