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Thanks for an awesome 2022 season; our 2023 schedule is now live we can’t wait to see you again for more fun in Spring!

Thanks for joining us in the 2022 season

We’d like to start with a big thank you for joining us for the 2022 season; we’re extremely grateful that you shared your time with us for fun and progression as you learned a new sport. The school is now closed for a winter break and maintenance and will re-open April 1st 2023.

Throughout the 2022 season we ran our new group course structures, adding Session Four and Five to our offerings so that you could access more hours on the water at a better price.

Some of you joined us for the newly introduced Long Weekender Intensive Camps making the most of your weekends and using only a couple of days annual leave (or bank holidays) to cover the bulk of your progression to becoming independent kiters. These were a hit and we can’t wait to offer more next year.

You loved our bundle deals so much and we are stoked to say they’re here to stay for next season. We’ve added more group lessons to our schedule making it even easier to find a date to meet your needs.

 As ever, we’re keen to help you find as many ways as possible to be outdoors and having fun. As well as Kitesurfing lessons, we’ll continue to offer Stand Up Paddleboarding and Wingboarding introductory courses. If you’re keen to get friends and family involved, Kitebuggying and Landboarding suitable for anyone aged 8+ and are the ideal way to get the whole family into kitesports.

We’ll be open for the 2023 season from April 1st right through until October 31st, teaching seven days a week, every week. Our team of full-time instructors are kitted out with a huge range of equipment to suit all conditions and they are always stoked to help you learn. You can book all of our lessons and courses for the whole of next season online now! 

We always recommend booking in advance if you have particular dates in mind as on average we have a three-week wait for lesson slots once the season gets underway.

Coming Soon!

Over the winter, we’ll be overhauling our Student Zone and adding tons of new content to support your learning off the water.

You’ll be able to find all sorts of useful information about Kitesurfing, Stand Up Paddleboarding and Wingsurfing with all content written and curated by qualified instructors.

You can expect to find;

• Supporting content to match the skills you’re learning on the water
• Actionable steps you can take to improve your kiting
• Weather forecasting, tide and beach guides so you’ll know how to interpret a forecast and tide chart so that you know exactly where it is windy and when you should go there.

See you on the beach soon,

TKSC team

There is no better time for a coastal adventure than the summer! Our team at The Kitesurf Centre are well-equipped to provide you with a variety of lessons and courses where you can catch the waves.

Why not spend some of your summer learning the art of kitesurfing? We offer an extensive course covering all there is to know, from ‘pre-flight’ checks to kitesurfing upwind. Alternatively, try out Stand Up Paddleboarding on a lengthy river tour in rural East Sussex or along the South East coast.

If you’d prefer not to get wet during your adventure, you can always try the latest sport of wingboarding, or get involved in a kite buggy lesson.

After exhausting yourself with one of these coastal activities, you’ll need a relaxing base to rest in! Sykes Holiday Cottages offer a wealth of accommodation that’s dotted throughout the county.

Sykes offers over 30 years of experience in the holiday letting industry along with a team of fantastic travel experts. There are all sorts of East Sussex cottages to choose from, from holiday homes by the sea to quiet retreats tucked away in the countryside.

Win a Prize Worth Over £1000!

The Sykes team have created a great competition to celebrate summer’s arrival, with a chance to win a prize worth over £1000! The prize features a £500 holiday voucher, a ‘Big 5’ experience for 2 with How Stean Gorge, a free family surf with Adventure Parc Snowdonia and a GoPro HERO10.

All you need to do is show how you ‘Find Your Inner Adventure’ by sending high-quality photos or videos of you enjoying a UK outdoor adventure to Sykes. You can choose any outdoor sport you like, whether that’s paddle boarding or kite buggying.

To learn more about the competition, and to see the full list of the best outdoor activities in the UK, make your way over to Sykes Holiday Cottages. 

Send over your content to be in with a chance of winning. From all the team at The Kitesurf Centre, good luck!

Let 2022 be the year you learn something new, book your lessons with us for next year now!

With exciting new course structures, intensive courses, kite camps and more lesson availability than ever, we are ready to welcome you next season!

Firstly, we want to thank all of you for an incredibly busy 2021 season. We have seen a record number of students visiting us and have created more independent (and safe) kiters, SUP’ers and land buggiers than any previous year. 
Many of you have left us reviews that make our hearts feel warm and fuzzy (thank you again) and using all of the feedback that you have provided, we have decided to make some fun and exciting changes for next year…

Available to book now, our five-session course that aims to give maximum progression in a group setting with discount savings if you purchase three or five sessions! This means that even if you have had lessons with us before you now have the option of joining a group course depending on your level making it more affordable to learn. 

