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A New IKO Examiner: Celebrating Virginie Rochette's Achievement!
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Building Confidence
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Author: Marica Moda Boost Your Confidence on the Water: Essential Tips for Kitesurfing Success...

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Essential Safety Gear Every Kitesurfer Should Own

Author: Marica Moda Equipped for any kitesurfing adventure Kitesurfing is pure adrenaline, but...

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Examiner Virginie Rochette
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03 Aug 2019

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The Essential Guide on How to Get Started and Learn Kitesurfing
02 Aug 2019

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The Ultimate Guide on Why You Should Learn to Kitesurf with Iko
The Ultimate Guide on Why You Should Learn to Kitesurf with IKO
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The Complete Beginner’s Guide To Know Everything About Kitesurfing
The Complete Beginner’s Guide To Know Everything About Kitesurfing

What Is Kitesurfing? For some, it does not even ring a bell although, for...

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When is the best time to start learning tricks in kiteboarding?

The best time to start learning tricks in kiteboarding is once you have learned the theoretical, practical and...

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Is it important to learn how to self-rescue kiteboarding?

  Believe it or not, we have heard this question thousands of times across the globe. The question is popular...

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Why is learning kiteboarding theory important?

Many people find learning theory both boring and unnecessary. The truth is that learning the theoretical side...

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Do you really need kitesurfing lessons?

Many activities and sports you can usually pick it up and go after some trial and error + quick pointers....

25 May 2018
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Avoid Offshore Wind Conditions

When in doubt, it is usually safer to not go out! Certain wind and wave conditions are best to avoid. Super...

18 May 2018
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WEAR SUNSCREEN or else…

It amazes us how overlooked sun screen is to seasoned kite boarders. When most of us first started learning to...

11 May 2018
High Aspect Ratio (AR) vs Medium AR vs Low AR Kites - What's the differe...

With the kiteboarding world growing you begin to see various kite shapes out on the water. Some thin and long,...

04 May 2018
General care practice for your Kite and Control Bar

We see it time and time again, people of all levels who do not properly care for their equipment quickly turning...

26 Apr 2018
Why don’t we use 70m lines?

When we are taught to kiteboard we begin on short lines; usually 5m to 10m long. As we progress; we move into 20m...

20 Apr 2018
3 Things before planning to learn tricks

As you progress in kiteboarding it is inevitable that the urge to learn tricks like jumping, wave riding, foiling...

13 Apr 2018
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