Dear Community,
my sister and I are just taking up our new hobby of Kitesurfing. After we finished our 9h course in Egypt we bought us equipment in order to practice, practice and practice until we get to a point where its useful to take another course. I have to add that the course in Egypt went very poorly: little to no theory, bad instruction, sometimes contradictory, no patience, harsh and unfair communication and the rush to finish the course while going through all the steps. This is why we decided to buy us our own gear, educate ourself and just head out and practice (we learned so much more by just watching good instructors on youtube).
Its a lot at once and as a beginner its hard to start building up the awareness in so many areas like feeling the weather, controlling the kite and handling the board.
My sister and I think that we should take our time to really learn how to control the kite, build up some muscle memory before we try to get on the board again. This is why we decided to buy a training kite to use our free time to increase this ability and awareness.
As we were searching for training kites I noticed that they differ from the normal kites which are used in Kitesurfing. They are foil kites, non-inflatable kites and are more like PG (Paragliding Kites) which inflate by air moving through them.
- Why is this the case?
- What are the differences between the kites and what do we have to expect from a training kite if its non-inflatable?
If I want to train with a kite I think its reasonable to train with a kite that is almost the exact thing i'll use later on the water except the size ofc.
I know that the bar is there but it feels like there are differences in regards of structure and its behavior in air.
Please educate a noob like me. Also here is a link to a
training kite we found, maybe one of you can tell me if it suits our goal.
I also wanted to add that we are aware of the dangers in teaching ourself. I don't know how this community feels about this but tips and advise in this regard are always helpful (if they are constructive). We know all the safety rules, we know that we have to pick the weather and location carefully and that we need to learn handling the kite to increase our safety.
I hope I didn't bored You with the additional information besides the initial topic question. For the ones that bothered, I hope the highlighting helps
All the best
Rick