Our Learn To Kite course comprehensively covers everything needed to become an independent kitesurfer over 6 half day modules.
Modules can be booked in pairs to make a training schedule which lasts 1, 2 or 3 full days.
Students can continue with further training at at time, carrying on (in order) with the next module.
After confirming your booking you will be logged into a personal account where you will need to manually schedule each module at a time that suits, either consecutively or at a later date.
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Whilst we paused a little to enjoy the late summer sunshine, we're now excited to see the first week of proper Autumn wind lining up, and even more buzzing that the best is yet to come.
Autumn, or 'the windy season' as we like to call it, is that time of year when the tables turn and the summer's energy starts giving back. Tightly packed low pressure systems are already lining up across the Atlantic and the first hurricanes are forming out west. As the jet stream guides their path towards us, these systems generally take charge in the Autumn months, barging high pressure out of the way and delivering us a string of meterological energy.
It's our favourite time of year, particularly after a hot September, the water holds it's warmth for a few more months and we're in store for a whole new level of fun, which riders in the know have been excited for.
This year we want to make the most of it together with our community so we're inviting you to ride with us.
2023 has been an exciting one here, expanding into the West country opening a bricks and mortar store, whilst teaching so many stoked riders at the school in Poole. Developing further we are really excited to now offer coaching from Poole and Cornwall too in both kite and wingfoiling. Further more we've lined up a schedule of ways to make the most of the Autumn and invite you to get involved.
Advanced Kite & wing Coaching - Poole + Newquay
We're now offering advanced coaching for Kite and Winging In both Cornwall and Poole.
Run by our head coach - Chris, we can help riders of all levels to progress in both the flat and waves, riding fins or foils.
Find out more HERE.
Kite & Wing Lessons - Poole + Newquay
We're excited to now offer training and advanced coaching of Winging and Kiting from Cornwall as well as Poole. Utilising a variety of beaches on the North Shore of the UK most picturesque and varied coastline, find out more HERE.
Beginner Training + Rental - Poole
As always, we don't slow down or run away in Autumn, it's the UK's best season for watersports so you'll see our school open and booking availability live. Please just plan ahead as we're not always manning the beach when all instructors are teaching.
Zero to Hero Course - Poole
If you hadn't heard about our Zero to Hero Course and you or a friend is looking to get into kiting - it's possibly the perfect package.
A bundle of all the lessons and rental you might need to have your level fast tracked whilst riding every single day of Autumn to a total of £1350.
Find out more HERE.
Knowledge Booster Course - Poole + Newquay
Already kiting and keen to build a deeper level of understanding about kit, the weather and personal progression?
We're running another 'Knowledge Booster' on Sunday 24th Sepetmber Book in HERE.
Foil Classic Competition
Yes - we're working on hosting a foil event. A surf style focused competition to include a Wing and Prone discipline. Run in a grass roots format and all about wave riding, it's taken longer than we'd hoped to tick all official boxes, but we're hoping to get info and holding dates out soon. Stay tuned.
Cornwall Kite Camp - Newquay - 27-29th October
Interested in an adventurous, exciting kite weekend away to Cornwall? We're looking to put one on over the 27th - 29th October, let us know if you'd like first refusal on a place.
Shop Consultations - Newquay + Online
Want some dedicated 1 on 1 time with an expert to help you choose what's right for you? We're here to help, book in an instore visit or phone/video call with our kit guru - Chris.
Book in HERE
Equipment Demos - Newquay + Poole
New kite, wing and foil kit is always coming out and we've got our finger on the pulse, book in a demo to try before you buy HERE.
We've got the latest from Ozone, F-One, Armstrong, Axis and Freedom Foil Boards
Reviews & How To's - Online
Following positive feedback we will be keeping up-to-date reviews of the latest product releases on our youtube channel.
Tech Talks - Newquay + Online
Looking ahead to the shorter days we'll be starting evening "Tech Talks" socials at the shop. Follow our social media HERE for updates.
Updated Shop Opening Times
Monday - shop closed for 'Media Monday' - welcome to phone us, or even join the session whilst we shoot content. ( check social media for where we're heading)
Tuesday - Tech Talk Tuesday (with beers) 7.30-8.30
Wed-Fri - 9-5
Saturday - 9-4
School Opening times
Daily 9-6
When it's windy we're open until dusk
20th August - Provisional Day Plan
Race Overview
Planning
Stay tuned for more info and sign up to join the carnage HERE
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Wind prediction alerts - Members receive a weekly long range forecast in their inbox and regular notifications by text when good forecast begin to line up.
Live wind updates - Our beach team will update you as wind changes to help get your work/life/riding balance right.
