2005 News Archive
2005 news items.
Merry XMAS, Happy holidays and new year25/12/2005
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone from the whole Transition Kiteboarding team. Thanks for a fantastic year and here's looking forward to an even better 2006.
TK sponsors Arctic Foxes26/11/2005
Most people enjoy getting out and flying a kite on the beach regardless of gender or age. Well today the four women making up the Arctic Foxes had their baptism of ice into the world of traction kiting.
2006 Course dates announced 04/11/2005
We have now posted up all of our 2006 course dates for kite surfing and powerkiting. These dates are now fixed and can be pre-booked online or by giving us a call on 020 8378 2138.
Drew and James off for the winter30/10/2005
Another season is winding down which you can tell because the instructors are off to their winter climates for several months before returning home again.
Transition joins WRWUG05/10/2005
Transition Kiteboarding has joined the Whitstable Recreational Water Users Group in order to help promote recreational use of the Whitstable sea side as well as promote safety and work in conjunction with the other member groups.
Paul Joins Transition19/09/2005
Paul has been a rider at Whitstable for a fair while, coming out on moderately windy days when it is not so much fun to go windsurfing. He has completed his Instructor Training Course recently and has now come to work as one of Transition's full time instructors.
Daryl and Sue head south15/09/2005
Maybe winter is coming early this year - certainly none of the leaves are turning colour yet nor are the birds migrating but Daryl and Sue have left for the season heading off to Moon Beach in Egypt to do their winter contact.
Revolution? Innovation? Evolution? 10/09/2005
It is generally this time of the year that as instructors we finally get to see the bits of kit for the next season that the manufacturers have been tight-lipped about for the last 6-8 months. Tight lipped other than the leaked bits of video of the kites flying, schematics of the kites supposedly on secure areas of their web sites etc. Well it is all part of the hype machine and hopefully most of you and certainly us are immune to all of that.
NEW ZEALAND SNOWKITE INSTRUCTOR COURSE25/08/2005
Whilst the UK enjoys its August sun, the international arm of Paracademy has been on the otherside of the world searching out some winter snow!
Happy Birthday Lance20/08/2005
Local rider, shop boy and general nice guy Lance celebrates his 18th birthday today. Happy Birthday mate and don't make it too large as Mark hasn't given you the day off tomorrow!
instructors need rescuing 14/08/2005
We were asked by the powers that be not to publish the events that took place today however we felt it was in the public's interest - if not to make our kitesurfing instructors just that little bit more humble.
First UK trainers course 14/07/2005
From the 11th to the 13th of July eight of the most senior instructors in the UK got together at the behest of Richard Gowers [BKSA Chairman] and Jeremy Waitt [BKSA Head of Training] to be taught by Neil Godbold [UK Instructor Examiner] to run Assistant Instructor / BKSA Instructor and BKSA Instructor Equivalency courses.
what summer is supposed to be 18/06/2005
Days like today don't happen often - all the time in your childhood summer memories, but rare enough as an adult to think "what a cracking day" at the end of it as you are sun kissed, wind swept and smiley.
Summer '05 instructor line up19/05/2005
It has been a very busy start to the season and we finally have all the team back together after long abscences over the winter. Summer season 2005 will bring together some old faces as well as a new one, providing Whitstable with the strongest kite surfing tuition we've had so far.
Where to launch at Whitstable06/04/2005
Whitstable is a fantastic riding spot. Plenty of shallow, flat water at low tide and nice rolly ramps at high tide. Coupled with two natural prevailing winds, it could be argued that Whitstable is the best single location for nearly every wind direction - it could be - were it not for the turbulence we get when the wind blows any way westerly...
The new kitesurfing season starts01/04/2005
No it isn't an April Fool's Day joke - the new season has now gone into full swing and plenty of students were out enjoying the fresh air - sunshine interspersed with fog and generally having a great time.
Welcome back James31/03/2005
A quick welcome back to star local rider and smiley local kitesurfing instructor James who has been away in Plymouth studying his first year of "Surf Science" at University.
New course available01/02/2005
For 2005 we will be running a new introductory course for people interested in Power Kite Sports. The Power Kite Introductory Session is a short half day course designed to teach the student some of the fundamental kite skills needed as the base for all other traction kite sports such as kite surfing, buggying and kite land boarding. The course will be run as a morning or afternoon session once a month on the weekend and is £50 per student.