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Berny Maginn
Examiner
Karikari Peninsula - New Zealand - Teaching in English
210Training Hours - 128Votes - 28794Teaching Hours - 24ATC - 53ITC
9409-318
Qualification
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30 November, 1999 |
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Snow level 1 Instructor Examiner Instructor Level 1 |
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Right of Way Assistant Instructor Trainer Teaching to Children Stretching for Kiters Head Instructor Exam Instructor Level 2 |
Job History
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Airzone Kitesurf School NZ | 16/01/2016 | Till date |
Airzone Kitesurf School UK | 09/06/2015 | Till date |
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[11] votes |
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Teaching Hours | 1259 | 28794 |
Student Taught | 34 | 954 |
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REVIEWS
Reviewed 10 Dec 2022
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Reviewed 25 Jul 2022
Great course well run. Good balance of professional and personal elements. Cheers
Reviewed 21 Jul 2022
Great course we'll run and very practical and useful for my future. Cheers
Reviewed 03 Apr 2022
Great course and awesome instructor. Berny was knowledgeable and helped me reach my first instructor goal.
Reviewed 29 Mar 2022
Very informative and knowledgeable. Had the pleasure to learn from one of the best trainers Bernie who made the course enjoyable. Look forward to taking on his approach and adding my own delivery with my teaching in the future.
Reviewed 07 Mar 2022
Berny was a great examiner, I enjoyed his style of teaching. The weather made it a little difficult to conduct lessons however Berny still managed to teach us the required standards well and in a safe manner.
Reviewed 28 Jan 2021
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Reviewed 12 Jan 2020
Interesting & helpful knowledge. Helped getting me started on my kiting journey & felt safe & encouraged the whole time. Thank you
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Reviewed 30 Jul 2019
Fully recommended Zoe's and Berny's Airzone Kitesurf School - best place to take ITC course. I had a fantastic course. The content was excellent with lots of new information and Berny’s approach to running the course was informative and professional. Learned so much and had a lot of fun!
Reviewed 17 Jul 2019
A brilliant course with a passionate instructor! I enjoyed myself alot and learnt so much which I will take into my future!
Reviewed 08 Jul 2019
There wasn’t enough wind for the riding assessment. That’s why I left it blank. We are still going to do this.
Reviewed 20 May 2019
Great AITC course with Zoe and Berny. A lot of useful knowledge served in friendly atmosphere with professional approach to the students. Can't wait my ITC course ;)

Reviewed 16 May 2019
Personally tailored training to suit my needs and my level.
Berny began by carefully assessing my kiting abilities and all of my deficiencies. He then methodically corrected each and every point that was not right, giving me full confidence to go ahead on my own. But I will be back!
Once I have put Berny's instruction into practice, I will want to learn more.
The spot is really good too.
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Reviewed 18 Dec 2018
Fantastic course run by Bernie and team. Thanks again for looking after us!
Reviewed 17 Dec 2018
Airzone Kitesurf School with Bernie and team are running a unique environment that is a great place to learn. I learned more than I expected out of the course and found it really beneficial as a rider and instructor.
Reviewed 06 Oct 2018
High level of self confidence in teaching has been created with the very structured IKO methods and the competence of the instructor Bernie.
Reviewed 12 Sep 2018
The course was extremely helpful. Bernie always made sure we are not stressed out and helped us with whatever we needed. He explained things in very creative ways and was very patient with us. When I was coming for the course I was really worried and stressed and once I arrived and met everyone I felt like I'm in a right place. I have gained a lot of practice and knowledge in these few days. I will strongly recommend both Bernie and Zoey for anyone that wants to train for an instructor or simply become a better kitesurfer.
Reviewed 28 Aug 2018
Very comptent and professional way of teaching in a very friendly atmosphere. Thumbs up!
Reviewed 30 Jul 2018
An index page in the course manual would be great. Cheers
Reviewed 26 Jul 2018
I really enjoyed time while course, learnt plenty of useful things about teaching, also get familiar with technical aspects of kitesurfing eg. Equipment, weather, tides etc.
Reviewed 30 Apr 2018
It was great! So happy that I completed it!
Reviewed 20 Mar 2018
The course was overall very good. The trainer and everyone else at the school were very helpful and kind. However, the fact that some students spend 4, 8 or 12weeks at the school previous to the course while others come just for the one-week AITC does unfortunately have an impact in terms teaching dynamics and follow up to individual student's needs.
Reviewed 25 Apr 2017
I Did the Level 1 iko course at the same time as the Assistant instructor course... My assessor passed me as an Assistant instructor but not the Level 1. I think I am competent to teach beginners from knowing nothing right up to getting airs themselves. however I was given 40 hours of shadowing because of a couple misunderstandings between my assessor and I. I dont agree with his decision. His decision was unfair and puts me off even bothering trying to get my ticket sorted. I would possibly recommend them to beginners who want to learn how to kitesurf, but I wouldnt reccommend them to people who can already kitesurf and want to become instructors themselves.
Reviewed 08 Dec 2016
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Reviewed 08 Dec 2016
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Reviewed 30 Oct 2016
AITC AND ITC Course
Great 8 days with Berny and Zoe doing the assistant instructor and instructor level 1 course lent so much.
Very Professional service .
Thanks
Stephen Temple
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Reviewed 27 Oct 2016
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Reviewed 31 May 2016
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Reviewed 19 Apr 2016
Great Learning, Great fun!
I enjoyed doing my IKO assistant Instructor (and Level 1 Instructor) course at Airzone Kitesurf School NZ. Berny has tons of experience and I enjoyed his teaching and the learning environment. It was the right balance of laid back yet very appropriate structure and sequence for information, observation, and hands on teaching. The camp itself is a great environment to stay in, with excellent facilities and wonderful food. I made new friends and improved my kiting as well as my ability to teach others. I feel ready to move on as an IKO instructor.
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Reviewed 30 Mar 2016
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Reviewed 24 Apr 2015
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Reviewed 13 Mar 2015
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Reviewed 12 Mar 2015
It was a overal great experience, loved having the many different wind conditions and therefore multiple kitesurf locations during the course.
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Reviewed 11 Jan 2015
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Reviewed 25 Nov 2014
Great examiner and good course
In the last days had my assistant instructor course with berry, he is a very professional and very friendly examiner. He is very experienced and knows exactly how to teach the important lectures. The safety aspect was very important for him and me and the students felt safe during the whole time. The material we used was in very good conditions and very easy and save to use.
Overall I was really happy with berny as an instructor and airzone kitesurf enter!
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