Dmitry Gudkov

Was born in Primorsk, near St.-Petersburg, 25 years old. Kitesurf riding since 2006. Working for 2 seasons at Take off in Vung-Tau . Dima is experienced kitesurf and surf instructor. With him you can get some basic knowledge as well as many advanced tricks and jumps. Dimas particular riding place is Vietnam, sometimes Thailand. At summer time you can meet him riding in St.-Petersburg or at Kazantip festival. Beside being instructor he is also responsible for organizing events at surf-station.

Maxim Pavlovsky 

First person you’ll meat at surf-station- would be Max. He is playing role of surf-station manager, he’ll help you to choose instructor and equipment. And of course explain you all details you need to know about surfing. Maxim was born in St.-Petersburg. Kitesurfing since 2007. Surfing experience since 2005. Main hobby- traveling. Working as kite-instructor since 2008. Working for Take-Off station for 2 years. Also he is a creator of all our motorbike-trips.

Zolotnik Artem 

Instructor with big letter “I” in the beginning. Was working as ski and snowboard instructor since 1999 till 2005. Too tiered of cold weather decided to change specialization. Kitesurfing for 5 years. Favorite discipline is wave riding. During his living in Vietnam became surfer as well. Working for Take off surf-station for 3 years. At Summertime was working at Take-off station at Kazantip festival. His hometown is freezing St.-Petersburg.

Derevyanko Andrey 

Kitesurfing for 3 years. Got his kitesurfing addiction in Kronshtadt at Take Off surf-station. Since that time he’s living and riding in Vietnam most time of the year. He is also a professional photographer. Surfing experience- 2 years. His hometown is Vorkuta.

Tanya Gulyaeva 

Famous for her Asian travel (India, Lao, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand). At our station she is living for a half a year. She has 4 months experience of kitesurfing. She is pro of video shooting and editing. All video you can find on this site is made by her. Tanya was born in St.-Petersburg.

Alexey Chibisov 

Windsurfer, surfer, kitesurfer. He is father of Take Off surf-station. He is founder of take-off custom boards company, soul-rider and traveler. He started his windsurfing career when he was 16 years old. In 2001, 2002 and 2003 he was champion of windsurfing freestyle in Russia. He loves white nights, shore of bay of Finland, beach and surf-station parties.

Andrey Cherepkov 

The “biggest” kitesurfing instructor at our surf-station in Mui-Ne. Working for Take Off for more than 3 years. Spends his summer in Montenegro. Riding kitesurfing for more than 6 years. In Vietnam his famous by his nickname- “Big Z”. His famous discipline is wave riding. Andrey was born in St.-Petersburg.