The Tantrum blog
201 articles and videos on learning, riding and staying fit to kite.
Fit to Kitesurf…Quicker – Review of “Body by Science.”
Have you ever wondered if it’s possible to achieve peak kitesurfing fitness in less time?
Start Your Kiting Day Right: 🏄♂️🌊🪁 My Personal Breakfast Recipe for Sustained Energy!
What do you eat for breakfast on days when you’re kiting? Get my take on it here…
Harnessing the Wind: Transforming Kitesurfing Dreams into Fitness Realities
Imagine yourself on a picturesque beach, feeling the sea breeze and eyeing the waves, your kite ready for action. These aren’t mere…
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…
Why Getting in Shape is Like Learning to Kitesurf
Imagine if you turned up to your first ever kitesurfing lesson and the instructor handed you the kite, pointed at the water…
The Worst Kitesurfing Holiday Of My Life
“Absolutely awful experience, I want my money back.” My eyes widened in surprise, my jaw dropped almost to the floor. And this…
? 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…
I Don’t Want To Kitesurf…
“I don’t want to kite, I just want to stay in bed” I couldn’t believe my ears! We’d been locked up for…
The heartbreaking truth about your next kitesurfing holiday.
Picture the scene… You rock up on your next kitesurf holiday, the forecast is perfect, the sun is shining, the wind is…
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…
How To Learn To Kitesurf 3 x Faster #2
Continuing our video series looking at how you can learn to kitesurf 3 x faster, by answering the question, “What’s the fastest…
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…
The Friday Lowdown – March 6th 2020
Those damn bugs… We are all reading about the Coronavirus in the news, but there is not much chat about what is…
The Quest To Become A Kick Ass Kitesurfer #2
Complete Kitesurf Specific Bodyweight Workout
Get fit to kitesurf, no gym or equipment needed.
How To Learn To Kitesurf 3 x Faster – Part 1
One of the questions I get asked all the time by people just starting their journey into kitesurfing is, “What’s the fastest…
The Friday Lowdown – Feb 28 2020
Potential lowering of kitesurf prices…? This week Airush quietly released their new safety system, not something which normally generates a lot of…
Bar Throw & How It Affects Your Kite
Does the amount of throw on your bar affect your riding, can you safely change it and why is it set the…
How To Shorten Your Kitesurfing Lines
Learn to kitesurf faster, more safely and have more fun doing it by converting your bar from its normal full length lines…
This Workout Error WILL Harm Your Kiting
If I Was Learning to Kite Again, Here’s How I’d Do It
One of the questions I get asked by people just starting their journey into kitesurfing is, “If I was learning to kitesurf…
How To Use Short Lines To Learn Faster
Which exercises do you do with which length lines? does it matter which brand or size of kite you use with short…