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Accessible kitesurfing · sit-kiteboarding · El Gouna, Egypt
Sit-kiteboarding in a waist-deep lagoon you can stand up in, with a beach wheelchair on site. A taught session is a special course we arrange in advance with the Chasing Waves Foundation, with a boat alongside. Already riding with your own gear? Just come.
Adaptive kitesurfing, step by step
Each stage removes one obstacle — the sand, the equipment, the water, and the question of whether anyone here has done this before.
01 Why this is even a question
For most riders with a physical disability the obstacle is not the kite or the lagoon — it is the fifty metres of soft sand in between, and not knowing whether anyone at the centre will know what to do.
We have a beach wheelchair on site, so getting from the centre to the water is a normal part of the session rather than an improvisation.
02 What the riding looks like
You ride seated on an adapted board and steer the kite with your hands, exactly as any other kiter does. The power comes from the kite, the balance comes from the seat.
Kitepower is an IKO Pro Center, so the progression and the skill record are the same ones every student gets.
03 Why El Gouna and not somewhere else
Our lagoon is waist-deep over a sandy bottom and it does not dry out with the tide. You can stand up everywhere — nobody has to swim.
On a taught adaptive session a boat stays with the instructor and you the whole time — not on standby, right there with you.
04 How a taught session comes about
Learning with us is a special course rather than routine teaching. We set it up together with Willem and his foundation, and that takes lead time — it is not something we can arrange for tomorrow.
Different situation: if you already ride and bring your own equipment, none of this applies. You simply come and ride on the same terms as anybody else.
Why here
Nothing here is improvised for the occasion. The wheelchair is on the beach, the water lets you stand up everywhere, the boat comes with you, and the people who do adaptive kiteboarding full time are part of the plan.
Two very different situations
People arrive in one of two situations and they are handled completely differently. It is worth knowing which one you are in before you write.
| You want to learn | You already ride, own gear |
|---|---|
| A special course — not our routine teaching | Nothing special — come and ride |
| Arranged together with Willem and his foundation | No arrangement needed |
| Planned well in advance | Whenever suits you |
| A boat stays with you for the whole session | Normal beach and rental terms |
| Price on request, confirmed with the plan | Our standard prices |
The camp, on film
Willem Hooft filmed the sit-kite camp on our beach and put it on his own channel. Nothing here is staged for a brochure — it is the camp as it ran, on the water we teach on.
Willem Hooft is a Dutch adaptive kitesurfer who kept riding after a motorbike accident left him paralysed — sitting down, on a board he built for himself. He rides for Slingshot, competes internationally, and runs the Chasing Waves Foundation — until recently the Willem Hooft Foundation — which exists to make sit-kitesurfing reachable: equipment, training programmes for kite schools, and camps like the one above.
That is who we arrange a taught session with. The seated setups and the method are not something we invented on the beach — they come from him and his people, and each course is planned together with them.
18–26 September 2026
The edition in the film was the second one. The third runs here from 18 to 26 September 2026 — a week of sit-kitesurfing organised by the Chasing Waves Foundation, on our water.
Places go through the foundation, not through us: they run the programme and bring the seated equipment. What we bring is the spot — the lagoon, the boats, the instructors and the way onto the beach. If you want to be there, sign up with them. If that week does not suit you, write to us and we will look at arranging a session with Willem outside the camp.
Price
A taught adaptive session is not a product from our list. It needs a special setup, the arrangement with Willem and his foundation, and a boat with you for the whole time. We confirm the price together with the plan for your session, before anything is booked.
If you already ride and bring your own equipment, our normal prices apply — nothing to arrange.
Useful to tell us: how you move on land, whether you use a wheelchair, whether you have ridden before, what equipment you bring, and roughly when you would like to come.
Yes — the discipline is called sit-kiteboarding. You ride seated on an adapted board and steer the kite with your hands, the same way every other kiter does. One thing to know up front: with us a taught session is a special course rather than routine teaching. We arrange it together with the Chasing Waves Foundation and a boat stays with the instructor and you throughout, so it has to be planned well in advance.
No, and we would rather say so plainly. A taught adaptive session has to be arranged — with Willem and his foundation, with the right seated equipment, and with a boat alongside for the whole time. That is not something we can put together at short notice. Write to us as early as you can and we will plan it with you properly.
Price on request. An adaptive course is not a standard product from our list: it involves a special setup and a boat with you for the whole session, so we confirm the price together with the plan. Riding with your own equipment is on our normal terms.
Not at all — that is a completely different situation. If you already kite and arrive with your own gear, just come and ride on the same terms as anybody else. The beach wheelchair is here to get you across the sand.
Yes, on site. Soft sand is the barrier that stops most people before they ever reach the water, so it is the first thing we solved.
We partner with the Chasing Waves Foundation, which specialises in adaptive kiteboarding. The seated equipment and the teaching approach come from that partnership rather than from improvisation — which is also why a taught session is arranged with them in advance.
Yes. The Chasing Waves Foundation runs its sit-kite camp on our beach in El Gouna from 18 to 26 September 2026 — the third edition, after the one in the film on this page. Registration goes through the foundation rather than through us: they run the programme and bring the seated equipment, and we provide the water, the boats and the instructors. If those dates do not suit you, write to us and we will look at arranging a session with Willem outside the camp week.
Because of the water. Our lagoon is waist-deep over sand and does not dry out with the tide, so you can stand up everywhere and nobody has to swim. The instructor stands beside you, the board stays within reach and a fall is just a pause. The water is warm enough to ride without a wetsuit for most of the year.
Write to us and describe your situation — how you move on land, whether you use a wheelchair, whether you have ridden before, what equipment you bring and roughly when you would like to come. We come back with what is possible, when, and what it involves. Only then does anything get booked.
Every taught session is set up personally and needs lead time. Write to us early with your situation and we will come back with what is possible, when, and what it involves.
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