Peak Performance
Finding Your Balance in Kitesurfing: The Unsung Hero
Balance in kiting plays a crucial yet often overlooked role. Whether it’s boosting on a twin-tip or slashing a wave strapless, the…
? My Hopeless Day Of Surfing With No Waves ?
What the hell were we doing? Here I was, lying on my kite board, on a totally flat ocean, freezing my ass…
How The Flow State Can INSTANTLY Improve Your Kitesurfing
Ever experienced the feeling on the water where you can do no wrong, where every action you take is perfect, where time…
The Friday Lowdown – 13th March 2020
What’s The Best Cross Training For Kitesurfers? When I first started training people to get fit for kitesurfing, I was all about…
Kitesurf Specific Resistance Band Workout
It took me a few years to realise that to train for a sport as nuanced as kitesurfing isn’t just a case…
How Understanding Your DNA Can Improve Your Kiting
Genetic testing has opened up whole new worlds to those of us in pursuit of optimal human performance (or just those who…
This Workout Error WILL Harm Your Kiting
2 Simple Tricks To Improve Your Kiting
So we talked last week about how static stretching is probably not what you want to be doing before you go kitesurfing…if…
Why You Shouldn’t Stretch Before Kitesurfing
I have a mate and every time we go to the beach he has to spend 20 minutes stretching before he hits…
Is Your Couch Killing Your Kitesurfing?
When you ask most kiters what they are doing after a session the reply is surprisingly similar, normally involving the sofa, Netflix…
Improve Your Kitesurfing Stamina ?
We have all heard of the major muscles, the biceps, the pectorals, the hamstrings etc. Supporting these muscles and ensuring they move…
When I First Started Kiting I Had NO Idea…?
When I first started getting serious about improving my kiting whilst I was off the water, I had no idea where to…
Kitesurf More, Ache Less
Ever heard of the Adaption Response? While we are training (or kiting) at high intensity we are breaking down our bodies by…
Get Kitesurf Fit in 15 Mins a Week…?
In a study at McMaster University in Canada, 2 groups were tested to see how long it took them to cycle 18.6…
Is The Gym Harming Your Kiting?
It’s that classic gym rat question: “How much do you bench?” It’s something I hear a lot on the beach amongst kitesurfers.…
Your Two Brains (And it’s not what you think gents!)
You were born with 2 brains. One of them is awesome at kitesurfing. The other one sucks..big time. The awesome brain I…
Does Your Job Affect Your Kitesurfing?
You might think it’s obvious that if you have a tough day at work you’re going to have a worse than usual…
Landing that next trick is all in your head…
Scientists used to believe, and indeed some of the older neurologists still do believe, we are born with a fixed number of…
Is There A Perfect Diet For Kitesurfers…?
But… that doesn’t mean there isn’t a perfect diet for you as a kitesurfer… Confused? Let me explain… Just how we all…
Building a Workout Around The Wind
One of the hardest parts of keeping fit for kitesurfing is sticking to a consistent fitness regime which is flexible around the…
The Biggest Problem We Face As Kitesurfers
Why You Were Born To Be An Awesome Kitesurfer…
My Top 5 Tips For Recovering From Injury…FASTER
Get back out on the water in HALF the time and be stronger than you were BEFORE you got injured…
Kitesurf Injury Prevention Workout – Phase 1
The most important element of fitness for us as kitesurfers is to have a body that will not get injured. This also…