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.
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.
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.
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.
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.