Lessons Learned:

There are 2 things you learn, when you teach kiteboarding in light wind, for 17 years …

“What Does, and what, Doesn’t work”.

Teach students how important it is to be great at flying the kite.
Teach students how important it is to keep the kite flying, unless they want it down.
Teach students how to calm the kite down vs, how to kill the kite.
Teach students how to fly be feel and not rely on sight.
Teach students how to fly the kite with one hand.
Teach students how to save a kite from falling or crashing.
Teach students the tricks to flying and kiting in light wind.
Teach students how to be independent and self sufficient.
Teach students what to practice with the kite that benefits them the most.
Teach students how to balance and maintain proper body position when flying.
Tech students how to Self Launch, Self Land, Self Rescue, with the kite.
Teach students how to pick a safe kite launch, riding area, and exit point.

Putting students in the water before they learn to fly a kite well.
Putting students in the water before they learn to fly one handed.
Teaching students that letting the kite fall or crash is fine.
Putting students in the water when the wind is to light to perform water skills.
Selling students to big of a kite, for their own comfort level and or size.
Telling students they are qualified for board skills, when they can’t even body drag.
Telling students they don’t need to practice flying their kite.
Teaching students that relaunching is the only option needed when kite is down.
Failing to teach students how to self launch, self landing, and self rescue.
Failing to provide students with a helmet and lifejacket when teaching.
Failing to teach students how to emergency de-power (kill) the kite.

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