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Welcome
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Welcome to Kitesurfing School. This site is dedicated to
beginners learning how to kitesurf. It's also useful to all kitesurfers who are
interested in kitesurfing in light wind (5 to 10 knots), kitesurfing in very strong wind, flat water
jumping, smooth landing, kiteskiing
on snow/ice, kitesnowboarding, kitelandboarding, build you own
kiteboard, or going fast. Kitesurfing is a rapidly
growing sport. Please bookmark this page as this site will be updated frequently to
keep up with the new equipment improvements, new techniques and new experiences.
If you have visited this site in the past, please click here
to view the list of all the latest modifications to this site. This web site was
created based on:
- The experience of an average pioneer kitesurfer who started learning
kitesurfing in October, 1998.
- Discussion with and/or observation of other pioneer kitesurfers in
action (Jan Pina, Terry, Antonio Esteban, Cory Roeseler, Teresa Roeseler, Mathew, Andre,
Royce, Ian Young, Alex Gillian, Ben Merkenhof, Mat Colefax, Kane Hartil, Stephanie, Dale,
Dave, Josh Young, Michel Montmigny and some other pioneer kitesurfers). Private e-mails
with a number of kitesurfers world-wide.
- Discussions on the Kitesurf, KsurfSchool
mailing lists, the Kitesurfing news group (alt.sports.kitesurfing) and the Kite Forum.
- The wonderful kite and kitesurfing web sites in the world.
- Contributions from many kitesurfers world wide especially from Jan
Pina, Stefano Rosso, Mark Frasier, Chris Glazier, Rick Iossi and many others.
- Comments, suggestions and corrections from many kitesurfers
worldwide.
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What you will find in this site
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Photo
by Bill Pratt
Photo by Claude |
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Why was this site created?
 Photo by Sylvain Cazenave, courtesy of
Wipika |
- To help to make learning kitesurfing, kiteskiing, kitesnowboarding
easier and safer.
- To help to improve kitesurfing equipment and techniques.
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What can you do to help?
 Photo by Sylvain Cazenave, courtesy
of Wipika |
- We are looking for volunteers who can translate and host this web site in other
languages (French, German, Japanese, Chinese, etc.). Please send a message
to ksschoolxlate-subscribe@egroups.com
to join the group of the translators currently working on the translation of the site.
Please check the archive of the group for instructions on the translation process.
- This site likely contains errors (probably a lot of errors), if you spot any error,
please notify us.
- Send all comments, suggestions, contributions and updated information to the webmaster of this site.
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What About Safety?
Kitesurfing is a dangerous sport (there
have been a few known fatal accidents while kitesurfing), more dangerous
compared to other "safer" sports such as windsurfing. In kitesurfing or
any other forms of power kiting, safety has to be taken seriously. It is
recommended that you take kitesurfing lesson from a local reputable kitesurfing school.
If you have to learn kitesurfing all by yourself, make sure that you have read and fully
understood the safety section before attempting to kitesurf.
Disclaimer
The owners, webmasters, authors and contributors of this site make no
representation nor warranty regarding errors, missing of and correctness of the
information contained in this web site. Use the information contained herein at your
own risk. The owners, webmasters, authors and contributors are not responsible for
any loss or accident to you or to other third parties including loss of business, loss of
sale, equipment or property damage, injury or death resulting from you or other third
parties using the information contained herein. |
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