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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ebay and kites

Be carefull buying a kite on ebay.

You need to make sure that you kite flys well. and if the guy is selling a kite on ebay there might be  agood reason.  A lot of people have found some kites bought on ebay just dont' fly very well. 

And well once you money is gone......


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recomended training kites

looking for a traingin kite,  I would start with these two.


Tahoe World - Kitesurfing gear guide

Polivy recommends the Slingshot B2 or Ozone Imp as good trainer kites.

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