The Tantrum blog
203 articles and videos on learning, riding and staying fit to kite.
How Stubbing My Toe Improved My Kitesurfing
Have you ever noticed when you stub your toe and it hurts like hell the 1st thing friends will tell you is,…
Improve Your Lower Back Strength For Kitesurfing
Now that you’ve started building up some flexibility in your lower back it’s time to start looking at building up some strength…
Stretches To Improve Your Kitesurfing
As we kitesurf all of the pull of the kite is being taken through the harness, which means you are essentially being…
Become a Kitesurfing Rockstar…with the Symphony Orchestra?
There have been many advancements in the last few years in the science of how we learn. This is mainly been brought…
Interview With 7 Times World Champion Kari Schibevaag
Kari Schibevaag Birthday: 25.10.1978 Years riding: 11 7 Time World Champion Water & Snow. 4 Times Norwegian Champion. The Most Influential Girl…
Water starting
Onto the water start. Now we’ve taking care of the kite (hopefully), it’s time to look at the board. As you rise…
Steady Pull – The Precursor to the Water Start
Once you are happy getting the board on your feet and keeping yourself in the water start position for a good 10-15…
Putting The Board On Your Feet
We now going to talk about one of the most important and under emphasized skills in kite surfing. Getting the damn board…
Body Dragging With The Board
Being able to body drag with the board is essential for 2 key reasons. People have many different techniques for achieving this…
Upwind Body Dragging
The purpose of learning to body drag upwind is two fold. Firstly, whenever you come off your board you’re going to find…
Switch Kites Element 2012 Review
We’re going to take a look at one of the new players in the kiting industry rocking the boat with their disruptive…
What Are These Line Extensions On My Kitesurf Lines?
Why does my kite have line extensions? Something many people new to the sport wonder when they unpack they’re first kite is…
Waist vs Seat Harnesses in Kitesurfing
Which One Should YOU Be Wearing? Seat Harnesses Advantages The main advantage of the seat harness is that that they will not…
How To Launch A Kite From A Boat
We got asked this question on our Instructor Q & A and seeing as we don’t currently operate a boat we had…
Kitesurfing The North Coast Of Scotland
Armed with a battered map and their kite kit, local Scarborough surfer turned kitesurfer and the Big Cheese at Tantrum Kitesurf’s centre…
Keep On Improving Your Kitesurfing
With 7 x World Champion Abel Lago We caught up with World Champion Kitesurfer, expert wave shredder and all round general nice…
How Wakeboarding Can Supercharge Your Kitesurfing
One of the reasons that kitesurfing is such an amazing sport is the skills it gives you which then cross over into…
Strapless Kitesurfing
The latest craze hitting the beaches of Tarifa and kitesurfing beaches all over the world is riding surfboards without foot straps. People…
Should I Wear A Board Leash Whilst Kitesurfing?
Whether to use a board leash or not is something that every aspiring kitesurfer asks at some point. Here I lay out…
Kitesurf With A Sexy Chick (In Your Head)
So let pretend for one moment you work for an insurance company selling doctors medical malpractice protection, (what the hell has this…
Start Kitesurfing In Waves With A Surfboard
Nothing in the world quite compares to the feeling of catching your first wave. The surge of power through the board, the…
The 3 Type’s of Wind & What They Mean For Your Kitesurfing
There are 3 different winds which we need to be aware of when kitesurfing. The 1st of these is the true wind,…
One Handed Body Dragging
Once you are back at the beach having mastered this, walk back up the beach with the kite at 45 degrees but…
Trimming An LEI Kite
So if you are anything like me, trimming the kite can sometimes be more than a little bit confusing, should you pull…