Qualification

Member since
01 May, 2012
Qualifications
Instructor Level 1
Kiteboarder Level 2I
Assistant Trainer
Additional Qualifications
Instructor Level 2
Instructor Level 2
Instructor Level 3
Level Check for Kiters

Job History

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KiteSafe19/02/2017Till date

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Teaching Hours 320 10696
Student Taught 8 378

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REVIEWS

Mark van Duinen
Utrecht, Netherlands
Reviewed 03 Oct 2022
The video's included with the course could be better. Current there is just a person reading the text from the manual. For that purpose the audio would suffice. Rather, I'd think it would be very useful to show some imagery of how certain things work. For example, our instructor Alex showed a video/simulation of how the air flows around an air foil and how the drag/lift changes with a change in angle of attack. That was very insightful and makes for much quicker learning.
Michel Peters
Haarlem, Netherlands
Reviewed 26 Sep 2022
Joris Heidinga
Heemskerk, Netherlands
Reviewed 26 Sep 2022
Tim Platschorre
Den Haag, Netherlands
Reviewed 26 Sep 2022
Alex did a great job as a trainer and gave us a lot of useful background information on every topic.
Fleur Nol
Haarlem, Netherlands
Reviewed 27 Jun 2022
Jesse Beijer
Castricum, Netherlands
Reviewed 27 Jun 2022
Isam Hadjih
Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
Reviewed 31 May 2022
Sergio Uribe-echeverria
Enschede, Netherlands
Reviewed 30 May 2022
Joyce Gerber
Reviewed 30 Jul 2021
Loved it! Very happy about it all, the vibes were great!
Maaike Poutsma
Amersfoort, Netherlands
Reviewed 26 Jul 2021
Julien De falbaire
Mauritius
Reviewed 26 Jul 2021
Jody wormsbecher
purmerend, Netherlands
Reviewed 25 Jul 2021
Julia Kooij
Sleeuwijk, Netherlands
Reviewed 08 Jun 2021
We did not have enough wind to show our own skills, we need to send a video as soon as possible! Overall great experience
Allard Fontein
Bergen NH, Netherlands
Reviewed 07 Jun 2021
Alex was the best trainer we could think of. Authentic, professional, reliable and truly committed to share his experience to make us better instructors. Thank you!
Murk Feitsma
Oosterwold , Netherlands
Reviewed 03 May 2021
Jurre Bruijn
Zandvoort, Netherlands
Reviewed 24 Jan 2021
Benedicte Caramin
Corralejo, Spain
Reviewed 05 Oct 2020
Philipp Linz
Haarlem, Netherlands
Reviewed 05 Oct 2020
We couldn't practice the self rescue, landing & launching as we had 30+knots on a busy kite spot so the teacher rightly decided not to do it, safety first.
Marjan Kiewiet
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 05 Oct 2020
Borre Boumans
Houten, Netherlands
Reviewed 24 Aug 2020
tony vanderdonck
antwerpen, Belgium
Reviewed 24 Aug 2020
Jason Ritzer
Wassenaar, Netherlands
Reviewed 23 Aug 2020
Joep van den Brink
Copenhagen, Denmark
Reviewed 20 Jul 2020
Thom Wiersma
'S-GRAVENHAGE, Netherlands
Reviewed 14 Jul 2020
The instructor had to prospone de last 2 days of our course because he had personal business with his brand Harlem kites. Therefor we didn't do any riding ourselves, the owner of the school I work has confirmed that my riding is good enough.
Rob van der Donk
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 13 Jul 2020
Franka Tempelaar
Den Haag, Netherlands
Reviewed 13 Jul 2020
Denise Lobo
Reviewed 21 Oct 2019
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Guus Verstegen
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 20 Oct 2019
Jesse Kribben
Netherlands
Reviewed 19 Oct 2019
Miquel Stierman
Netherlands
Reviewed 19 Oct 2019
Elsbeth Spelt
Wageningen, Netherlands
Reviewed 16 Oct 2019
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B. Simon
Reviewed 16 Oct 2019
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Enver Loke
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 10 Sep 2019
Jhon Perez
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 10 Sep 2019
Astrid Pathuis
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
Reviewed 10 Sep 2019
Lars Nelissen
Dronten, Netherlands
Reviewed 10 Sep 2019
Levent Des
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 10 Sep 2019
Klaas Smit
Noordwijk, Netherlands
Reviewed 24 Jul 2019
All in all it was a very nice week
Victor
Reviewed 21 Jul 2019
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Albert Sikkema
Santpoort-noord, Netherlands
Reviewed 20 Jul 2019
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Djoeke de Zandt
Reviewed 20 Jul 2019
kitesurfing with IKO I had a great time during the Iko lessons, all the instructies were positive, patiënt and had a good sense of humor! I wish them all succes and fun on the water!
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Maarten Cox
Reviewed 24 Jun 2019
Clear instructions and lots of great energy during the course!
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Jochum Buijs
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 17 May 2019
Yvette de Koster
Mijdrecht, Netherlands
Reviewed 15 May 2019
Wendy van Vuuren
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 14 May 2019
Ivar Van de Kamp
Reviewed 14 May 2019
Very usefull course and get you to understand more about kitesurfinf
Marcella van Zalingen
Netherlands
Reviewed 14 May 2019
Sannie Kwakman
Reviewed 11 May 2019
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Klaas Vader
Broek op Langedijk, Netherlands
Reviewed 07 May 2019
