good article on getting a teacher

these guys have it right,  get a teacher in order to Kite safely.


Surfing while hanging onto a kite? That needs an experienced teacher

Surfing while hanging onto a kite? That needs an experienced teacher
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• Carlos Cornieles
Monday, July 10, 2006
GAIL KINSEY HILL

Carlos Cornieles, 44, a certified instructor and co-owner of Kite the Gorge, has two eager clients at his side as he heads out along a finger of sand about a gull's glide from the Hood River bridge. His tiny office, a 15-by-8 foot metal shed marked by flapping kiteboard flags, lies just behind him, on a corner of a gravel perch known to the locals as The Spit.

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