That’s a reasonable approach. A lots depends on your location. Some are much better than others for practicing without an instructor.THOR_NADO wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 7:26 pmThanks, a lot of good advice. I will take some training but spending $1000 in lessons... Probably not. Rather will I spend $150-300 on 2h-4h just to get started and then I will learn from my friend. And I will read a lot of information and watch videos on youtube
I learned windsurfing by videos, and then locals telling me what to do - because I was doing it wrong...from the videos. Windsurfing is extremely difficult and most of it is counter intuitive. And by counter intuitive, I mean that 'when you have your own idea of what to do on your own, you always do the wrong thing'. But the BIG takeaway here is that doing the wrong thing does not kill you in windsurfing, so feel free to try to figure it out yourself. Come back here in 10years when you reach the level that most other beginner windsurfers will reach in 2years with help.
And you still do "learn by doing" in kiteboarding, even with lessons. Your instructor is there mostly to keep you alive, at least to the best of their abilities. You will learn on your own by feeling the kite almost regardless of the instructor's input, just like windsurfing or any other sport you have done. But kiteboarding is much EASIER to learn than most of the other sports you have done. But at the same time, kiteboarding is much more DANGEROUS. When you do something that you think you should do in kitesurfing, but it is wrong, you can die or have a sport ending injury.
If you want to be 'handed' or 'spoon fed' the knowledge from a kiteboarding instructor, 10hrs is not enough - on average.
Hey, Thor. Welcome to the sport and the forum.THOR_NADO wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 8:54 pmMatteo V, since I have previous being paragliding (of coarse after proper training) I know how dangerous it can be with a 26m2 big paraglider cought in the wind. And I did windsurf from 1986 until 2000 and I learnt everthing by my self. In thoose days there were no internet with youtube and so...it is just that everyone talks about kiteboarding as it is rocket science, if I have been paragliding flying a kite and surfing the kite should not be so much different. I do not say that there are no risk, just that it is pure understanding of how the kite works... And how can a 1h lessons cost more than 1h of work from an engineer with 5 years of univerisity studies. For me it sound insane...
I apprecieate your enthusiasm, but your statement scares me a bit.
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