Your complete practical guide to this fast-paced and addictive sport.

Kiteboarding has gone from strength to strength over the last few years, and interest is only set to increase with its inclusion in the 2024 Paris Olympics. In this book, Andy Gratwick (Head of Training for British Kitesports) gets you started with the kite and takes you through to flying it on the water, jumping, tricks, and racing. It also covers weather, wind, and tide theory, and helps you select the right kit.

Sections cover:

• The origins of kiteboarding and the massive rise in popularity in recent years
• How a kite flies and basic weather principles, as well as background on tides and currents, waves, and wind vs tide
• Getting started on land LEI rigging, assembly, launching and flying, body-dragging
• How to master your board skills turns, stopping, rules of the road
• Going upwind, riding toeside, turning and transition
• Moving fast and riding waves; learning to tack and gybe
• Details on all kiteboarding disciplines from speed kiting to kiting on land
• How to improve your performance and enjoy incredible airtime!

For this second edition, there’s a new chapter devoted to all things foiling, as well as new text on the latest kit, more effective techniques, tips on higher jumps, and new photography throughout. Packed with step-by-step photo sequences explaining the basic moves all the way through to more advanced tricks, and including information on competitions and becoming an instructor, The Kiteboarding Manual 2nd edition is a book no kiter will want to be without.