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Glisse Factory

Newly founded (2024) school run by a former kite-shop sales rep turned BPJEPS instructor; also runs sessions at L'Espiguette and Les Aresquiers.

La Grande Motte · France

BPJEPSSince 2024

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BPJEPS-certified kitesurf school in La Grande Motte, France — lessons, wingfoil, foil, kids courses and wing.

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What to askHi Glisse Factory, I found you on Kite Insider. I am planning a trip to La Grande Motte and I would like to ask about availability and rates.

What they teach

on the BPJEPS system

What they sell

This school doesn't list its courses by level. Ask them which course fits you. Which water suits which level: see When to come.

How they teach
  • Max 4 students per instructor;
  • 3h sessions ('Plage Sud' home spot, all-wind base), 4-day stages, private coaching, and supervised free-sailing;
  • founder Sébastien is BPJEPS-qualified, opened the school in 2024

What it costs

No price published

No figure for them is on record here. Ask them for a current one when you write.

When to come

the water this school teaches on: Grand Travers

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  3. Mar, riders' month, no figure
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  8. Aug, riders' month, no figure
  9. Sep, riders' month, no figure
  10. Oct, riders' month, no figure
  11. Nov, riders' month, no figure
  12. Dec, no figure

Ringed months are the ones riders and schools name: Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.

Nothing has been measured or modelled for this place: twelve months and no figure in any of them. The months riders name are all there is.

Wind data:
riders' months

Riders and schools name these months. The model reads lower here, and both are shown rather than averaged.

Waternot measuredwater type: mixed, at Grand Travers
Windiest monthnothing modelled here

Wind on the beach

cross-onshore

What the spot record warns about

  • Crowded family beach adjacent to the kite corridor in summerPopular swim zone nearby requiring discipline about launch corridor
  • Offshore/cross-offshore component during tramontane episodesNW/N Tramontane-style wind is offshore at Grand Travers; do not ride it without boat safety.
  • Marked swimming zones and family beach traffic in summer; stay in the kite corridor/zone.
  • Southeast marin can create chop, shorebreak, and random breaking waves.

More on Grand Travers, the spot itself →

Where you will ride

1 spot

The school's base

Based at the étang du Ponant, La Grande Motte (its 'Plage Sud' home spot), ~15 min from Montpellier

Directions

La Grande Motte · France · Map pin: 43.5600, 4.0820 — the school's own location

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Open weeks, the team, and photographs

Owners will be able to add the weeks they are open against the wind months above, their instructors by name and their own photos.

Last updated: August 2026

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