{"id":1734,"date":"2021-07-09T18:52:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T22:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kitesurfingacademy.com\/staging\/2899\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2021-08-07T07:47:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T11:47:29","slug":"is-kitesurfing-difficult-to-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kitesurfingacademy.com\/staging\/2899\/is-kitesurfing-difficult-to-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Kitesurfing Difficult to Learn?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Kitesurfing is a combination of TWO sports in one. KITE CONTROL is one part, BOARD RIDING is another.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Realistically speaking, kitesurfing is not the easiest sport on the planet. Kitesurfing is actually a combination of two disciplines in one. KITE CONTROL<\/a> is one part of the equation and BOARD RIDING<\/a> is another one. Each of these activities is complex enough and should be practiced separately in the beginning. So, IS KITESURFING DIFFICULT TO LEARN?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, to learn to kitesurf you\u2019ll need plenty of patience, strong dedication, a flexible schedule, time, endurance, mental focus, and a few more elements. Yet, to make you feel better, people as busy as Barak Obama<\/a>, as impatient as Richard Branson<\/a>, and as unfit as Sergey Brin managed to learn how to kitesurf!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love this saying: You can eat an elephant, just take one bite at a time. If you take a mindful approach to the learning process, go through all the steps without skipping any, and move to the next level AFTER you feel confident on the previous one, YOU should be able to learn to kitesurf as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who is your kiteboarding advisor?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The answer to the question \u201cIs Kitesurfing easy or difficult\u201d highly depends on the person you are asking. The answer is highly subjective and depends on the personal experience and the agenda of your advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the KITESURFING INSTRUCTORS would tell you that it is easy and that they had some students riding on day one. On the contrary, if you ask someone who tried and gave up, you would hear a completely different story of their fiasco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you select an instructor, keep in mind that great riders usually do not become great coaches. Most Olympic champions are coached by people who never acquired any Olympic gold themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it hard to understand the wind?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The wind is the king when it comes to kitesurfing. The wind is strong, it is powerful, it can be moody, and you can\u2019t tell “him” what to do. It goes the other way around. So, the better you understand the wind, the more you learn and know about it, the more you understand its nature, the easier it will be for you to harness its power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the classroom part. As much as you may be tempted to get out, jump into the water and start riding you should spend some time at your computer, reading wind charts, studying wind patterns, and figuring out what kind of wind is preferred for kitesurfing and when you should stay home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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