Product Description

Leap for your life and discover the trills of kitesurfing!

Written by three–time world champion and packed with over 500 photographs, this book covers first attempts at getting afloat to snapping a 360. It is the definitive guide to kitesurfing, covering both mental and physical preparation with fabulous photography showing every stage of each manoevure.

Like all watersports, safety and preparation come first. The opening chapters cover weather, location, preparation of equipment, physical and mental warm–ups and signals in the water. 

The main body of the book introduces the reader to the basics of getting into the water and the principles of surfing on the wind: getting up, steering, turning, controlling the kite and what to do when you, inevitably, wipe out. Once the rider has mastered surfing at high speed, it’s time to start having some fun, with more than 50 tricks covered in full step–by–step detail from the basic chop hop to how to ride huge waves and advanced moves like the back to blind surface pass and the unhooked downloop s–bend!

The final sections of the book introduce fitness and flexibility ideas for kitesurfers and cover maintenance and repair of equipment.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25018 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 168 pages

Review
"Every trick is illustrated with a photo sequence...something that we haven't seen outside of magazines before, and works really well". --Kite World, June/July 2008

Review
“the definitive guide to kitesurfing, covering both mental and physically preparation.” Kiteworld July 2008

“…looks so good, you’ll find yourself picking it up, stroking the cover and oooing before you’ve even opened it.” Active June 2008

“Every trick is illustrated with a photo sequence…something that we haven’t seen outside of magazines before, and works really well”.Kite World June/July 2008

Review
"the definitive guide to kitesurfing, covering both mental and physically preparation."

Customer Reviews

Kitesurfing. The Complete Guide
A nice book but does not really cater for the beginner. By the time your a third of the way through the book there talking about getting air.

kitesurfing the complete guide
Very easy to understand. You would need to have lessons ideally first then it all makes sense