Kiting is a ‘perfect fit’ when it comes to coaching. Coaching and teaching are some of the most rewarding things we can do. When you help someone understand and navigate challenges in their path, you can bet they will feel great and as their coach, you will too.
Is kitesurfing a dying sport? Recent years has seen an explosion of numbers in sports like cycling and running. Is the sun setting on the world of extreme sports and dawning on the world of endurance sports?
It was one of those rare days in Cornwall where you’re in and out of the water in just your shorts but not getting a chill. The feeling of swimming down into the ‘other world’ is something I expect to find in the tropics, not a hop, skip and jump away from my front door, so the novelty was all the richer.
SUP finds itself fitting well into the classic endurance sports which as far as I can tell are making a huge comeback in terms of participant levels. I think for this reason, SUP will steadily rise to become that largest participant board sport in the world.
Regular press ups are good, hand clap press ups are better because the explosive movement required to push yourself up off the ground contracts more muscle fibres in a shorter space of time – more impact, less time.