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September 4, 2010

Kiteboarding Lessons What to Expect

Filed under: trainer kite — Tags: Expect, Kiteboarding, Lessons — @ 11:21 am

Kiteboarding Lessons What to Expect

Kiteboarding lessons should be considered when attempting the sport for the first time. Newcomers to kiteboarding should expect to learn the basics on land before ever entering the water. Learning to glide a kite is a fundamental part of kiteboarding, this is usually done with a trainer kite of 2-5 meters. These kites can be used for training and landboarding, but, are not recommended for use in the water because they do not float. Kiteboarding also becomes a lesson in meteorology because of the requirement of steady winds. There are tales of minor shocks when kiteboarding in areas that are prone to lightning so always check the weather first. Side-shore winds at 12 knots or more are optimal for kiteboarding.

AKSA co-founder Logan Long states, “When thinking about getting into kiteboarding, it is vital to consult with professionals. Kitesurfers who attempt the sport without receiving the proper training run the risk of damaging expensive equipment and getting hurt.”

American Kite Surfing Association (AKSA) is the leading organization for kite surfers in North America. Founded in 2006 by two extreme sport enthusiasts, membership is anticipated to exceed 30,000 before the end of the year. The purpose of the enterprise is to bring heightened awareness to this quick-growing, dynamic, and fun sport. A vast array of information, products, and techniques are available to the visitors of the AKSA website, www.kite-surfingusa.com. After more than a decade of popularity through Europe and Australia, active North American extreme sport athletes are recognizing the maximum adrenaline rush through kite surfing.

This dramatic interest in the athletically demanding sport has given AKSA founders encouragement about the value of their newly founded organization. AKSA will select 50 leading industry product manufacturers to highlight and profile throughout an extensive national media outreach campaign.

Cathi Long
Executive VP
American Kite Surfing Association
Info@kite-surfingusa.com
727-772-1202

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September 1, 2010

Top 10 Myths About Kiteboarding

Filed under: trainer kite — Tags: About, Kiteboarding, Myths — @ 12:09 pm

Top 10 Myths About Kiteboarding


#1 You must be strong

First of all, let me tell you that I am 5’4”, female, I weigh 100 pounds, and I have only been to a gym once in my life. Even though my arm muscle is virtually non-existent, I can still manage to kiteboard hours straight because of the harness worn with kiteboarding.

#2 I’m too stout / too tall / too small / too ancient / too young

Many kiteboard stores require you to weigh at least 80 pounds in order to take a lesson. I’ve seen just about every size and shape out there kiteboarding even guys in the 300 pound range.

Height doesn’t matter, but if you are a petite rider, consider buying a seat harness rather than a waist harness. This will go the bar closer to your body and place the power/depower strap within better reach.

I’ve seen plenty of guys in their 60s & 70s kiteboarding. If you have back problems, buy a seat harness rather than a waist harness, and buy a kite that has a lot of depower (bow, SLE, or hybrid kite).

#3 Kiteboarding is very perilous

As long as you take the necessary pre-cautions, kiteboarding is relatively safe. I say relatively, because everything in life has risk, even driving your car to the grocery store. But, if you don’t know what you’re doing, things can go terrible, very terrible. Take a lesson! When in doubt, don’t go out. Never ride by yourself. Don’t kite in storms or other times when the wind isn’t steady and reliable. And again, take a lesson (the more the better)!

#4 I don’t need a lesson

Just because you’re a pro wakeboarder/snowboarder, etc., doesn’t mean you’re a excellent kiteboarder. You need to learn how to glide the kite as well as learn how to setup the kite, relaunch, perform a self rescue, etc.

This is not wakeboarding, skiing, or surfing. It is more comparable to scuba diving, except if you screw up, not only are you putting yourself at risk, but also everyone on that beach. It is absolutely critical that you know what you are doing. A minimum of at least one lesson is mandatory. No exceptions.

#5 I’ll take a lesson and be riding by the end of the day

Each year the gear is getting better and better. Three years ago, it would take weeks to be able to learn what people now learn in a matter of days. Even so, do not expect to be up and riding the first time (or second time for that matter). It does happen every now and then so to improve your chances spend as much time as you can with a trainer kite and work on your board skills.

#6 Trainer kite? I don’t need a trainer kite!

Buying a trainer kite is one of the smartest moves you can make (along with taking lessons and buying the proper gear). You can learn so much with a trainer kite that by the time you take a lesson, you’ll feel much more comfortable handling the real thing and your lesson will go much smoother. You can learn mandatory kite flying skills the hard way (with a powerful kite), or you can learn it the simple way (with a trainer kite); it’s your choice.

#7 Kiteboarding is expensive

If you go out and buy the complete kiteboard set up (kite, bar & lines, harness, board), you’re looking at around ,500 – ,000. Ok, that number may seem huge, but let’s reckon about this. If you want to wakeboard, you need a boat plus plot on spending a excellent chunk of money on gas each time you go out. In the winter time, you spend money on lift tickets every excellent powder day. Why not just strap your snowboard/skis on your feet and go snowkiting (use the same kite and harness, just add your skis/board). When you reckon of it that way, the ,500 for year-round fun doesn’t look so terrible.

