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Created by wagalagaland > 9 months ago, 15 Jun 2017
wagalagaland
NSW, 10 posts
15 Jun 2017 12:26PM
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Besides going to a school, any suggestions regarding boarding practice?

I can do basic surfing on a long board; and have spent a week snowboarding.... but wondering if I should take up surfing or something else to get more board time while I wait for the opportunity to attend a school?

Any suggestions?

I was wondering if those wave generators at amusement parks might be helpful?

On the kite side of things I bought a training kite and practised launching, landing and flying... so I feel next best step is going to a school.

juicerider
WA, 790 posts
15 Jun 2017 4:20PM
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Head to your nearest wake park

KiteBud
WA, 1515 posts
15 Jun 2017 7:26PM
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Hi wagalagaland

It's a good idea to get your boarding skills up, it will help a lot once you get decent kite control on an inflatable Kite.

As an experienced instructor I always found it quite challenging to teach students coming from a trainer kite background to adapt to flying a ''depowerable'' inflatable kite.

This video will give you a brief summary of the adaptations you will have to make.



It's a good attitude to try to prepare yourself as best you can for the lessons.Quality video tutorials will speed up your progression the most at the early stages.

Christian

VRBones
130 posts
15 Jun 2017 9:13PM
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Once again a great video Christian.

Along with learning steering, I find that power kites also give a much better appreciation of the power zone and wind window.

wagalagaland
NSW, 10 posts
16 Jun 2017 5:41AM
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Thanks heaps juicerider & cbulota :D Will do!

3CPO
VIC, 12 posts
16 Jun 2017 9:48PM
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I did a lot of trainer foil kite flying at the local oval where the wind over land is unstable and sometimes gusty; this helped a lot to learn to control the kite. Then when you fly at the beach in wind off the water it is much more stable and easy to fly. You should not try to ride a board if you cannot control the kite easily.
It is a long learning curve and if you don't quit it will be the most rewarding experience when you finally ride and stay up wind.

wagalagaland
NSW, 10 posts
17 Jun 2017 7:21AM
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Thanks 3CPO :)

Samuellae
NSW, 57 posts
17 Jun 2017 7:54AM
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I'll second juice rider on the cable park training....the cost is 100% worth it, your board skills will shoot through the roof, in a few sessions you can develop the same skills it would take months to learn while kiting. Practice riding switch, doing slide transitions, edging heelside, small jumps. Saved me hundreds in lessons.

wagalagaland
NSW, 10 posts
19 Jun 2017 7:26PM
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Thanks samuellae :) Will do



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