Sebastiaan van Wingerden

Sebastiaan is very seasoned and highly skilled instructed who was able to get an beyond 60 yearss old, not in shape guy with > 100 Kg ballast to ride a kite with confidence - anticipating errors and flaws and helped me to correct those smoothly , so I am kiting with confidence!

Kitesurf school Blow has clearly a well organized and thought trough system. All the instructors seem to be very friendly and knowledgeable. With priority on safety and fun Sebastiaan was able to teach me the basics in a tailor made way.

Lovely staff, great energy and a great spot to learn with the Zandmotor location. The instructors explain everything very well , and definitely got me a level higher. Everybody on the team is making sure you have a good time, and that really helps in feeling comfortable and confident in the course. Bonus, they got a small cosy shop to buy gear and a restaurant for some foods and drinks afterwards.

I had a great kite course in Diani. Sebastian is a very nice and patient teacher and explained everything in a structured and understandable way. Kite conditions in Diani are perfect. Would definitely recommend it to everyone.

I took 3 lessons, first 2 ( with the instructor mentioned in the previous page I saw) were fine, the 3rd was by a rookie instructor who started kiting only 2 years before and who did not give proper instructions before starting a new exercise. As a result I was splashing about in the water without knowing how to continue, this took about 25 minutes including trying to get my kite up out of the water (which we were not instructed about beforehand), swimming to the other shore and walking back. After that, instead of addressing the issue, he didn't take the time to address what went wrong, despite us asking questions. As a result, the other two made the exact same mistakes, making the lesson very frustrating and all in all a waste of money and time.

I started lessons in april 2021 and enjoyed the good instructions and focus on safety. Learning kitesurfing was difficult, taking the time in the lessons were necessary. I am glad I took the lessons at Blow!

I had a great experience of learning kitesurfing at BLOW with Sebastiaan as an instructor. Sebastiaan step by step taught me how to control my kite, and do kite surfing at the end. He was correcting my mistakes and gave me important tips once in a while. I could really see a lot of progress.

My son and I attended several course (half-)days with BLOW instructors Seb, Frederik, Nils and Jesse this summer (2019). They are all great teachers and we felt safe at all times. And of course, the Zandmotor is a perfect place to learn kitesurfing. We hope to come back soon!

I've took lessons at BLOW a couple of times but during the private session with Sebastiaan I made the most progress. He's truly energetic, positive, and highly skilled in teaching. Know's how to combine learning with fun and takes his student safety and progress seriously. If you're not sure about kiting yet, you'll be after a session with Sebastiaan.

Me and my girlfriend had our first lessons in september 2018 and continued our lessons in september 2019. We are very happy that Sebastiaan was our teacher for two days. He is a great motivator with a huge amount of positive energy and drive to make his students ride the first meters on the water and proceed quickly. We really liked that he honestly enjoyed seeing us ride and keeps giving advice to get the most out of the lessons. Appart from learning how to ride, safety rules are very important for him. The first thing we had to do was refreshing the safety rules. Last but not least; When one of us felt uncomfortable in some situations, Sebas immediately knew how to settle your nerve. Four weeks after the last lessons we bought are own gear and enjoying it a lot, I think this says enough ;)