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Download The Kiteboarding Manual: The essential guide for beginners by Andy Gratwick PDF

By Andy Gratwick

The Kiteboarding handbook is the complete sensible advisor to this fast moving and addictive recreation. it will get you began with the kite and take you throughto flying it at the water, leaping, tips and racing, in addition to overlaying climate, wind and tide concept and supporting you decide the correct package. Sections cover:

The origins of kiteboarding and big upward thrust in acceptance in contemporary years
How a kite flies and uncomplicated climate ideas in addition to historical past on tides and currents, waves, and wind vs tide
Getting began on land – LEIrigging, meeting, launching and flying, body-dragging
How to grasp your board talents –turns, preventing, principles of the road
Going upwind, driving toeside, turning and transition
Moving quickly and using waves; studying to tack and gybe
Details on all kiteboarding disciplines from pace kiting to kiting on land
How to enhance your functionality and revel in awesome airtime!

Packed with step-by step photograph sequences explaining the elemental strikes all through to extra complex tips, and together with info on competitions and turning into an teacher, it is a ebook no kiter should want to be without.

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