hay all
know a few people who really need some instructor work in NZ or the south pacific including the pitcairn islands cook niue tonga fiji new caledonia samoa and french polynesia and anywhere inbetween. finding it increasingly difficult to figure out which islands are and arent in season and where and where these schools dont reside. any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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The only full time school in FIJI is Safari Lodge. Been there 24 years.
warren safarilodge com fj if you want more information.
thanks
Warren
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The only full time school in FIJI is Safari Lodge. Been there 24 years.
warren safarilodge com fj if you want more information.
thanks
Warren
mmmm Very average place when I was there years ago. Won't ever go again. Haven't heard any good things from others experiences either..
There are other schools in fiji also.
Cook islands have some epic kiting and great schools.
New Caledonia season is November to March or April I guess, but I imagine the schools run year-round. There are three schools in Noumea, although one at least is just a one-man band. Then there is another school at Poe Beach up the coast, which is also a one-man band I believe.
The ones to contact here would be Noumea Kite School (which recently changed hands) and Kitesurf Attitude. Not sure how much call they have for English-only-speaking instructors, if that is a concern...
so to grow on your comment tantrumizer.... is there a work around in regards to not being able to be IKO in new caledonia due to it being a part of france? do you know if theres some sort of quick transfer of teaching credit to the french system? from what i know they speak a few languages not sure if french tho. does everyone on your island mostly speak french?
Short answer... I don't know! I just finished my lessons here, so I'm not employed by any of the schools. I did my lessons in English, but English-speakers would be the minority of students. New Caledonia is a French-speaking country and work permits are difficult if you are not French in general - I don't know about the kiting schools though...
I don't know much about IKO. My school never talked about it. He just taught me how to kite, for better or worse. :-) I didn't end up with a certificate or anything, but possibly the bigger schools are IKO-affiliated.
You won't get much competition in Pitcairn Island if you start your own school - or clients - well me.... would be super interesting to visit! NZ is the only place with year round wind in the South Pacific. Wetsuits in the winter - shorties/boardies in the summer.
You need a sports degree to be a professional sports instructor in France, I would guess it applies to French polynesia too.
Perth in summer, Maui in Winter - will never be short of wind for instructing. NZ not a bad place too as you can find empty world class spots if you are prepared to travel.
