Obsession Kiting

Obsession Kite School is professional and competent. Efficiently run, friendly, Shannon, Ahmed and the team take a keen personal interest in each student's development. Quentin is a brilliant and patient instructor: he took a friend and me from beginner to independent, cementing progress all the way along, a true professional.

We started as complete beginners and ended up kiting upwind after about 2 weeks (picking off the windy days!). This is a really great school, very well run and organised. We were notified the day before every lesson so we knew what time to turn up and if the wind was suitable. We had a great time with everyone at the school with lot's of banter! The instruction was excellent and we now have a great foundation to move forward.

I have not been on my board for a number of years and needed help to refresh my skills and rebuild my confidence. Marcelle was a brilliant teacher. His calm approached erased my anxiety. He quickly reviewed the saftey basics before he took me to the waters for body dragging. His calm approach erased all my anxiety. I am back on my board loving every moment.

I’m truly grateful that I chose South Africa for my assistant training. Although the lack of wind was unexpected for this location, our trainer went above and beyond to ensure we had ample opportunities to practice our lessons on the water. The theoretical component is quite extensive and demands a significant amount of time and focus, so I found the electronic module 1 to be extremely helpful as well.

Hui was really an amazing instructor, very knowledgable and a very good ambassador for IKO and for kiting. I learnt alot from him and enjoyed his teaching style. He ran a tight course and made sure everyone really grasped all concepts.

I am an older guy - 44 years young and been a PADI dive instructor for 20 years, also a surf instructor. I also taught kiteboarding with my own small school back in 2008 in Mozambique and South Africa in 2010-2013, so I have been around the block in terms of courses and also been in love with kiteboarding and sharing the stoke for a long time. What Hui our course director and examiner brought o us during this course was above my expectations. Hui's knowledge for all the subject matters was absolutely excellent, I learnt a great deal, Also Hui's passion for the sport and people was one of the best I have ever seen. He really is a great ambassador for IKO and also for kiting. Hui even had the heart to help a family with 2 small kids who were clearly struggling with their father trying to teach them- this was at 5:30PM after a full day of teaching when we were wrapping up for the day . Hui proceeded tp do more than 2 hours free teaching with them just to help them out . amazing.... also a big thing for me I compared the IKO course to my diving courses- as you may know PADI is the diving leader for training and IKO in a way is similar so I can really appreciate the way the course outline has ben refined so that instructors have a step by step approach with 1 skill leading onto the next in each phase- Discovery, Intermediate etc Nice to be part of an organization so proffesional and helping build the future of safe kiting:.)

Learning with Hugues Scheers was such a bonus , he's always positive and encouraging. His knowledge in engineering allows him to explain the technical theory parts with ease and kept it understandable. I felt super safe riding with him and during the exercices on the beach. Basically he knows how to pass on the passion of kiteboarding.

This is only my second lesson for kite surfing and I feel like I've made incredible progess! I feel a great deal more confident on the water and any nervousness on my side was alleviated by the calm reassurances of the instructor. Any concerns or fears that may have cropped up were dealt with in a confident, compassionate manner. I'm really excited to continue my learning until I feel confident enough to kite surf on my own! The lessons were planned out in such a personalised way that if I had trouble understanding a concept or if I wanted to review something, my instructor was happy to repeat or explain differently until I fully understood. Really happy I decided to try kite surfing!! This has brought a lot of joy to my life and made me excited to push myself even further! Thank you to everyone involved.

I was invited by Obsession Kiteschool to be instructed by Hugh. I really enjoyed Hugh's calming and informative approach always keeping me totally motivated despite my slow progression. I enjoyed every moment being under his leadership and tutoring. I left uplifted and encouraged informed and enriched by his transformational approach . The next day I experience Baptiste who added value in a relational manner. Thank you Obession, Hugh, Baptise and IKO.

After being disappointment by a couple of schools in the Netherlands with late cancellations of the ATC, it has been amazing to see a well run, professional IKO school that keeps the dates fixed. Also real appreciative of Megs knowledge and teaching skills of the course. Great week all round and a good bunch of characters! Send It!!