Fancy getting really stuck in? New for 2022 we have created an intensive kitesurfing long-weekender course, designed for those of you that want to take minimal annual leave but get in maximum time to learn to kite; designed with complete beginners in mind. 

As always we have private tuition slots available every single day! You loved our popular 6 for 5 bundle deal so that is here to stay for next season and with more buggy lessons, stand up paddleboarding tours and surf SUP lessons than ever before in our schedule we are ready to help you find a new sport you’ll enjoy.

Our school reopens March 14th 2022 with lessons running right through until November 6th and we’ll be teaching seven days a week, every week. With our large team of full-time instructors, a huge range of kit to suit all conditions and the only school in the South East with a centre that’s right on the beach, we are always here to help you learn.

You can book all of our lessons and courses for the whole of next season online now! 

We always recommend booking in advance if you have particular dates in mind as on average we have a three-week wait for lesson slots once the season gets underway.

See you on the beach soon,

TKSC team

Due to the second COVID lockdown, our school will be closed until December 3rd. Our shop is still OPEN online and for collections.

The school’s operating season is affected by government lockdowns, therefore no lessons will be offered within lockdown dates. Any lessons booked before a lockdown is announced, but within the restricted dates, will be rescheduled to a date when the school is permitted to operate.

The good news is…

Kitesurfing and SUP are still allowed!

As part of your daily exercise, you are allowed to kitesurf and stand up paddleboard. If you’re not yet geared up to head out on the water, get in touch with our team for equipment advise and deals.

Our shop is OPEN online and for collections

The shop is open for online orders and are shipping as normal. Please order online, by phone (07563 763 046) or email ([email protected])

We are offering a Click & collect service. This must be arranged prior to visiting the centre.

For any questions or clarification please contact us on 07563 763 046 or [email protected]. As new advice is released The Kitesurf Centre’s terms and conditions and COVID-19 management policy will be updated accordingly.

Equipment Hire for independent riders is still available

All equipment remains available to hire, but we do recommend bringing your own wetsuit if you have one. 
Equipment is strongly disinfected after every use. 

Anyone hiring equipment is required to have completed our normal ‘Independent & Safe to Hire’ assessment & questionnaire before being able to do so.

Please note, we’re operating with very limited staff & resources so pre-booking is required for all services. During this time, hire will only be provided as a ‘day rate’ service. Hourly rate hire will not be offered.

Kite safe, kite smart, have fun!

The BKSA have released guidance for kiters heading out during the lockdown. Kiting is allowed for independent riders, who have reached BKSA level 2, and riders should kite at their local kite spots within a short car journey.

A simple message has been issued – Kite safe, kite smart, have fun!

Winter kiting brings about more challenging, colder, stronger gustier conditions. Be sensible when kiting, stay within your limits and use all reasonable precautions.

Due to having a smaller team of instructors than normal and having to work through a 4 month backlog of lessons cancelled during lockdown, we’re sad to announce that we’re currently not taking bookings for the remainder of the 2020 season. As soon as it’s possible to return to taking bookings we will, but in the meantime please contact us on [email protected] to be added to the waiting list. Please describe your current level, lesson goals, what type of lesson you’re interested in and the dates and / or days of the week you’re able to come.

If you’re unsure what type of lesson to book, please head over to this page to check out the range of lessons we offer. Group course (1, 2 and 3 day courses, stand up paddleboard lessons, powerkiting, kitebuggying and landboarding lessons) will run until the end of November. Kite camps will run until October. Private tuition will continue all year round.

If you have a voucher that was / is due to expire this year, this will be extended for a year free of charge. Please contact us with your voucher number in order to extend it.

Check out his video of all the cool things he did this winter!

Due to all the shorts and T Shirt weather we’ve had recently the sea has warmed up enough to start teaching again. We’re running private lessons on the water and full landboard / buggy courses. The first is this Sunday (4th March).

Full kitesurfing courses begin on March 31st

Contact us for more details or book online

Had a good dump of snow recently and its still sitting on the beach. Nice solid NE wind today making it perfect for a snowkite session if you are brave enough!! We unfortunately had to make the most of the sunny weather to repair the cladding that was blown off the centre in the last storm. Tomorrow is looking windy again though!