Session invites - Through our social group you’ll be a involved in session planning with both our team and the local community you’ll get invites to sessions and missions across our local spots.
Social invites - You’ll get invited to socials at and away from Poseidon and be the first to know about events we’re lining up
Guest list on trips and camps - Spaces on our coaching camps and trips are limited, members will be offered spaces ahead of anyone else.
Special offers - Members receive special offers and are the first to learning about upcoming sales ahead of launch.
Cornwall sessions - When conditions line up there’s no place like it. We make sure members know when those stars align and it’s worth the drive.
*£10 Full season sign up discount available through March. Updates and services start from April 1st.
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Poseidon Watersports does more than coach and outfit the UK’s kite, wing + foil enthusiasts. It’s a place to explore potential and break boundaries. We look for people who can think for themselves but work as a team, grow and develop an existing set of skills and create an atmosphere for people to learn and love the sports that have got us where we are today.
Poseidon’s culture thrives by embracing change and rewarding straight up hard graft. We seek achievers, leaders and occasionally rule…benders. We work in a challenging and ever evolving industry, so we’re looking for people that can keep up with the pace and bring their own talents to the team too.
We’re a young [occasionally more in mind than in body] team, always open to new ideas and suggestions. Come join the ride.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
+ Freelance advanced senior kite coach
+ Freelance kite coach
+ Freelance wing coach
+ Beach Assistant
FREELANCE KITE + WING COACHES
WHAT THE ROLE IS:
As a freelance coach you can work as much or as little as you want, and we run the diary to your requirements.
We need a minimum level of commitment in terms of time logged to work and in return offer all the perks you’d expect alongside a very strong hourly pay rate. So, you could work 12 hour or 3 hour days to make the life balance you want and earn enough dollar to pay the bills.
Over the years our school has become nationally recognised as one of the best and most popular schools in the UK, with this in mind we only accept a high level of coaching, experience is necessary to help us and you deliver the very best standards to those students who have chosen us to take them on their watersports journey.
From the initial phone call with our bookings team, weather updates from beach management to time on the water with our coaches, each touch point between Poseidon and our students and customers is consistent. Patient, passionate, attentive and fun is how we would like an experience at Poseidon to be described.
You’ll need to be hands on, getting stuck in to work as a team, helping out the local kite community if and when needed and always ready to pump up or paddle out for an afterwork session too.
Flexible contract, 1-50 hours per week
Strong hourly rate
Experience and qualifications required
Must be a sociable team player, ready to graft
Attention to detail and understanding of high quality customer service essential
Passion for riding and getting people into the sports
Help with local accommodation can be arranged
Send us a CV and tell us about yourself below.
BEACH ASSISTANT
WHAT THE ROLE IS:
A better way to spend your summer than stacking shelves, you’ll be responsible for keeping the beach looking clean, tidy
and in working order. You’ll be handing out wetsuits and equipment to customers, setting up paddleboards and keeping an eye out for anyone that might have a question or need anything at the beach. You’ll need to be proactive, a good team payer, preferably passionate about watersports and be ready to graft like the rest of the crew.
Energetic watersports enthusiasts preferred
Weekend, evenings and school holidays
No experience required
On the job training
Day rate
Job perks
Send us a CV and tell us about yourself below.
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We've wanted one for a while, but never been sure of where to do it, until this year we made our decision to expand ourselves west into a 2nd location - Cornwall. It's a part of the country we've always loved riding and a scene we've always wanted to become a part of, so we're excited to open Newquay's first dedicated kite, wing and foil shop in Prow Park March 23.
From here our online shop will have a base and our admin an office.
What's more, the location will form a hub for regular advanced coaching camps we look forward to hosting from Spring.
Read more about our shop here, and stay tuned for our 2023 camps calendar.
We haven't and won't be forgetting Poole. With our main man - Matt taking the reins of the school from 2023 we're excited to improve our standards even further, revamping our community scene, launching a new club, hosting some fresh events, demos and mostly see everyone riding together.
More on that and other details as the year gets rolling.
For now thanks for supporting and following our journey, it's a big move for us that we're excited to welcome you to be a part of, in both Poole and Cornwall.
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The Compact Wingboards feature reinforced footstrap inserts with a number of forwards or backwards positions, with a 2.5cm (1”) spacing. This enables the rider to be further forwards or backwards on the board, relative to their preferred stance width and foil position.
The front strap has the option of being mounted over the center line of the board, or with a double or single strap at a 45-degree angle. The rear strap can be mounted over the center line of the board, or offset to the left or right. This insert pattern allows for left or right foot forward riding off to one side of the deck or a single strap angled slightly over the center line.
