| The fastest growing water sport in recent years is | | | | packages. In three or four classes (a 1,5-2 hours) you |
| kite surfing. The kite scene is a very special one but | | | | make your first moves on the board. All material is |
| just as many outdoor sports it's also about the 'stuff' | | | | included in the price and there are several people |
| and the thrill of the separation from the normal world. | | | | watch over you. |
| Worldwide Cabarete, Cumbuco, Hurghada, Isla | | | | Most everywhere this is the procedure: |
| Margarita, Fuerteventura are known for their ideal | | | | 1st session: Learn how to manage the kite and get |
| conditions. | | | | the feeling of it. |
| Kite surfing in the Caribbean is growing fast and | | | | 2nd session: Body dragging lesson. During this lesson |
| Aruba is one of the places to be. | | | | let your body being dragged through the water |
| History | | | | hanging on the kite and learn various control |
| Kite surfing is a Dutch invention. Back in the 19th | | | | elements. |
| century, kites were used to pull boats. In 1977 it was | | | | 3rd session: Water starting lesson. Your first meters |
| the Dutchman Bert Panhuis who used a kite to tow | | | | on the board. |
| him standing upright on the water. | | | | Prices in Aruba are fair. |
| Eight years later two brothers designed a kite with | | | | - Kite surf package (3 classes, a total of five hours |
| inflatable sections so they were able to start right | | | | kitesurfles) arround $ 350 - including equipment and |
| from the water. | | | | boat. |
| The materials are still being developed and | | | | - Renting kite surfing equipment: 2 hours about $ 100, |
| redesigned. | | | | - (incl. materials, boat). |
| Around 1996 the kite surfing pioneering began, | | | | Spots |
| especially in southern France and in Hawaii. A year | | | | The two most famous kite surf locations on Aruba |
| later, the first world championships were held in | | | | are: Fisher Mans Huts (over Marriott hotel) you can |
| Hawaii. | | | | only Kiten before 10 am and after 4 pm and Boca |
| Structure | | | | Grandi (advanced). Aruba has an all year round trade |
| Before you hang high above the sea and make a | | | | wind (NE Passat) and the temperature is constantly |
| great leap you already have made many meters of | | | | around 27 degrees (water temperature about 25 |
| exercising. | | | | degrees). |
| In Aruba, but also in the Netherlands or other kite | | | | Find out more about aruba-caribbean-beaches. |
| surfing spots in the world schools offer so called | | | | |