Our friend Didier who comes and helps out at the centre in the summer has just become the French snowkite champion. Apart from coming over here to learn English and about being a kitesurfing instructor he also visits Camber as the wind is much more consistent than where he he lives so is great for his training, for both the kitesurf competitions, and it seems the snowkite as well – Well done Didier!!!

Travis Rice, one of the top snowboarders it the world and best know for his Art of Flight and That’s it That’s all films has now joined the Contour camera team and I am sure will be producing some more awesome videos with these cameras.

The contours cameras have some awesome features such as the 270 degree rotating lens with laser alignment, GPS, bluetooth connection, waterproof and amazing 1080p 170 degree film quality, plus they offer some excellent mounting options in a very slick package.

There are 3 cameras in the contour range:

Contour Roam

Contour GPS

Contour +

We sold our lovely safety boat at the end of last season as we decided we needed something  larger and tougher. Bought a new replacement yesterday, it is the same as the RNLI, Coastguard and Armed Forces use…….perfect!!!

Found a brilliant weather website today, check it out:

Weather spark

As well as the forecasts it also has a huge amount of information about past weather averages which is quite interesting to look through.

The 2012 Liquid Force Bliss women’s waist harness arrived in the other day, huge improvement this year and we think it is the best ladies specific harness we have seen as it has been designed for girls rather than just a smaller men’s version.  It is nice and flexible with soft edges and cuts right in towards the spreader bar to fit a female body well. The spreader bar is shorter than normal men’s harnesses to minimise the space taken up around your stomach to maximise movement and comfort.

All the 2012 Liquid Force equipment has arrived!!!

Some of the Liquid Force Envy school kites are here ready for the spring, black, khaki and  fluoro orange this year, nice and bright!!

Lovely new 7m Liquid Force Nirvanas for ourselves, awesome kite for massive jumps and kiteloops. Riding the 2012 Liquid Force Contact board with Luxury pads and straps this year, great freestyle board that has a smooth ride so works well in choppy conditions and the pads are amazing, super comfy and great hold.

Contact us if you would like to try anything, we have loads available to demo.

10/09/09 – The Channel crossing was a success! Check out the full story and photos here: https://www.thekitesurfcentre.com/kitesurfing_channel_crossing

The Kitesurf Centre is a leading BKSA kite School, offering kitesurfing lessons, kiteboarding courses, powerkiting and kite landboarding. Located on Camber Sands beach, East Sussex but also teaching at Greatstone Kent on the South East Coast of England – UK – just 1 hour from South London

The Centre was created by two highly experienced BKSA senior instructors to provide the finest level of kite surfing tuition in the South East of England, run from a centre on the beach at Camber Sands, East Sussex, near Rye. With the experience and enthusiasm of the whole team, The Kitesurf Centre is a fantastic place to learn kitesurfing or any kite or watersport.

What is kitesurfing and why choose us?

It’s no secret that Camber Sands is the finest beach for kitesurfing and water sports in the south east. We are fortunate enough to have our centre right on it, offering the ideal location for a kite school. It provides free parking, onsite changing rooms, classroom and an abundance of the latest equipment in sizes XXS – XXXL. The centre offers a relaxed comfortable atmosphere concealed from the often ideal windy elements. 

With our centre right on a perfect beach we can offer the best possible service as a kitesurfing school.

The onsite centre avoids fragmented kitesurfing lessons commuting to and from the beach in cold wet wetsuits with limited kit, or learning safety and wind theory from the back of a vehicle

Our location was chosen from years of experience spent on Camber Sands and the knowledge that it offered the safest and easiest conditions to learn along the Kent and Sussex coast. The ideal constant warm onshore winds are unmatched by any beach along the south coast and the safe sea state available at Camber instils confidence whilst learning kitesurfing. Greatstone beach is just 10 minutes away and offers the same fantastic conditions but faces the opposite direction which alongside our safety boat allows us to kitesurf in any wind direction!

Camber Sands beach is a beautiful 4 mile stretch of golden sand with shallow water making it the perfect position for a kitesurfing school!

Only 1 hour south east from London and 50 minutes east from Brighton, we are surrounded by good access roads and public transport along with a vast range of accommodation – making commuting or holidays very easy. 

The Kitesurf Centre is rider owned and run. Thomas and Tristan conduct or oversee all of the lessons and using their experience, make sure everything runs smoothly and the students both enjoy themselves and have a productive lesson. 

Click here to view previous students feedback on their kitesurfing lessons – we take pride in our service

Tristan – BKSA Senior Instructor kitesurfing at Camber Sands  2008                   James – BKSA National Trainer, kitesurfing in Egypt 2009