AFTER THE COURSES... LIFT!

..you can keep on practice safely and in autonomy.

If you already attended to a complete kite boarding course, all that you need now are probably just hours and hours of self training, followed by a safety boat that allows you to keep on training without worries about making leeway!

We’ve been the first school on Garda’s Lake to ideate the “LIFT” service, that gives you the chance to exhaust every single minute of wind!..: a motor boat brings you every time in the windiest part of the lake, helping you preparing the kite and during the launching and landing procedures.

 We inflate the kite directly on the boat whit fasts compressors, then we check  the lines and launch the kite where we find the best wind condition and in the safest way.

Whit our Lift Service you will be free to spend a whole afternoon in the water supervised by ours boat, and ride quietly and safely.

No more “slalom” between rocks, deck-chair or sunshades! No more labored quests of someone able to help you keeping your kite on the edge of the wind window!

And at the end of your kite session you will be recovered in a established point of the lake: forget about the “leeway nightmare” and try  all you tricks without worries!!

100% wind, 100% fun!

WARNING: an assurance that provide third part liability coverage as well as private accident coverage is compulsory to practice kite boarding in our center. If you don’t have any, you can ask for it when you apply for membership!

KATAPULTA, a real itinerant platform, able to transport up to 28 people with all their equipment, is operative  by our kite center.  It is provided with an air compressor and a huge space by the head for the set up of the kites, to guarantee a faster and efficient lift service!

Whit Katapulta all the others boat of our fleet are constantly monitoring the  established kiting zone. 

To enjoy of the advantages of our lift Service the registration to our “kite association” and the observation of the “lift Rules” are necessary. 

For any further question or information you can call this number: +39 338 8287886

SECURITY RULES AND OTHER HELPFUL INFORMATIONS

To be ready to launch  from the lift-boat, you need to previously inflate the bladders (but not the leading edge) on land, or let it deflated if it is a one-pump system kite. Connect the lines and check them carefully letting them runs thru your fingers from the bar to the connecting point. Remember to always connect the kite leash and to check the emergency quick release functionality. Rewind up carefully the lines around the bar and fix them up whit a knot to avoid them to get undone on the boat, before reaching the launching zone. Roll up the the kite from the tips to the centre , than put the  bar in the middle by the T2 fixing it to the handle, and make shure that the bar won’t be able to move and the line won’t get tangle.

Remember that wetsuit and lifejacket are obligatory, and so will be the helmet if the board leash is used.

It’s compulsory to carry a mobile phone whit a dry pack, provided with all the staff’s  phone numbers to call is case of need, in order to guarantee the rescue service.

Finally, we suggest to write your address on your board and kite. This will gives you a chance to get them back in case loss.

LAUNCH FROM THE BOAT:

Our professional staff will help you to untied the lines from the bar letting them falls in the water in the right way while the boat keep on moving backward into the wind. In the meantime the leading edge will be inflated with the air compressor. Do not get hooked if you are not sure that the lines are clear, free from knots and correctly connected.

Once hooked –in you will plunge in to the water and start the self water-re launch procedures or you’ll wait for the boat to launch the kite for you in case of need.  

Riding area with norh wind (Peler)

Riding area with south wind (Ora)

LIFT SERVICE RULES

Prerequisites:

1.  To own a F.I.S.N. or equivalent certification,  achieved by our school or other affiliated centers and an a R.C. assurance which provide third part liability coverage as well as private accident coverage, valid for the current year.

2.  To be sure that your own equipment is complete and adequate (inflatable kite with functional safety systems, board, harness, wetsuit, our personal life jacket whit the CE min.50N stamp on it, helmet if the board lesh is connected, mobile phone with dry pack). For those who prefer to rent the equipment, Advance an F1 kites and boards are available at the school.

3.  To always carry a mobile phone whit a dry pack during the kite session to be able to contact our staff for any problem or in case of emergency.

The members must moreover observe the following rules:

1.  The Lift Service is about launch and recover the members and their equipment in an established point of the lake whit proper motorboat; Lift Service isn’t a teaching activity and doesn’t comprehend didactics part, technical support, assistance for water re- launch or in any problem that can occur to the members once in the water. The members which participate to the Lift Service must be autonomous in rigging up the kite, riding skills, water re-launch procedures, reaching the established area for the recovering procedures, just as who practice this sport launching from the beach.

In order to avoid any delay the members that use the Lift Service must set up the equipment on land BEFORE boarding. Lines must be correctly connected to the kite and fixed around the bar; the bladders must be inflated; the board straps and fins well regulated and fixed. For those who rent the school’s equipment we recommend to previously check it personally and to immediately mark out any damages or anomaly.

2. Whenever the Lift Service won’t be possible because of bad weather or wind conditions  it will be recoverable in other date. We consider the Lift Service Started and no more recoverable from the moment the member get in the water from the boat. For this reason is up to the member himself and to his experience to decide to be launched or to postpone to next time!

3.  Every single Lift must be done in the absolute respect of the Navigation Law in Force and of the local regulations, in the established water zone to help the school staff in the recovers of the members at the end of the Service or in the  rescue procedures in case of need. The members must always wear a lifejacket.

4. The members must always carry a mobile phone in a dry pack whit them to be able to communicate whit the boat drivers for any problem or in case of need, for example to  ask  to be rescue in a different place from the established one.

5. The boat drivers will recover the members before the fixed time even if the members didn’t ask for it, in case of emergency or for safety reasons. This decision is incontestable and doesn’t give the right to be refunded.

6. Who use the school’s equipment  must give it back dry and tidy. Kites must be replaced in their bag, bar must be well rolled up and connected to the kite, the bladders inflated.

LIFT SERVICE ENTRANCE FEE

Single Lift fee amounts to € 30,00

Multiple Lift ticket and Seasons-tickets are also available for those who don’t want to miss a single day of wind!

2 lift Daily fee (valid only for two lift in a single day) = € 50,00

10 Lifts ticket to be used within the current year (2009) = € 250,00

Season-ticket valid from the 1th of April 2009 to the 30^th of September 2009 = € 600,00

The fee must be paid by our secretariat before the Lift Service utilization.

For any further information please contact us at this number: +39 338 82 87 886

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