I want to try kite surfing but i'm clumsey, is it hard to do?

Question

i'm going on holiday and can only afford to do a limited number of activities. Kite surfing looks fun but its ecpensive to hire the kit. Has anyone tried it?

Answer 1

yes - dont bother if you only want to try a couple of hours because you wont be allowed out on it until you've proved you can handle and steer the kite and then shown you understand the board.  this will take a couple of hours at least even if you pick it up quickly.  if you want to learn, go on a weekend course (best place south-west wales as the wind there is perfect) before you go on holiday.  there are a number of courses that are really quite cheap considering.  you should be able to do 2 days for less than 100quid with all the kit included

its actually a really dangerous sport.  i'm quite good but have been doing it regulalry for about 18 months.  i saw one bloke learning get picked out of the water, pulled through the air over the beach at about 20 feet then land in a car park at seriously high speed - he was really f+++ed up.  got sent to hospital with broken stuff but worst was he just spent several hundred quid on the kit - he broke the board in half and ripped his kite - bummer

if you want a bit of fun just for a couple of hours for not much money - hire a windsurfer.

Answer 2

It does take coordination-you need to control both the kite and the board. Normally takes a day or 2 to get so you can stay up and going.

Didn't take that long for me, but I'm an expert quadline kite pilot.

If you can get a dual line foil and practice some, you may be able to shorten the time. Wakeboarding is a similar sport, so if you can manage that you're on the way as well.

Answer 3

yes it is very hard