Does anyone know of any iko instructor courses that are running in 2006 as desperately want to go on one when visiting aus. cheers

Hi i Would'nt mind. but how much would it cost, im on a tight budget

Where abouts in Thailand did you do the IKO course Darren ?

yep id be up for it

I'd be interested if you could give some more info please on price and length of the course.

OK guys,

It would seem we have enough interested parties to put together another IKO instructor training course.

Most of the details can be found by following the following link, it will give you all the info you need. The price is the standard price of $570 USD (it costs much more in many other centres!) Course runs for 5 days.

http://www.ikorg.com/pro_career_kiteboarding_instructor.php?menu_id=3

If February 8th is OK for everyone, I will go ahead and register the course with the IKO.

Please contact me privately to confirm your interest.

Thanks to all,

Darren Marshall
IKO Examiner
0407 012 220
[email protected]

What about a course around perth in february or march?

greets marco

What about east coast? There's 2 of us here who are interested (Hervey Bay in QLD) and I'm sure there'd be more if it were advertised.

quick question? what size kites should I bring over for this courses? I've got a 8.5, 11, 13.5, 16.5..
and what type of riding is it?, flat water, surf, chop, etc.
first time in WA
cheers
steve

Hi Going,

There is no IKO course in Sydney at this stage. Perth is definately on.

Good winds,

Darren Marshall
IKO Examiner

if there are so many interested kiters in perth. cant you organize a second course some weeks later?

Hi guys,

I am happy to run courses when we can fill them. I am currently trying to fill the Perth course.

Out of all the interested parties, there are usually 30% that are just tyre kickers and have no real commitment to the course. It was only 2 months ago I ran a course in Perth and Sydney and both courses had a spare seat so currently the number of courses meets the demand if not exceeds it.

If we fill this course, I will gladly do another course perhaps on the east coast or maybe in SA or Vic.

From memory, to date I've done:
4 courses in New South Wales
4 courses in West Oz
7 courses in Queensland
0 courses in Victoria
0 courses in South Oz
9 Courses overseas.

It costs me more than $1500 in lost revenue, after I've been paid, to do a full course of 8 persons in another state, not to mention the stress it puts on my family to have me away for 7 days. I have no problem in doing that because I love to teach and give back to the sport, but it is even more costly to justify a course with only 5 bums on seats. With a full class, I can at least be fully effective and minimize my losses.

Like I said, IF we fill the Perth course I will consider a further course, but till then, I have no plans of any further courses at this point in time. I hope you understand.

Good winds,

Darren Marshall
IKO Examiner

Are there any news about another kitecourse during february or march? (except the one in perth (8.-12. february)