Kiteboarding Gear & Equipment

Series Summary

Kiteboarding, or kitesurfing, is a sport in which a rider uses a large controllable kite to catch air power that will propel him or her across the water on a small board. The kiteboard, similar to a wakeboard, is held to the feet with straps. Kite boarding is growing rapidly in popularity, and recent innovations in kite and board design have made it even safer. Riders are constantly developing new tricks and riding styles, and compete in tournaments worldwide. Because kiteboarders are at the mercy of nature’s forces, the sport can be dangerous, and professional instruction is advisable to avoid basic beginners’ mistakes.

In this series of free kiteboarding video lessons you’ll learn the techniques you’ll need to start kitesurfing. Expert instructor Fransisco Escudero teaches you about the different types of kites, how to properly inflate the kite and how to attach and check the harnesses, and offers a demonstration of launching, surfing and landing techniques that will have you kiteboarding like a pro.

Video Transcript

"Hello, my name is Francisco Escudero with Sky Banditz Kiteboarding here in Miami, Florida you can find at www.skybanditz.com and we’re going to learn the basics on kiteboarding. On behalf of expertvillage.com, I’d like to welcome you. Okay, the first part that we have here is you have the inflatable kite, I’m going to be pulling it out of the bag in one minute and we have the bar and lines, it’s going to use to control the sail. Then we a harness or a belt, it’s going to placed in your waist with a hook, you have an inflatable pump, then we have a twinted board with foot straps, fins in the back. What we do first is we’re going to take out this inflatable kite out of the bag. I’m going to stretch it out with the wind and unfold it. "