Kite surfing in St Lucia

There are primarily two location in St Lucia that offer kite surfing, Kite Surf St Lucia in the northern end of the island at Cas en Bas (or also known as Cotton Bay) and The Reef Kite & Surf in Vieux Fort – Southern end of St Lucia.

Kitesurfing is a mixture of paragliding, wake-boarding, surfing and windsurfing, and appeals to a large target group. All you need is a board that is not even two meters long and weighs between 2 to 5 kilos, a kite that folds up to rucksack size, and a control bar and kite lines.

Kite Surfing St Lucia

“After years of teaching for other companies around the world, it was time to set up her own company. Bringing together all of her experience and knowledge of the sport to give you the highest quality and professional tuition on the latest equipment. Kitesurfing is Beth’s passion, and it won’t take you long to realise this. Learning to kitesurf in a relaxed atmosphere is important, and there is nowhere better than a warm beautiful Caribbean beach.

Whether your a beginner or already know how to kitesurf, we have lessons to cater for your needs…”

http://www.kitesurfingstlucia.com/

Email: kitesurfingstlucia@yahoo.com

The Reef & Surf

“Novices can learn the basics in courses of 4 to 10 lessons. You start with an introduction to powerkite flying to get used to the kite’s power and the technique of handling it, and at the end of the first course unit you should be able to control the kite and cope with its tremendous pull in every situation, and to manage a safe start and landing.

Next you move to a water-relaunchable kite, which has even more pull. You do various exercises with it on the beach, and practice bodydragging on the water and once you’ve completed this part of the course you’ will have done the groundwork for becoming a successful kitesurfer. From now on you’ll be in the water: you’ll learn to do a waterstart in case you fall in, and you’ll have your first go at standing upright on the board…”

http://www.slucia.com/kitesurf/

Email: kitesurf@slucia.com

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