This passed weekend I have been coaching in Portland, Dorset in association with Paracademy where they have a phenomenal location to teach people to kitesurf. I was welcomed to run a weekend of Short Burst Session helping people who can already kitesurf to get better. We were lucky to have wind for a day and a half and as such a very sucessful weekend.
(The Royal Navy and Marines Kitesurfing Crew)
I spent saturday coaching the kitesurf club from the Royal Marines and Navy. They had organised a get together weekend and invited me to coach them. I spent the morning helping them to improve their level from jumping to rotations right the way up to surface handle passes and unhooked kite loops for some. The wind we had was around 14knots which is great for improving your level and it was cross on shore. Protected by the harbour walls the bay stayed nice and flat providing great conditions. By the end of the day the guys were running competition heats which we set up as part of an afternoon on competition riding.
(Preparing for competition)
On day 2 of the short burst sessions I had a group of people from Weymouth and Portland Kitesurf Club. They lived locally and were looking for help on riding toeside, slide turns, popping and jumping. Unfortunately the wind didnt blow all weekend long, so I am hoping to head back later in the year to run another few sessions.
(Not quite summer over here yet, but fun none the less)
Next up Im coaching in Lancing for Lancing Kitesurf Club. The weekend is fully booked so if you were hoping to bag a space please do get in touch, but it might be that I have to organise another couple of weekends sometime throughout the year.
Next month Im heading to Soma Bay in Egypt to run Egyptian Energy 2012. There are still a couple of spaces left so if you’d like to come drop me an email and I’ll send you an itinerary so you can find out more about it. Hope you can make it.
Jo
