I am reading the forum for quite a long time but finally decided to register and say hallo to everybody!
I have started playing with big kites like 4 years ago, first on snow, then expanded the fun to the water. Learnt all by myself (from YT and KF
), now I can say I am intermediate kitesurfer. Live in Poland, not so close to the sea, so I usually kite on lakes in awful gusty conditions 
Hope I will be able to share something useful with you all. Cheers!