Yalla Surf Kitesurf Essaouira Morocco

Kitesurfing was created in 1999 through a combination of the power of a kite and the thrill of wakeboarding. Windsurfing was still very popular in the 80s, but in 2019 kitesurfing is the fastest growing sport. Kitesurfing has many similarities with other water sports, namely water skiing, wakeboarding, windsurfing and sailing. Practitioners of these sports will therefore master kite surfing faster.

• Late 1970s : In the late 1970s, Kevlar developed the first controllable kite. In 1987 Ian Day's kite-drawn catamaran reached over 40 km per hour.
• October 1977 : Gijsbertus Adrianus Panhuise (Netherlands) received the first patent on kite surfing. This patent was described as 'a water sport in which you are pulled by a controllable kite on a floatable board.'
• The 80's : Several times there have been successful attempts to combine kites with canoes, skates, skis, water skis and roller skates.
• November 1984 : 2 Brothers, Bruno Legaignoux and Dominique Legaignoux from France, patented the idea of ​​an inflatable kite as it is used today (inflatable kite).
• 1994 : There will be a patent for the 'kiteski' - a predecessor to the current kiteboard (which is more like a wakeboard).
• 1997 : The first inflatable kites with a simple bridge system were invented. Restarting from the water and depowering has been invented.
• 1998 : The first kite surfing competition in the world, won by Flash Austin.
• 1999 : Kitesurfing gear was developed for the general public. As a result, the sport grew quickly. 'Regular' twintips came on the market as well as the so-called 'directional surfboards'. 

For a detailed description about the basic equipment for kitesurfing go to this page. The short version below:

What do you need when you go kite surfing?

• A board, depending on your weight and the wind force between 1m30 and 1m60.
• A kite, depending on your weight and the wind force between 7m2 and 14m2.
• A bar with lines, with which you control the kite.
• A leash, this ensures that the kite is fully depowered and does not fly away when you pull your safety.
• Trapeze, this is a belt around your waist with a hook on it, you attach the bar to this.
• Wetsuit, so you stay nice and warm. 

Most accidents mainly occur with novice kite surfers who have not yet had a lesson. You can compare the power of a kite in the power zone with a parachute that you throw out of a car at a speed of 50 km per hour, so much power does a kite have in the power zone. So it is very important that you take kitesurfing lesson, so that you know:

• How to properly set up a kite
• What to look for when launching
• How to steer the kite without power
• The influence of the wind and the weather on the kite
• How to land safely again
• How to kite surf safely between other water sports enthusiasts

After you have taken lessons, you can make kite surfing as extreme as you want. Compare it to cycling, you can cruise through the city or you can make double backflips on your BMX: this also requires experience.

•  Foil  kites - Non- inflating mattress kites, kites with a lot of hangtime and very suitable for days with little wind, for racing or sailing with a hydrofoil.
• Inflated kites  - kites with a 'bicycle tire' attached. With this kite you can inflate the inner tube. These bicycle tires are also called 'leading edge' and 'struts'.
• Freeride  - the most common kites on the market are also called the all-rounders. These kites are easy to relaunch, sail very comfortably and you can both jump and surf in the waves.
• Freestyle  - These kites are made for tricks and that is why these kites are more intense. They are less stable and run faster.
• Big air / race  - Kites with which you can sail very fast and jump incredibly high.
• Wakestyle  - Kites made for 'hooking out'. These kites turn less quickly and have a lot of aggressive 'pop' (a way of jumping where you only put your board to the side and nothing with the kite). World championships are often sailed with these kites.
• Wave  - kites made for sailing on the wave. These kites run very fast, are easy to relaunch and 'drift' with no tension on the lines. Wavekiters sail on a wave surfboard with more volume than usual 'twintip boards'. This allows them to sail with a relatively small kite.

• Race - These are so-called directional boards, which can sail one way. With this you also have to tack or jibe. These boards are purely made for speed.
• Foil - These are boards with a so-called hydrofoil. Because of this foil, the board comes completely out of the water, giving you the feeling of 'floating'. These boards came on the market in 2014 and are starting to gain in popularity.
• Wave - Also a directional board, which looks similar to a wave surfboard. These boards are ideal for carving through the bend when you descend from the wave.
• Freeride - A twin-tip board built for comfort and the ability to do anything. By far the most sold kite surfboard.
• Freestyle - A twintip board made to join trucks that still sails reasonably comfortably. Less nice in the waves.
• Wakestyle - A true jumping machine that also allows you to go over kickers and sliders. Strong, thick pop and technical board.

 Kitesurfing is especially dangerous in the beginning. You are going to control a very powerful kite without knowing how to do it. One steering error and you are pulled hard by the kite. Kitesurfing is not like skateboarding or snowboarding, which you can learn by trial and error without instruction. In addition, the wind is unpredictable and you have to be able to 'read' it properly to be able to kite safely.

the IKO instructors from Yalla-Surf-kite, even if we say so ourselves, safe and responsible lessons. This has also been seen internationally,

Yalla-Surf-Kite mission is to get everyone, from 8 to 80 years old, on the board safely and quickly.  the team Yalla-Surf-Kite of IKO instructors have already taught more than 2000 students how to kite surf safely and quickly.

We mainly do this by selling deferent types of kitesurf courses. After completing a 3-day or 5-day course you have the kite so well under control that you can continue independently. We are so sure that you can learn kitesurfing in 3 or 5 days independant of you that we give a