You should talk to the one legged kiteboard chick Frances Osorio Rivera, I think she reply to messages, she actually taught my wife a beginner lesson in PR.Kau pi kite tarifa wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:35 pmCurrently I am teaching kitesurfing to a man with 1 above the knee prosthetic leg. In the hope to find information about this I contacted Bille and searched through the forum.
Bille said let's make this a public topic and here we are:
This thread is meant to collect as much information as possible about learning to kitesurf with a prosthetic leg.
Are there more forum members riding with prosthetics?
What are the do's and don'ts?
How do the prosthetics hold up against the salt water and the forces of kitesurfing?
Can you compensate somehow for not feeling the board?
Frances is exactly the correct person to feed you this info. Not only does she have a prosthetic and kite with it, she's also taught some folks like that through the Wind Sports For Wounded Warriors. I've taught some people through that program, but none were missing any limbs. I had one in a wheelchair, but we just did trainer kite riding in the parking lot w/the chair!jeromeL wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2017 10:40 pmYou should talk to the one legged kiteboard chick Frances Osorio Rivera, I think she reply to messages, she actually taught my wife a beginner lesson in PR.Kau pi kite tarifa wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:35 pmCurrently I am teaching kitesurfing to a man with 1 above the knee prosthetic leg. In the hope to find information about this I contacted Bille and searched through the forum.
Bille said let's make this a public topic and here we are:
This thread is meant to collect as much information as possible about learning to kitesurf with a prosthetic leg.
Are there more forum members riding with prosthetics?
What are the do's and don'ts?
How do the prosthetics hold up against the salt water and the forces of kitesurfing?
Can you compensate somehow for not feeling the board?
https://www.iksurfmag.com/kitesurfing-n ... io-rivera/
I remember she explained to my wife how she was explaining to my wife her issues with the prostetic maybe she got a better one since then, she actually used ductape to lock it in place but after a long body dragging session hooking to the back of the student she was loosing her leg.
You should check out her video she throws some nice trick with it
While I'm normally a strong advocate for surfboards I really think it's the wrong option for an amputee. You need to be able to move your feet around and feel the board much more on a surfboard. On a twin tip you only have one foot position and never need to move your feet. Just lock in and go. Not being able to feel the board with a foot is pretty irrelevant for a TT but important for a surfboard.sflinux wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2017 4:44 pmI would think that a large board would be a nice stable platform. I would think a SUP, longboard, Egg, or fish would be where I would start. Light winds and a floaty board make for some peaceful sessions. Switch to a SUP paddle if the winds are too light. With SUPs, I've found it easier to fly the kite unhooked.
1- I haven't found many , and i didn't know why at first , but 75 to 80% of allKau pi kite tarifa wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:35 pmCurrently I am teaching kitesurfing to a man with 1 above the knee prosthetic leg.
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Bille said let's make this a public topic and here we are:
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1) Are there more forum members riding with prosthetics?
2) What are the do's and don'ts?
3) How do the prosthetics hold up against the salt water and the forces of kitesurfing?
4) Can you compensate somehow for not feeling the board?
The girl who called to take me to the lake tomorrow ; she had to spend 2 tanks of
YEA , that would be Awesome to read what Sean has to say ; i read about
Bille, I think Sean is 10X better than 99% of us on this forum, no matter how many limbs. That's why he's da' man.
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