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Old 02-26-2006, 04:14 PM
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Hi, my name is Alex, I´m from spain, I used to do surfing almost everyday in my city, I was a surf teacher too, now I moved to miami, and of course I want to do kite because here no waves, so I have a video "Boost" and I want to start but I dont know anything, I flew a kite in land in spain a couple times, and the thing with the board I think I can do it after 8 years surfing. So should I buy a trainer kite to start and which kind,model or something should I get??? I dont what to spend hundreds of dollaers in lesson, so what kind of trainer kite could I get and where can I practice??
Thank everybody. See you in the water.
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Old 02-26-2006, 05:55 PM
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Hi, my name is Alex, I´m from spain, I used to do surfing almost everyday in my city, I was a surf teacher too, now I moved to miami, and of course I want to do kite because here no waves, so I have a video "Boost" and I want to start but I dont know anything, I flew a kite in land in spain a couple times, and the thing with the board I think I can do it after 8 years surfing. So should I buy a trainer kite to start and which kind,model or something should I get??? I dont what to spend hundreds of dollaers in lesson, so what kind of trainer kite could I get and where can I practice??
Thank everybody. See you in the water.
I would still recommend getting the best lessons that you can find. You are in the right section of the site for ideas on how to proceed. Things like interviewing and evaluating instructors that you are considering for training. You can self instruct yourself to hang glide, lots did in the past. Many ended up with costly medical bills, broken gear or worse. The parallel also applies to kiteboarding, believe it.

This sport seems easier that it actually is, even for instructors from other water activities.

Some other guys that tried to save money of quality instruction are described at:

http://fksa.org/viewtopic.php?t=720
http://fksa.org/viewtopic.php?t=920
54 (also from Spain), 39a and 66 at http://fksa.org/viewtopic.php?t=225

and many more. Quality lessons cost, then again so can errors that might be avoided through proper instruction.
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