Element5
Team

Instructors
who get you to the result

IKO certification, over 45 years of combined experience, teaching in three languages. We set up a safe foundation and quickly bring you to independent riding.

Alexey — Element5 instructor
RUEN20+ yrs

Alexey

Founding father · windsurf since 1988, kite since 2005

Awarded at Russian kitesurfing competitions, participant of WISSA, TOKE and IMANDRA. One of the first to bring kitesurfing into the hearts of Saint Petersburg riders. Wind-addicted, founding father.

Disciplines
KitesurfingWingfoilWindsurfSnowkite
Certifications
  • Russian championship podium
  • WISSA participant
  • TOKE
  • IMANDRA
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Sasha — Element5 instructor
RUENES20+ yrs

Sasha

Wind in his head for over 20 years

Rides and teaches wherever it's possible — has been spotted on the shores of Spain, Indonesia, Africa, the Black Sea and the Gulf of Finland. Believes everyone in this world is a latent kiter who just needs help realizing it. Programmer by day, kiter by calling.

Disciplines
KitesurfingWingfoilSnowkite
Certifications
  • IKO Level 2
  • IKO Assistant Trainer
  • First Aid
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Alex Hunter — Element5 instructor
RUEN20+ yrs

Alex Hunter

Racing hydrofoil coach · «Sunday dad»

20+ years in kiting, awarded at Russian and international competitions. Trains a Saint Petersburg team of young racing-hydrofoil stars and occasionally shows up at Element5 as a «Sunday dad». If your goal is faster, higher, stronger — come yourself and bring kids from age 12. He thinks racing kiting is a mix of chess and weightlifting.

Disciplines
KitesurfingHydrofoilRacing kite
Certifications
  • Russian and international competition winner
  • Junior national hydrofoil team coach
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Jackson — Element5 instructor
RUEN8+ yrs

Jackson

Neversaynothing · technical diver, alpine rifleman

Member of «Kiteforum.pro» since 2017 under the callsign Neversaynothing. Nordic, even-tempered character; maintains good relations with colleagues and discharges his duties without fault. Kiter, technical diver (Divemaster IANTD), snowboarder, alpine rifleman. Brought in for especially difficult assignments.

Disciplines
KitesurfingSnowboardTechnical diving
Certifications
  • Divemaster IANTD
  • Kiteforum.pro since 2017
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Kostya — Element5 instructor
RUEN11+ yrs

Kostya

Junior instructor · master of chilling out

His love for water sports runs in the family, so at 22 Kostya has been kiting for more than half his life. SUP, wake, windsurf, trampoline, acrobatics — also his thing. Has perfectly mastered the art of taming runaway kites; lucky. Hookah maestro, knows a thing or two about a proper post-session chillout.

Disciplines
KitesurfingSUP
Certifications
  • IKO Level 1
  • SUP/wake instructor
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