The Instructors
Core to RIDE Kitesurfing School are Rou and Perry. It was their concept and their brainchild. So you don’t end up wondering who you are supposed to meet down the beach here is a brief introduction to them.

Perry Lamb
A little older than most Perry has spent decades (literally) surfing, and has traveled extensively, catching waves in many places (Broadstairs?) that most only read about in magazines. He came to the sport a little late in life, but in the three years he has been kiting he has attacked it with a vengeance and loves it with a passion, He gets in the water around Thanet and takes trips abroad as often as his proper job (teacher) allows. He is owner of local surf shop Mudbay. He quit the classroom and qualified as an IKO instructor earlier this year. Rou thinks that Perry is slightly more organized than he is. (But then, you can fool some of the people....!).

Rou Chater
Rou has been kitesurfing since before he can remember and an instructor for over a year and a half. Before that he taught windsurfing and dinghy sailing at the highest level both in the UK and abroad for over 10 years. To be fair there isn’t much he doesn’t know about teaching water sports. Rou came 10th in the UK last year in the BKSA rankings, this year he hasn’t competed due to injury and has spent more time teaching. He is also the Editor of Kitesurf Magazine and so every couple of months he disappears for a week or so. Apparently he calls it work.

Who better to help you on your path to kitesurfing heaven, between them there isn’t much they don’t know, about teaching, kitesurfing or beer!