Kite boarding is cool to watch, and feels even better when you are riding.
It’s very similar to kite surfing, except you don’t need all the equipment. Infact it costs about half the amount to fully kit yourself out with all the kite boarding gear!
One of the greatest things about kite landboarding is that it can be carried out on the beach or grassland. Virtually wherever you are, you can get your kite out and just cruise along taking it easy – or do freestyle tricks!
All our kite boarding lessons take place in Poole or Bournemouth, as there are many places that are just excellent for learning to kite board! You don’t need any experience at all, or any special gear, as we will provide everything you need to get to know your new sport…
All lessons take part with PKD Buster Soulfly, Ozone Flow and Scrub land boards.
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A 'kite landboard' is a board designed to move across various types of terrain with the use of a kite as traction, and allows you to move, jump and perform freestyle tricks.
Kite landboarding is similar to kitesurfing Using the kite as your power source and by resisting its pull the power is transmitted to the wheels of your board. By manoeuvring the kite and board you will move back and forth, and can perform land and airborne tricks.
The power kite can provide enough lift to help you balance on the board and allows the rider to easily achieve big air tricks. Once moving you quickly speed up as the power of the kite pulls you forward. Once you've learnt where to position the kite in the sky and how to balance on the board you will soon start popping the big air tricks.
SB Kites is the only kite school in the Dorset coastal area which offers land based power kite lessons, kite buggy lessons and kiteboarding lessons.
Kev and Sue are ready to teach you, your friends and family all aspects of power kiting, bugging and kite boarding enabling you to continue the kiting safely wherever you are. We are experienced kiters with the correct insurance, as well as sports first-aid certificates, and one of our instructors is passed by the criminal records bureau.