I've played organized ice hockey my whole life, in travelling youth leagues, scholastic teams, adult leagees...kiting and hockey cannot be compared, in terms of the danger involved...it's just different ...trust me. Before I started kiting I also windsurfed for over 20 years, sailed for almost 30 y...

hit me up! lookin for some ppl to snow kite with once the snow falls

Dig_B. People aren't telling this because we care so much your ability to take care of your self. You have all the right in the world to injure yourself. We are protecting our own spots. When clueless people, like you in this case, bring out their kites, you become a danger to everyone. If you are ...

... i def plan to take a lesson or 2 before I put on some skiis or step into the water ... Skies --- Now your talking !! That 6M will pull you just Fine in 10 to 12mph wind with your snow-skies !!! Do Ya have a really Large open field's, that are kinda flat and catch copious amounts of snow ? or ev...

There is a solid kiting crew in the Toronto area. They also have some access problems. That is issues people telling them they can't kite at some of the limited launch areas up there. People trying to figure out how to do our sport without good instruction is a great way to lose access particularly...

I've played organized ice hockey my whole life, in travelling youth leagues, scholastic teams, adult leagees...kiting and hockey cannot be compared, in terms of the danger involved...it's just different ...trust me. Before I started kiting I also windsurfed for over 20 years, sailed for almost 30 y...

I guess my only real question is before I take a lesson

should I stick with this 6m kite, or should I get smaller 1-2m trainer kite, will it make much of a difference before a lesson?

For interest's sake, what other sport do you teach/instruct? -Wade. ps. The reason you aren't getting the 'tips' you are after is because people don't want to see you get ef'ed up and give kiteboarding some bad press. Many people have already given you the most valualbe piece of advice (GET A LESSO...

big d, :roll: I'm going to make some assumptions here so bear with me on that - I assume you have enough money to go to the hospital, emergency room, doctors office for follow-up visits, pain medications, perhaps surgery, loss of income due to injury, etc...soooo ...I'm going to also assume you can...

Take some videos next time out. You're trying to get some free instruction by posting on kiteforum, it's only fair we get some free entertainment :-) oh man it woulda been good footage thats for sure, there was two of us, we had the camera but no one to film, one trying to fly, other launching, nex...