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My objectives were to successfully learn how to kiteboard; learn to operate the kite, how to land launch, how to water launch, safety features, theory behind the kite and riding the board.
The course is a 3-day course which should be able to bring me to at least IKO (International Kiteboarding Organisation) level 1 Certified. During the course, I learnt with to kiteboard with another person as this was the cheaper option. Therefore, I would only get half the time with the instructor.
I believe I was able to complete the task having been able to get on the board and fly the kite around for few seconds before having crashed the kite. I think as time passed I started getting the hang of it and started changing that few seconds into few minutes. Unfortunately, I didn't get time to be able to increase that time and I never was able to go switch or do any airs.
The difficulties I encountered were rather minor and quite quick to overcome. This included mainly operation of the kite; the different moves required in flying the kite took some time to conquer because these concept were new to me and estimating when to turn the kite had to take me a bit of attempts to master the feeling, but my determination to get it right and ability to adapt to different situation quickly found this easy once a few successful tries. I did have to share the instructor with another student and this slowed me down because at times I had just observe however, to some extent it helped because I not only learnt from my mistakes but his mistakes as well (a concept that he didn't grasp too well). During the time I was doing the course, the water was infested with jelly fish, although protected and these were baby and harmless creatures there were an absolute irritation (at times got the best of me and lost my concentration).
Compared to the other student, I think I was more prepared and more enthusiastic for the sport. I think this is what in the end made me able to learn more and become more successful in being able to kiteboard than him. Although, he was a nice man, he did tell me about himself I got a small sense of his culture (Indian) in a way of his career (Bollywood). I think this activity mean't a great amount to me because it was a new experience and is a sport that is filled with excitement, adrenaline, euphoria, happiness, innovation and so much more all at the same time. This sport is now one of my favourite sport, although it been a while since I last kiteboarded, I do wish to continue kiteboarding after my exams.
One of the most useful thing I learnt from the activity is the power of not just learning from one own mistakes but improve upon and learn from other peoples mistakes. This point of view seems so clear but by doing the activity it became so much clearer how effective it is. This can be applied to any situation relevent to this situation and I am 100% this will be an extremely useful tool in the future.
Currently, I am planning to try promote this relatively new sport by just kiteboarding and encouraging others to try but After I finish my IB I intend to become a qualified IKO certified instructor where I would be able to teach the values and experiences my instructor gave me.
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