Playa Central Kiteboarding Blog from La Ventana, Baja

News on events, camps and experiences at Playa Central.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

All the Kiteboarding Instruction You Can Handle for Only $199 a Day.





You can take a full day of kite instruction and take as many hours of lessons as you would like. Have you shopped around for lessons yet? You´ll find almost everybody has prices by the hour, and usually about a dollar a minute. At Playa Central we offer our "All Day" for $199 dollars and are happy to do so.



We want our students to use up all the wind of each day they are on vacation in La Ventana, and that´s a lot of hours. During lessons, we want our students to repeat drills and nail down kite skills at their own pace, and for the student to be able to ask us questions without feeling pressed for time. We have found that this "All Day" kite package has made our instructors and our
customers very satisfied. As instructors, we work better with a comfortable student who can take their time, let us be a bit more thorough, and also, have time to catch their breath before we repeat exercizes. After you have had a few hours of lessons with us, you can take a break if you wish, order some coffee and a sandwich, and then head back out for your second round. It´s as good as it gets!




Most of our students take 2-4 "All Day" lessons, depending on their sports background. For people who are staying for a week, three days of our "All Day" make for a great kite trip because we go all day, and you log in lots of hours a short time. In La Ventana the wind picks up at 10-11 AM and blows until about 5 PM, which means that there are about 6-7 hours of wind most days. We have our students check in at 10:15 AM who fill out paper work, fit their wet suit and meet their instructor.

For your first day of lessons bring a hat, bathing suit, sunglasses, sunscreen and jacket. The first two hours will be on the beach where you learn the basic theory of kiteboarding, how to sear and power the kite, safety tips, and launching and landing. Once you are more familiar with the kite and have kite skills, we change into our wet suits and you will learn to body drag with the kite in the water. After you acquire body dragging skills, then we introduce the board and you begin water starting and riding on the board. We will correct your stance and kite positions once you can ride for seconds at a time.


Playa Central´s Kiteschool in La Ventana opens from October - April. For more questions about your kite lesson, please visit www.playacentralkiteboarding.com