Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Feel uneasy with deep water operations? Well many people do and the reason for it most of the time is because they learned in shallow water and have never had to do a full emergency release and self-rescue in deep water. Another fear is losing your board in deep water. Both of these items will be covered and practiced by each clinic participant in deep water on their own equipment under the watchful eye and instruction of Phil Midler from XLKITES.

We will cover each of the exercises on land, practice on land then do a actual board recovery and self rescue and pack down out in the deep water. This class has a limited number of participants so if you’re interested email the shop at houston@xlkites.com or call 281-508-6485 as soon as you’re sure you can do it. It will be run like a normal lesson so we’ll call each participant the day before to confirm the time on Sunday. It will most likely be in the afternoon after everyone is done riding for the day. Prerequisites for the class are:

1. Being able to ride upwind
2. Land/launch your own kite
3. Know emergency procedure theory (in shallow water etc)
4. Know how to swim (hopefully this is not an issue)
5. Have equipment with working safety release and safe operating condition

Price for the clinic is $35/person and can be payable the day of the clinic. it will be 1-2 hours long.

Testing the new Cabrinha Chopstick board


Forecast for this weekend looks good!!

No comments: