DeafVentures - Kite courses for deaf people

DeafVentures - Kitekurse für Gehörlose (DeafVentures)

Due to your deafness you are dependent on sign language and want to learn kitesurfing? That is no problem. The DeafVentures team includes two deaf kitesurfing instructors, a sign language interpreter and a hearing kitesurfing instructor who also diligently learns DGS!  Spend sporty days with us on Ummanz, a small island near Rügen, and get an insight into kitesurfing, and of course the whole thing is always in sign language!


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Accessibility certified People with hearing impairments Deaf people

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Short Report as PDF

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report. 

  •     There is guest parking across from the Suhrendorf bus stop, as well as parking in front of the Surf Center (parking spaces at the campsite), but no designated parking spaces for people with disabilities.  
  •     The distance from the guest parking to the surf center is 550 m. 
  •     In 20 m distance there is the bus stop Suhrendorf.   
  •     The path from the bus stop or guest parking lot to the surf center is partly not easy to walk and drive on and has a maximum longitudinal slope of 3% over a distance of 5 meters. 
  •     The path from the surf station to the water is easy to walk and drive on and has a maximum longitudinal slope of 6% over a distance of 10 m. 
  •     Outdoor paths are at least 200 cm wide.   
  •     The movement areas in the changing room are at least 150 cm x 150 cm.
  •     There is no public WC for people with disabilities. The public WC is accessible via two steps.

Evaluation report: Download as PDF

All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified -  partially accessible for people with hearing impairment and deaf people".

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report. 

  •     Kite instructors teach kitesurfing in German sign language.
  •     The signage is designed in legible writing.

Evaluation report: Download as PDF

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.  

  •     Assistance dogs may be brought into all relevant areas. 
  •     The paths do not have visually contrasting and tactilely detectable walkway boundaries.  
  •     The steps at the WC house are not visually contrasting and do not have handrails.
  •     The signage designed in legible font.

Evaluation report: Download as PDF

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.   

  •     The destinations of the paths are mostly in sight. 
  •     There is no information available in plain language.

Evaluation report: Download as PDF