FLandOBX, thanks for the suggestion on kites.
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Finally, I wouldn't recommend lots of light wind sessions for a beginner. ": eh! I wouldn't too...
but these are the conditions I'll be facing for the next months to come, so... sigh!
But I am not one to discourage easily: my first lessons were in 8knts, with the kite barely floating (and many a rush on the beach to keep it from stalling...), waiting for a tiny bit of extra breeze to make it stay up by itself.
I'd then get in the water, and try waterstarts.
Now, picture this: a 105kg absolute beginner attempting waterstarts in 9knts, on a 131x39 board
(and I kept trying, and trying, and failing and failing... and I just didn't care, so happy to be in the water!).
I know I get hugely more frustrated by
not going out than I ever would by experiencing difficulties due to large kites and complex-low-wind conditions... hence my desire for a kite that at least gives me a chance to be out there.
I figure, there'll be lot of time to learn tricks and play in better winds... and I'll have much more experience by then than if I had to wait for conditions to be proper and practice only then.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts/experience: at my level, I'm finding every bit of suggestion I receive eventually gets useful, and saves me much time, or trouble!
Lopi