Most people understand that stretching before exercise can help prevent injury but often lack the knowledge to do the right exercises. Written by Dr Joseph Will, IKO instructor, and published by the IKO, Hang Loose guides you through the exercises that you can do before Kiteboarding or any other sport. .Some are specific to Kiteboarding, others are general, and so you can do them regardless of whether you are going Kiteboarding, surfing or spinning!

Dr Joseph Will graduated from the New York Chiropractic University in 1997 and has been practicing since then. He has “adjusted” thousands of athletes and has worked with free climbers, kayakers, marathons, triathlons, windsurfers and body builders.

Combining his advanced skill level in Kiteboarding and his knowledge in chiropractic, Joseph wrote Hang Loose to help understand how to prevent “over-use” injuries by practicing pre and post kiteboard specific stretches. It also shows how you can use those same stretches to enhance the benefits that the exercise of Kiteboarding can give to the body and how by taking care of these elements, kiteboarders can stay on the water as long as possible and improve their personal performance!

The book gives various tips specific to Kiteboarding, such as how to adapt your footstraps and bindings in a way that causes the least tension in your knees when edging hard and twisting your body to windward.

Among the numerous topics covered in the book are why and when stretch, for how long should one stretch, ice versus heat, and stretching from head to toe (neck, shoulders, rotator cuffs, quadriceps…).