Kite Zone Pranburi Blog - Kite surfing School in Hua Hin Thailand

Denis from The Bangkok Recorder came for the full beginners course a couple of weeks ago. What a nice guy! And a good student too – he picked it up very quickly. I’m hoping he’ll be back again soon so we can get him up and jumping high too!

So he wrote a small report on his time with us -
http://www.bangkokrecorder.com/items/view/231/kitesurfing-in-pranburi-just-3-hours-from-bangkok-this-little-pearl-is-thailands-best-kiting-location

Thanks Denis!!

riding 11am-4pm 14-22kts

wind is never steady. if the forecast says 14kts average it will be 12kts about 50% of the time and 17kts about 50% of the time. on an average day there are 20-30 seconds between the changes, but then slight flickers around every 7 seconds.

what does that mean for kitesurfing? hold your wind meter up for more than 2 seconds!! and better still - look at other people on the water - and use your eyes.

today was on the wrong side of gusty - up to 22 and down to 14. that makes it hard to choose a kite size!! variations of ‘damm where’s the wind’ to ‘holy s$%#!!!!!!’

i think the wind’s about to change…

riding 10am-5pm 16kts average gusts 19

marco hit the water today. He told me he was just a beginner so I went through the basics very slowly. Then I gave him the board and – wow!!! he’s no beginner! Off he shot at a million miles an hour – left, right, downwind.

We’ll be working on going upwind tomorrow to save him the long ‘walk of shame’ back up the beach…

riding 10am-6pm 16-21kts
no brushing the ice off ropes here - no wrapping up in drysuit/gloves/boots - oh happy memories of home! (not)
but the same wind and the same cobwebs to blow out ot the system after a big night. we were a little down in numbers today - half of the crew decided to stay in bed…

angus and his bird in a stare-off…