Kitesurf, WING & SUP School | Online Store
We started teaching our exceptionally high quality Kitesurfing Lessons and running our online store in April 2014. In July 2016 we were awarded British Kitesports Recognised School status, the highest level a kite school can reach. Founder Christine Johnston is a former windsurfing World Champion and Olympian and holds eight national titles in windsurfing. Our online store is chock full of power kites, kitesurf kites, kitesurf boards, harnesses and stand up paddle boards. If you take lessons with us we have an unbeatable offer on your first set of equipment. We know that you can find the best prices on the web for equipment at the click of a button, so we will match the price of any identical item.
Learn to Kitesurf With Us!
We're a British Kitesports Accredited School. This means we have reached the highest standard a kite school could reach, meet all safety requirements and are checked annually.
The Progression range of Instructional videos are a fantastic resource for helping you learn to kitesurf www.progression.me
Christine Johnston from The KiTE, SURF & SUP Co. Short video about us, how we started, what we love about teaching kitesurfing lessons and where we are going next.
Founder and owner Christine has been kitesurfing for 13 years and instructing for 10 years, is a British Kitesports Senior Instructor and has well over 1000 hours of kitesurf instructing experience. Christine finished training as a British Kitesports Association kitesurf instructor in June 2012 and spent her first few seasons as a kitesurf instructor working at Brighton Kitesurf Academy and BN1 Kitesurfing on Lancing Beach in Sussex, Kite Republic in Melbourne, Australia and in winter 2014/2015 at Windchasers in Langebaan, South Africa. This has given Christine a broad range of teaching experience in a variety of conditions. She now enjoys helping other British Kitesports instructors to develop their instructing skills.
We’ve been teaching kitesurfing and SUP at Worthing beach since 2014, 2022 is our 9th season at Worthing beach and 2023 will be our 10th season. We’ve now added Wingsurf to our reportoire! Christine is a British Stand Up Paddle Association instructor for Stand Up Paddle and a British Kitesports Wingsurf and Wing Foil Instructor and was accredited with the British Association of Sport Science for Psychology Support until 2015, holding a BSc. in Psychology and an MSc. In Sport and Exercise Psychology and she has also guest lectured in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Kingston University and the University of Brighton.
Kitesurfing LessonS
Our Kitesurfing Lessons For Beginners will help you to Learn How to Kitesurf in three simple steps! In Level 1 learn about the kite and how to fly it. In Level 2 you will learn how to control the kite and how to generate power with the kite, to water re launch the kite, how to move yourself through the water using the kite (body drag). In Level 3 you will begin by learning how to control the kite and put the board onto your feet in the water, how to maintain your start position with the board on your feet and finally how to do your first board starts by diving the kite to generate enough power to pull you up onto the board. In a Progression lesson you might want to learn how to stay up riding on the board for longer, how to maintain an edge, how to ride amongst other kiters and how to change direction.
Our most popular course by far since 2020 when we launched it has been the Zero to Hero Course which aims to take you nothing to your first board rides and being safe and independent to practice on your own. The Zero to Hero Course gives you a discount when you buy your first four lessons up front as a package and includes Level 1, 2, 3 and Progression lessons. On average it takes 15 to 18 hours of group lessons or between 8 and 12 hours of 1:1 lessons to become an independent kitesurfer. Therefore in the Zero to Hero Course we provide 8 hours of 1:1 Lessons for £560, designed to get you from complete beginner to safely kitesurfing on your own. Please note individuals progress at different rates and sometimes it will take more lessons to get you to the independent kitesurfing stage.
We won't abandon you after you've finished your lessons, we'll add you to The KiTE, SURF & SUP Co. Group for Independent kiters so you can stay in touch about when other kiters will be kiting at East Worthing. We also offer Supervision, a stepping stone to completely independent kitesurfing, if you would prefer to still have an instructor watching you and helping. Later on you might decide that you want to keep progressing by taking a Progression or Advanced lesson with us.
How Much Are Kitesurfing Lessons?
Kitesurfing Lesson Prices:
1:1 Lessons:
Level 1 - 2 Hours - £110.00
Level 2, 3 or Progression - £150.00 for 2 hours, £225 for 3 hours
Zero to Hero Course - 8 hours of 1:1 lessons - £560.00
Group Lessons:
Level 1 - £90.00 each person, £180 for two persons. Up to six persons per group
Level 2, 3 or Progression - £130.00 each person for 3.5 hours, up to two people per group. £260 the whole lesson for 2 persons.
OR - £170.00 each person 4.5 hours, up to three people per group (especially designed for bigger groups or friends who want to be in the same lesson). £340 for the whole 4.5 hour lesson for 2 persons.
How Many Kitesurfing Lessons Will I Need?
You are likely to need around 8 to 12 hours of 1:1 kitesurfing lessons to reach an independent level, safe to practice kitesurfing on your own. Our Zero to Hero Kitesurfing Course is our most popular lessons product, because you’ll always need at least 3 or 4 lessons to get started in kitesurfing. If you take group lessons you’ll typically need around 15 to 18 hours of lessons to reach an independent level. Being an independent kitesurfer means you are safe to practice on your own, it will usually take a few more practice sessions before you are riding up and down consistently, then it’s time to learn turns and staying upwind!
Reviews:
We have been getting fantastic kitesurfing lesson reviews since we opened our school in February 2014. Here are a couple of examples:
“Have had an amazing time learning to kitesurf with Christine and her team, it’s been great fun. They are very experienced, knowledgeable and have been rigorous with the safety aspect of kitesurfing - building my confidence level. Christine has also advised me on purchasing my first kitesurfing equipment package. She has been really helpful and given me a really excellent deal. I can’t wait to get out and used it…” Will Cossey, Brighton, March 2020
"Just want to say Gary and I had such a great day with our teacher Christine. She was fantastic very professional and her teaching technique very impressive it was clear she is very knowledgeable and we both felt very safe.
Thank you for a great experience and we both said we would do it again." Claire Bancroft, Brighton, July 2016
Online Store
Simple, the best power kites, kitesurf kites and boards, wings, harnesses, impact vests and stand up paddle boards for sale at the best prices and with the best customer service you will find anywhere, plus 60 day no quibble returns.
We have a killer offer on a kitesurfing package for when you have finished your kitesurfing lessons. A Peter Lynn Gambit and Peter Lynn Patrol package from £1699.00 (RRP £2223.00). That’s close to 25% off!
Contact
The KiTE, SURF & SUP Co. Office, Brighton. Please note we are an online only store, there is no physical shop at the Brighton address, however 'click and collect' is available.
The KiTE, SURF & SUP Co. School, Worthing:
Beach opposite BP Service Station,
331 Brighton Road,
Worthing,
West Sussex,
BN11 2HP
The KiTE, SURF & SUP Co. Office:
1D Batholomews
Brighton
BN1 1HG
Email: info@thekitesurfandsup.co | Phone: 01273 410580
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