Things our coaches end up explaining twice a week on the beach, written down properly so you can read them before you arrive.
No sponsored gear reviews, no affiliate links. If we recommend something it is because we ride it every day.
Everything you read online assumes 75 kg and 18 knots. Here is how the size actually changes with your weight, the water state and how long you have been riding.
The lagoon in Paje is a different spot at high and low tide. Learn to read the table and you will pick the right two hours of the day, every day.
Nine times out of ten it is not the kite. It is where your weight sits in the second before you stand up — and it is fixable in one session.
Airline by airline: what counts as sports equipment, what it costs, and the two carriers we stopped recommending this season.
It takes twenty minutes to learn and it is the only skill on this list that can genuinely save your life. Nobody practises it. Please practise it.
Group sizes, meal times, video reviews — the unglamorous operational decisions that turned out to matter more than any of the gear.
Four riders per coach, four spots worldwide, and a season that does not wait for you to be ready.