Thanks Kitesafe I had a super good time and learned a lot. I had a nice welcome and good instructions by Alex and his team of teachers (in training) everybody was really motivated to give good instructions, information about safety, tecniques, posibilities and situations. I had 2x 2.5 hr classes and the team taught me the basic principles and techniques well and fast, next step is the water start, witch I was advised to learn about indoor water instead of the sea with a more experienced teacher. After that I will definitely return for more lessons and fun with the team :-)
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Rene van Soest
Zandvoort, Netherlands
Reviewed 06 May 2019
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Ferry Kager
Netherlands
Reviewed 04 Apr 2019
Katinka de Klerk
Reviewed 19 Oct 2018
Elisabete Eigenmann
Aesch, Switzerland
Reviewed 19 Sep 2018
The course was very informative and I learned alot.
Mariska Bom
Reviewed 13 Sep 2018
Daan Leeflang
Nieuw-Vennep, Netherlands
Reviewed 13 Sep 2018
Learned a lot and had a great time with alex and the other students
Rob Koopman
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 13 Sep 2018
I think it’s very complete on the way you’re doing it now
Leila Scheltema
Middelburg, Netherlands
Reviewed 12 Sep 2018
Martin Murruste
Tallinn, Estonia
Reviewed 22 Aug 2018
Had a super nice and experienced instructor!
Alex Salvador
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 06 Aug 2018
Luca Hertfelder
Berlin, Germany
Reviewed 31 Jul 2018
Franciscus Wouters
Reusel, Netherlands
Reviewed 30 Jul 2018
Floor Everts
Reviewed 11 Jul 2018
Edmond Blankespoor
Heemskerk, Netherlands
Reviewed 27 Jun 2018
Learned allot, had a great time!
Aart Jan Kok
Harderwijk , Netherlands
Reviewed 21 Jun 2018
Vincent de Jonge
Reviewed 15 Jun 2018
Miqui Molenaar
Reviewed 11 Jun 2018
Ramon Moreno
Reviewed 11 Jun 2018
Minouc de Brauw
Reviewed 11 Jun 2018
Alex did a great job!!
Eric Plugge
Den Haag, Netherlands
Reviewed 11 Jun 2018
I absolutely would recommend Kitesafe as AITC training center.
Sebastian Meyer
Ķekava, Latvia
Reviewed 11 Jun 2018
Andrea Goudriaan
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Reviewed 11 May 2018
There was unfortunately not much wind during the course. Enough for 2 days of teaching to real students, but rating of our own kite skills was done via video (or in my case, owner of the kiteschool observed me kiting on a wind day outside of the course)
Hendrik-Jan Kaptein
Den Haag, Netherlands
Reviewed 09 May 2018
Theory was very usefull. Trainer was very likeable, only thing is that i think students should get more time to practice. I understand the commercial need, but sometimes they finish a course and do not have enough real skills
David John Bouras
Recklinghausen, Germany
Reviewed 09 May 2018
Niels van den Brink
Netherlands
Reviewed 08 May 2018
marco van der zanden
Den Haag, Netherlands
Reviewed 08 May 2018
Pieter-Jaap Res
Castricum, Netherlands
Reviewed 08 May 2018
Mensonides Floris
Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands
Reviewed 10 Apr 2018
Joris van Trotsenburg
Lisserbroek, Netherlands
Reviewed 10 Apr 2018
Hello IKO, Thanks for this first step in transforming my passion into my life. Just a little additional feedback: I believe that several subjects in the manuals can be explained by using more simple english words - its quite often that me and other students need to use a dictionary for translating 'expensive words' while it could be easily replaced for simpel words saying the same. Looking forward to the next course. Joris
Sean Fairey
Brest, France
Reviewed 10 Apr 2018
Gerco IJben
Elburg, Netherlands
Reviewed 10 Apr 2018
Louise Okker
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 10 Apr 2018
Christian Overdijk
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 10 Apr 2018
Jelle-Willem van Zelm
Reviewed 25 Sep 2017
The IKO lesson plan leaves limited options for creativity. This is fair, since certain topics have to be covered. However, sometimes i got the feeling we were "going through the book" together, which i can also perfectly do by myself (reading). If possible i would recommend to make sure students read by theirselves, and key topics are presented/discussed in a more (inter-)active way. Overall i was really happy with the AITC-Plus and especially with the performance by the Assistant Trainer, Alexander Morgenstern. Thumbs up, many thanks, and see you on the water. :-)
Chavert ter Maat
Glanerbrug, Netherlands
Reviewed 23 Sep 2017
Please make a shorter course for people who have (much) experience in teaching kitesurfing.
Dave Buitendijk
Vlijmen, Netherlands
Reviewed 23 Sep 2017
Marianne Béglin
Reviewed 24 Jul 2017
Great content, best Trainer and team, had a wonderful time learning!
Steven Brok
Bunnik, Netherlands
Reviewed 23 Jul 2017
All was up to standard and good
René Kok
Dronten, Netherlands
Reviewed 21 Jul 2017
Jari Jansen
Reviewed 20 Jul 2017
Tim Schutte
Castricum, Netherlands
Reviewed 20 Jul 2017
Jorn Snall
Leiderdorp , Netherlands
Reviewed 20 Jul 2017
it was excellent
Heleen Van Waes
Breda, Netherlands
Reviewed 29 May 2017
Felix Vanparijs
Linden, Belgium
Reviewed 23 May 2017
Dirk Tromp
Castricum, Netherlands
Reviewed 19 May 2017
Youri van Rooij
Haarlem, Netherlands
Reviewed 19 May 2017
Hans Alblas
Lopik, Netherlands
Reviewed 07 Apr 2017
Sander van de Weg
Kortenhoef, Netherlands
Reviewed 24 Mar 2017
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Frederik Vernede
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 23 Mar 2017
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Burhan Denek
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Reviewed 21 Mar 2017
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Georg Klapper
Frechen, Germany
Reviewed 15 Feb 2017