The Kiteboarding Manual: The essential guide for beginners and improvers - Couverture souple

Gratwick, Andy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1408192039 ISBN 13 : 9781408192030

Editeur : Adlard Coles, 2015

Synopsis

The Kiteboarding Manual is your complete practical guide to this fast-paced and addictive sport, which will be part of the Olympics from 2024. It'll get you started with the kite and take you through to flying it on the water, jumping, tricks and racing, as well as covering weather, wind and tide theory and helping you select the right kit. Sections cover:

The origins of kiteboarding and massive rise in popularity in recent years
How a kite flies and basic weather principles as well as background on tides and currents, waves, and wind vs tide
Getting started on land - LEIrigging, assembly, launching and flying, body-dragging
How to master your board skills -turns, stopping, rules of the road
Going upwind, riding toeside, turning and transition
Moving fast and riding waves; learning to tack and gybe
Details on all kiteboarding disciplines from speed kiting to kiting on land
How to improve your performance and enjoy incredible airtime!

Packed with step-by step photo sequences explaining the basic moves all the way through to more advanced tricks, and including information on competitions and becoming an instructor, this is a book no kiter will want to be without.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andy Gratwick is Head of Training for British Kitesports Association and the first ISAF technical expert for kiteboarding in the world. He has written the training and exam syllabus for national kiteboarding authorities in the UK and Australia, as well as working with ISAF on the standards and rules for the 2024 Olympics. He is also an RYA Yachtmaster; trainer and examiner for kitesurfing, snow and land kiting; and BSUPA Head Coach for SUP in the UK. Easyriders, his kiteboarding and stand up paddle school, is based in Sandbanks, Poole.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Adlard Coles
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1408192039
• ISBN 13: 9781408192030
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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