PROVIDER: EASY RIDERS

TURKEY

EASYRIDERS

WWW.EASYRIDERS.COM

CAN YOU SUMMARIZE WHAT YOU DO? We are a kitesurf and SUP center in the UK. We have a beautiful teaching area in Poole harbor giving perfect flat water for kiting at all levels and amazing SUP tours. We teach all levels from beginner to expert including foiling, racing and instructor training. We do a bunch of clinics each year to teach and coach kitesurfing and SUP worldwide. Our courses are geared towards all levels: beginner, intermediate, expert and instructor levels.

WHERE ARE YOU BASED AND WHEN WERE YOU ESTABLISHED? We have been going since 2004 and we are based at Sandbanks, Poole, Dorset. We have taught on every continent and run more coaching holidays than any other UK business. This year is our 15th consecutive year to Brazil. We have added a couple of foiling clinics this year which are fab.

WHERE ARE MOST OF YOUR CLIENTS FROM? UK and Europe, USA and Canada.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU AND YOUR TEAM BEEN KITING? As a team we have over 100 years’ experience! Head honcho Andy Gratwick has been kiting since 1998.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING THAT MAKES YOU SPECIAL COMPARED TO OTHER

KITING BUSINESSES? Andy has worked within kitesurfing for 20 years. He went on the first instructor course, then set up the first school in Poole. We were first to run clinics and the first to all our destinations where we have great setups and know the locations like a second home. We have more experience than anyone else, we care about all our clients who are all our friends, and we love what we do, so that makes it pretty easy!

CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH YOUR MOST RECENT TRIP? We have just come back from back-to-back clinics on the west coast of Ireland, followed by running and competing in the British kite wave championships. 13 days of 14 were windy. We had team members in the podium which was great to see, and I need to stop breaking ribs!

WHAT DO YOU HAVE LINED UP FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS? We’re off to Brazil this autumn for three back-to-back clinics, The Original, The Adventure and a foiling clinic. Then back for a whole 36 hours before our Caribbean program starts for another seven weeks until the beginning of Feb.