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Check out for more detail http://www.expix.co.uk/exzine/events/322-student-kitesurf-association-zero-to-hero-beginners-weekends
Two days Kitesurfing tuition at a tiny fraction of the going rate, with two nights accommodation in our own little corner of wales just 5 minutes from the spot with a bar on site… what could go wrong? We’ll get your kite flying skills bang tidy, so that you’re ready to enter the water on subsequent trips with your university clubs! Wind dependent we should get everybody through the equivalent of the BKSA Day One Course, taking you through set-up, safety systems, basic piloting, self-rescue, launching, landing and passing over the kite in flight.
The Student Kitesurfing Association
Beginner’s Weekend 2012
In association with: Flexifoil, Mystic, Expix & Blast Kiteboarding
The Spot:
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Timings:
Arrival from 9pm Friday at Bunkhouse (See Map) or for briefing at 10am Saturday at Car Park
Booking and Cost:
Booking is open only to club presidents or representatives who must provide proof of a minibus reservation (or deposit) in order to reserve a block of spaces. This commitment allows us to extend the payment deadline until freshers week.
The costs per individual are as follows. (Payment deadline 8th Oct)
Capacity is limited to 50 so book soon via your club presidents! Your place is not confirmed until payment is received.
Registration for individuals will open on a very limited basis soon – for more information get in touch with hello@studentkitesurfing.co.uk. Check out the pictures from last year below!
Full report and pics here!
WOW !!!! ZERO TO HERO what a weekend! The SKA pulled it out of the bag with an amazing event for kite virgins. With the focus on kite skills and safety as well as having an enjoyable first time experience the Student Kitesurf Association proved just what they can achieve. With support from ourselves here at ExPix, Flexifoil and Mystic the student kitesurf events are looking very strong for the future! Check out the rest of the report to see what went down last weekend in Aberavon, South Wales.
The Student Kitesurfing Association (SKA) events calendar got off to a flying start this last weekend. Organised by the SKA, and hosted by Blast Kiteboarding, the Beginner’s Weekend ran for two days at Aberavon Beach, South Wales.
A massive congratulations has to go to Harry Gregory from Bristol Uni who, as the SKA Beginner's rep, did a wicked job of organising the logistics for the event; event site, accommodation, enlisting the help of the Blast Kiteboarding team and the infamous SKA party!
The Student Kitesurf Association events have come a long way from the old Aussie Kiss style events. Gone are the huge numbers of people who end up standing around waiting for tuition or time kite flying and in has come a new more structured event, which has support from the industry. Flexifoil have been a massive help in providing more kit for the students to use to teach with and this, coupled with the fact that they are 'bringing in' professional schools to help with the tutoring when required; the SKA are proving to be a force to be reckoned with.
With over 50 complete beginners alongside a further 60 'guests' attend from universities across the country including: London, Exeter, Bristol, Reading, Plymouth, Swansea, Bath and Southampton, the Beginner's Weekend was the SKA's biggest and most important event since 2008
With a promised 4 hours tuition time for each beginner, the SKA enlisted the help of Blast Kiteboarding who provided fully qualified kite instructors and together with student instructors from university clubs they were able to cope with the high demands enabling the SKA to concentrate on the event logistics.
Obviously as with any student event there is the social side to things and the Beginner's Weekend climaxed with new unseen challenges in the form of the SKA party. After a mix up with the previous party location; they double booked a 21st and a 50th alongside a student event, Nigel and the guys at L & A Activity Centre in Goytre where the students were staying stepped in and the SKA committee had approx 2 hours to decorate the room and find a sound system. NO PROBLEMO! Like a colony of army ants the students set about erecting flags, kites and banners and within no time the room looked amazing.
With no DJ the SKA had to make do with a 'domestic sound system' and small amp but as the lights were turned off and it was found that UV lights were already in place you wouldn't have known that you weren't in a club.
ExPix set up the screen to show the images from the day's action and as the students donned their 'tribal' fancy dress they found that the arm wallets from ITZ, who sponsored the Beginner's Weekend were a perfect accessory for a night out in costume. So everything was set for an amazing evening and as the party, or baptism of fire, as some Fresher's might prefer to think of it began, you could tell it was going to be one very 'interesteing' night, reaching the newest of heights and boy did it reach them!
http://www.studentkitesurfing.co.uk/announcement/coming-up-beginners-at-aberavon/
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