If you choose to practise Kite in Tarifa, learning some words and technicalities about this exciting activity will do you good. In this blog, we provide you with a small glossary with the 20 words you need to know to practise kitesurf. We hope you find them useful!
On shore: wind that takes us to the beach. It is a biting wind as long as it does not have any obstacles.
Off shore: when the wind blows from the shore to the sea. It is dangerous wind. You have to avoid that this wind leaves you too far from the beach.
Thermal wind: wind created by mixing two air streams – one hot and one cold.
Side shore: wind blowing parallel to the beach. It is usually gusty wind.
Depower: power reduction capability.
Freestyle: testing new movements and jumps within this sport.
Speed: a term used to refer to the speed reached with your kite.
Delta kite: a triangle-shaped kite.
Foil: type of kite that is neither inflatable nor rigid, but is joined with cells that make the kite hold with the wind.
Leash: a rope that does not allow the board to move away when the person riding it falls out of it.
Botavara: Aluminium or carbon bar with which the kite is directed.
Cenit: deadlock located just above the head of the person riding the kite where the kite stays still due to the position and the wind.
Hang time: time during which the kite holds up in the air while jumping.
Choppy: stormy sea, rough, with tidal waves that hinders navigation.
Kicker: natural or artificial slope that helps with any kind of jump.
Spot: key places that have the necessary characteristics for the realization of this sport.
Buggy: terrestrial tricycle that is propelled by kites through the beach.
Canto: external border of the board used to control its direction.
Sable: a rod that is used on a board to have more strength and stability on it.
Deriva: the tendency of the kite to always go to leeward (in other words, the direction that the wind blows).
We hope you like this blog about 20 words you need to know to practise kitesurf. Above all, we hope it is useful for you!