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MANTA Wind & Water Sports |
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MANTA Wind & Water Sports structures its lessons to provide you and your friends with a true Kiteboarding experience for ages 12 and up. We believe the best way to learn Kiteboarding quickly and safely is with hands on performance and practice. We present the kiteboard skills you want with and the etiquette and the safety techniques you need to become a safe and responsible kiteboarder. All of or lesson programs are "performance based" so you can learn at your pace and comfort level. Our kiteboarding instructors are experienced in all levels of instruction. They are energetic, knowledgeable and fun. Our lesson programs offer you a real hands-on experience by teaching you how to, Safely set up the gear, Fly the kite, Body drag with the kite, and even Ride the board and much, much more. Our "Kiteboarding Skills" demonstrations are quick and to the point, so you have more time in the lesson to practice flying and experience the thrills of Kiteboarding for yourself. We offer Yamaha Waver Runner support for the selected in-water training sessions. The choice is simple. If you want to learn Kiteboarding Quickly and Safely Choose, MANTA. For Lesson Reservations & Info Call: 858-610-6000
Types of Kiteboarding Lessons: Group Lesson: $179 each (4 persons max) Private Lesson: $299 This 4 hour beginner Lesson Package is perfect for an individual or group of friends who wish to experience the thrills and joys of Kiteboarding basics. This class is our most popular lesson. It is perfect for persons looking for the kiteboarding skills and safety techniques that get them started in the sport of Kiteboarding, Kitesurfing, KiteSnowboarding or KiteLandboarding. Includes: Introduction to Kiteboarding Big Kite Control & Safety Other topics covered are: Safety systems, Site Selection, Rigging, Breakdown, Hooking in and out of the Harness, Equipment Care and Safety Rules.
Kiteboarding Water Skills Other topics covered are: Safety Release, Relaunching, self-rescue and Kiteboarding rules.
$359 This 5 hour Private Beginner Lesson Package is perfect for an individual wishing to experience the thrills and joys of Kiteboarding basics and have more time to work on the fundamentals of getting up and riding the board. Includes:
Introduction to Kiteboarding Inflatable Kite Control & Safety Other topics covered are: Safety Systems, Site Selection, Rigging, Breakdown, Hooking in and out of the Harness, Equipment Care and Safety Rules.
Kiteboarding Water Skills Other topics covered are: Safety Release, Relaunching and Kiteboarding Etiquette.
Water Start & Riding the Board Other topics covered are: Board Safety, Relaunching, Self Launching, Self Landing , Self Rescue and Kiteboarding Right of Ways.
2 hours = $179 This Custom Tailored Private Instruction is perfect for an individual wishing to learn the thrills and joys of Kiteboarding at their preferred pace and proven skill level. It is also ideal for the experienced kiteboarder looking to improve in specific areas of skill or styles of riding. Includes: $179 This 2-hour Private Performance based intermediate Lesson Package teaches you the tricks and tips to get you up and riding the kiteboard quickly and easily, even in light wind. It is perfect for continuing students or the novice kiteboarder looking to enhance his or her riding ability and/or improve their kite and board handling skills.
Yamaha Wave Runner support is offered for selected in-water training for your convenience and safety. Includes: Water Starts & Riding the Board Controlled Stops and Smooth Turns $179
This 2-hour Private Performance based Lesson Package teaches you the secrets to riding the board upwind like the pros, even in lighter winds. If you are riding upwind and are ready to turn Kiteboarding into an addiction, you are ready to learn the secrets of jumping. This class is perfect for continuing students or the novice kiteboarder looking to enhance there riding ability and/or develop their current board riding or kite maneuvering skills.
Yamaha Wave Runner support is offered for selected in-water training for your convenience and safety. Includes:
Riding Upwind & Jumping $89/hour
This class is a must for novice kiteboarders with new Kiteboarding gear that want to get it adjusted for maximum performance and safety in Southern California conditions. Includes:
He is an IKO and PASA Certified Kiteboarding Instructor and a Certified Scuba Diving Instructor with PADI, NAUI, YMCA & CMAS. He is also a professional Wakeboard instructor and certified CPR & First Aid Instructor.
His knowledge and sense of fun and adventure have helped shape MANTA into the world-class instructional facility it is today. John believes in presenting to each and every one of his students the safest and most practical approach to learning these exciting adventure sports.
"I want my students to finish each lesson with big smiles, a sense of accomplishment, a respect for safety and the knowledge that they truly learned more than the expected
and they do."
John is also the primary leader of all the MANTA kiteboarding Trips & Excursions.
Over the years, he has safely and enjoyably led hundreds of students on various water sport trips and excursions.
In short
if you want the best in kiteboarding instruction, trips, excursions or just information. Call MANTA and ask for, "John".
"Happy and Safe Kiteboarding!"
Directions to Kiteboard Site on Fiesta Island in Mission Bay:
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