The US Box foil mount on the bottom deck allows for quick and easy assembly and micro trim adjustment. These inserts are compatible with any standard 9 x 16.5cm foil plate system and are connected through to the deck of the board with high density inserts.
Kitting: The Compact is shipped standard with 1 x single Ether footstrap, and 1 x Ether V footstrap.
Recommended Footstrap Screws: M6 self-tapping screws, 22 – 28mm long, depending on the thickness of your straps.
What is a Sea breeze?
In simple terms it's a breeze blowing in from the sea. But unlike a regular "gradient wind" which is led by the movement of weather systems pushing across the Atlantic (you can read about those HERE), a seabreeze is a localised thermal wind caused by the difference in air pressure along the coastline on hot days.
What causes one?
On hot sunny days, after clear chilly evenings the land warms up as the day's heat builds. As it gets hotter the air begins rising upwards creating thermals, often identified by birds circling in them as they harness the energy to gain height.
This flow of upward air creates a lower air pressure at ground level.
Water heats up slower than land and so doesn't have the same rising effect, meaning that all along the coast by early afternoon a difference in air pressure causes the colder sea air to get drawn in to the land.
We feel the equalising as wind.
Is it predictable?
Some places in the world get a predictable thermal wind, often known as a trade wind.
When temperatures and weather patterns are consistent you can be confident in knowing what time arrives and how strong i will be.
Read about the Freemantle Doctor - for why wind sports are so popular in Western Australia.
Here in the UK our weather is famously variable so predicting a localised effect becomes slightly more challenging as we'll need to take a little more into consideration when reading a forecast.
How strong will it blow?
Again this depends on many variables, but here in the UK we expect a wind increase of between 5-10 knots in a seabreeze.
Whilst this might not be enough wind alone, when pushing together with a gradient wind it can regularly turn a "nearly enough" into an "session on".
What forecasts makes for a good seabreeze in the UK?
For the flow of air to start we need a significant difference in air pressure, so first and foremost that sun has got to be beaming from morning with minimal clouds in the sky.
Next, we're expecting the breeze to come in off the sea, so if if there's a gradient wind blowing an opposing direction it's going to take twice the energy and unlikely to become ride-able.
And remember, it's caused by pressure difference from the sea air being cold and the land getting suddenly hot, so hot muggy nights don't help, nor do warm late summer seas. In the UK this is generally an occasional May-August treat.
What are the signs?
Many locations around the world look for fresh fluffy clouds with dark bases which begin forming over the land late morning ahead of the sea breeze starting (Read about table mountain "table cloth" HERE). We're no different in the UK, clouds forming over land is a sign that the air is going up. So long as it's localised to the coastline and not spreading over the sea then there could be action in a few hours.
You'll generally know the action is about to start from a few signs:
1) The wind direction might switch suddenly change by up to 45 degrees as the thermal wind kicks in.
2) The temperature might drop a few degrees as the colder sea air starts pulling in.
3) If the breeze arrives and then those fresh clouds start moving out to sea, a circulation has begun. Now the land's risen air is being drawn back out to replace the sea air which pushed down and in, feeding itself into what will hopefully be somewhere between 2-6 hours of wind.
What else to know?
Don't forget it's localised, so likely to be different and and down the coast, not blowing at all a distance from the shore.
It's driven by heat, so as the day cools that thermal switches off, careful not to get caught out and have to swim back in the following land breeze...
Land breeze?
After a solid thermal sea breeze, as the day cools and the land temperature drops quickly the cycle reverses.
The wind direction switches and blows up to 180 degrees the other direction.
Local knowledge..
Poole's sea breeze blows in from the WSW and generally arrives around 2-3pm around 4-8 knots above the forecast when it's working. It generally holds until around 6.30pm and then drops without a land breeze. Unless the gradient wind is blowing from the North West, when the sea breeze will pick up more from the WSW and then gradually pull round to the NW and hold through the evening around 6-10 knots over the gradient forecast
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'Regulars' might note a few changes including our electronic rental sign in and regulars cards being taken online, we also now request hire sessions are pre booked HERE so we know to expect you, but we're confident having talked you through these on your first visit you'll appreciate how much quicker we can be getting you on the water.
We're excited to see and help more youth develop their kite and wing skills this year and will be restarting our youth club sessions on Thursday evenings from May. More info HERE.
Our youth kite classes are now open for booking, youth Wing dates will be up soon.
As always we love a good get together and a session with friends, so socials has been on our mind when planning this year. Team shortages hasn't made it easy but we've got a few casual events in the pipeline, and aiming to get some Weekend Warriors session action rolling from May. Follow our social media for updates.
Check out last year's action HERE.
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