About Sam Guest

I'm Sam Guest. I started Tantrum Kitesurf in Tarifa and taught kitesurfing there for over a decade, from first lessons to week-long camps.

For years the wind ran my life. If it didn't blow, nobody learned and I didn't get paid. If it did, I was teaching all day and too tired to ride myself. One three-month spell with no wind nearly ended the business.

That spell taught me the lesson the rest of Tantrum was built on. I can't control the wind. I can control how strong, fit, rested and focused I am when it does blow. So we started training our students off the water as well as on it: strength, fitness, recovery and food. People learned faster, rode for longer and got hurt less. My own kiting came back too.

That idea outgrew the beach. Today I coach people to stay strong and active for life at STILL_. The kite school has closed. The lessons, videos and articles stay here, free for anyone learning to ride.

Where to start

• The free online kitesurf school: six modules, in the order we taught them on the beach.
• Kite fitness: training to ride harder for longer.
• The free knee guide: the plan I used to fix my own knee pain.

Qualifications

• IKO Level 3 Kitesurf Instructor
• IKO Advanced Kitesurfing Coach
• ISSA Personal Trainer