KITESURFING COURSES FOR BEGINNERS

One of the decisive factors in your success in learning to kitesurf is the wind coverage. If you will have 50% or less windy days during the course the chances of completing it with success  are very small. In Las Terrenas we have as many as 9 months with the statistics above 70% , of which 5 months the wind blows more than 90% of the days a month. There are really a very few places with such exposure to the wind in the world. Behind our words stands specific data that you can check on the WIND STATISTICS page.

Our school is run by a person with extraordinary experience. Lucas has been actively doing kitesurfing since 2000. He trained on several continents in all type of conditions. As the only person in Poland he participated in the international training of sitkiting instructors (kitesurfing for people in wheelchairs). To this day he works actively as an instructor as he loves this job. Kite Pirates is a methodical system that has been prepared especially for the conditions prevailing here. 

The kite compared to other wings has quite a different shape and thus is sensible for wind quality. One of the most important skill that you acheive during the course is to feel the kite on the stearing bar. Stable wind let you get that feeling much faster and in a more intuitive way.

The noise of wind and water makes voice virtually inaudible when you move away from your instructor for just a few meters. Kite Mecca is the only school in Las Terrenas that is using a walkie talkie. Thanks to which the student hears the commands and advices of his trainer all the time. This not only ensures much faster progress but also improves safety a lot.

As you read on further, Kite Mecca is (probably) the first kite school where instructors are divided into 3 classes depending on their experience: Gold Standard, Premium Class and League of Legends. Find out more HERE.

Every little piece of our equipment has been carefully selected and tested to choose the tools that will make your trainings safe and enjoyable experience and to speed up your progress. There’s no other school here that can compete with us (all our equipment comes from TRAVEL ON BOARD SHOP that we highly recommend). 

Many kite schools offer group classes in order to ‘optically’ lower the price. From our experience such activities are ultimately more expensive, boring, spoil the quality and sometimes are even dangerous. In Kite Mecca all beginners lessons are done in 1 on 1 system (one student, one instructor).

The coastline in Las Terrenas is very diverse and is over 15 km long. As a result places with very different conditions were created in this area in a natural way. There are lagoons with flat water, bays with deep water and waves, various types of sandy headlands and beaches with winds blowing from very different directions. Therefore, we conduct individual phases of training in the best-suited places. This will ensure you acquire the full range of skills necessary to be an independent and versatile kitesurfer.

In Las Terrenas summer lasts 12 months a year! The difference in average daily temperatures between the extreme months is only … 4 degrees Celsius! and ranges from 27 January to 31 September. The water temperatures, in turn, oscillate between 25 and 30 degrees C. All this means that you learn in a very comfortable environment  without the need to use neoprene wetsuits. You can find all detailed information about the weather in any specific month on THIS PAGE.

Most exotic destinations have also very exotic (and sometimes dangerous) flora and fauna. Stinging jellyfish, painful needles of sea urchins or various nasty bacteria and amoebas … we won’t mention sharks and stingrays.  This type of “zoo” in Las Terrenas is very hard to find.

This element probably does not affect the speed of your progress during the course, but! absolutely heavenly views, turtles, stunning sunsets and surroundings are definitely the cherry on top of our kitesurfing pie