Getting started?

Kosk · Post by **Kosk** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:39 pm

Any advice, yeh or nay, on this as the way to get started at the most basic level on my own?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 7169885921

Seems like a low cost/low risk investment to get going. Planning to start here and then move up to a larger foil in the winter when fully educated.

Thanks in advance.
-PK

johnz · Post by **johnz** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:45 pm

No, this is a toy - albeit a fun toy.

If you want to get started, take a lesson - they will provide a range of kites for you to learn on and progress with.

IMHO, If you do by a trainer, you'll probably want to get a bigger, better quality kite.

Have fun!!!

johnbaker17 · Post by **johnbaker17** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:48 pm

In the smaller print...
"This kite is for training and will not pull you on a board."

Kosk · Post by **Kosk** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:54 pm

Interesting...

Everything I read says to get a trainer first, practice on that for a while, then take a lesson to maximize ones lesson time, no?

Are you suggesting I would be better off getting something like the Best 3 meter of NewTech 3.6 meter as a trainer? I read the NewTech 3.6 works as a trainer and can be used on the snow as well (In windy conditions I assume)... Is the extra $150 that would cost worth it or will that kite be worthless too once I get going?

Kosk · Post by **Kosk** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:38 pm

I fully understand the concept of the trainer kite not being able to pull me on my board. I thought that was the whole point of a trainer? So I dont kill myself......

I'm trying to cut thru all the marketing hype and get down to the nuts and bolts of what I ACTUALLY need to get started, not what someone wants to sell me. Figured you guys would know since you already have gone thru the process.

dave t · Post by **dave t** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:48 pm

Pete,
Don't but one of those. I have one you can borrow for as long as you want. In a really strong wind it can pull you around on hockey skates but the kite is so fast that it won't stay in the power zone until you are really moving along. It will give you a good but hyperactive idea of controling a foil kite.

Dave Tait (Buck Hill down hill)

Kosk · Post by **Kosk** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:56 pm

Right on Dave. Bring it with to the next build day @ buck if you remember.

dave t · Post by **dave t** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 4:22 pm

No problem. I think it is actually under the back seat since the last time I used it.

Eric P · Post by **Eric P** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 6:50 pm

I started out with a 3M trainer on the snow and had a blast with cross country skis. Then bought a 4M and learned some more. Watch out thought, a 4M can really spank you if you do the wrong thing (like take it out in twenty plus winds). I think every kiter should have a small trainer kite. At the very least so they can get all of their friends totally stoked and into it. It really trains your reflexes and gives you the ability to feel the kite without having to watch it all the time. Good luck.