#8 Kiteboarding can only be done in the ocean

Incorrect. Kiteboarding can be done in any large body of water. Heck, I’ve kiteboarded in a large mud pond that was only about a foot deep (not recommended). A sandy shoreline along with clean, steady wind is ideal. Open areas like the Fantastic Lakes or oceans typically get smoother wind than inland spots like lakes and reservoirs. Kiteboarding can also be done in the winter time (snowkiting) on open fields or frozen lakes with a snowboard or skis. And then there is kite ground boarding (KGB) where you use a landboard with a kite, the possibilities go on and on…

#9 I have a wakeboard, all I need is a kite

The bindings on a wakeboard are boot-like and are hard to get into, compared to the simple-entry, sandal-like binding of a kiteboard. Basically, when you’re in the water with the kite, you’re going to want it as simple as possible to place that board on your feet while you’re flying the kite.

Try to imagine wakeboarding in a choppy ocean, doesn’t sound too excellent does it? A kiteboard on the other hand, lets you cut right through chop and gives you a nice ride, thus opening up the possibility to ride basically anything.

#10 I found a fantastic deal on a kite off eBay!

Have you ever noticed how every kite listed on there is “fantastic for beginners.” Don’t believe everything you’re told. Just about every eBay kite that I’ve seen people bring to the beach makes me cringe. Many times, the kite is ancient (ancient in kiteboarding can mean anything over 2-3 years ancient) and unsafe. Remember, kiteboarding is still a new sport, and the equipment today is three hundred times better than it was 4 years ago.

Overall, you get what you pay for! Talk to someone at a kiteboard store for what kiteboarding setup would be the best for you and buy it through them. The right gear makes all the difference!

Lisa started kiteboarding in 2005 and spent 6 months working at MACkite, a large kiteboard shop in the Midwest, where she promoted and informed people about kiteboarding.

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August 22, 2010

Kite-boarding & Windsurfing in Mui Ne Bay

Filed under: trainer kite — Tags: Kiteboarding, windsurfing — @ 1:17 pm

Kite-boarding & Windsurfing in Mui Ne Bay

Kite-boarding & Windsurfing in Mui Ne Bay

Mui Ne is quickly becoming a South East Asian Mecca for kite-boarding and windsurfing. Mui Ne has the best conditions in all of Asia for water sports because it has Asia’s strongest and most consistent cross-onshore winds and the lowest rainfall in Vietnam. Every day is a perfect day. You may question why you haven’t heard of it, if it’s so fantastic? The reason is the tourism industry has only existed for about 10 years in this province. The development is new, and this best-kept secret has only just been learned.

The area is often referred to by the water sports industry as “Mui Ne Bay,” although the bay is more correctly the “Bay of Phan Thiet” (Phan Thiet is the provincial capital of Binh Thuan Province and lies in the center of the bay). Depths in the bay are irregular, and a bank with depths of less than 5.5m, extends 1.5 miles west of Mui Ne. The right name of Mui Ne Beach is really “Rang” but the tourist industry refers to it as Mui Ne, after the village on the point.

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There are currently about a dozen Kite-boarding centres in Mui Ne and the competition is fierce. Resorts have taken note of the popularity of the sport, and new teaching centres are bound to pop up all over the beach. Just a few years ago you might see just a couple of kites and sails on the water during an afternoon. These days it can be quite a spectacle. Not all kite centres are made equal. There are a lot of inexperienced amateurs with glide-by-night instructors opening new centres at resorts every season. We’ve made your choice much simpler by choosing only the best, certified, and most experienced kite centres.

Mui Ne Kite Centres – Wind-chimes

Kite – Surf – Windsurf School – Saigon-Mui Ne Resort & Bamboo Village Resort

Wind Chimes Kite – Surf – Windsurf school started by Trang and Etienne since 2004 both are Vietnamese American. Located at the widest, longest (235m) safe beach at 4-star Saigon-Mui Ne Resort, right in the centre of Mui Ne kite beach. Wind Chimes second Kite school is located at Bamboo Village resort.

Kite lessons: For your convenience, we have designed many packages that get you up and riding safely across the water. Includes all latest equipment + insurance, IKO certified card, Jet Ski rescue onsite, International IKO instructors who speak English, French, German, Hungarian, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Vietnamese + one beach boy help for every student.

Kite rentals: Over 60 new 2009 kites + 40 Kites, 2008 from Cabrinha, Naish, and North of the latest model + 40 boards of all sizes from Jimmy Lewis & Naish to choose from. One beach boy help for every rental. Free advice to get you to the next level. Jet ski rescue.

Surf lessons: Include All equipment + insurance.

Windsurf lessons: Include All equipment + insurance, Jet Ski rescue onsite. International instructors who speak English, German, and Vietnamese.

Windsurf rentals: Over 60 boards + 80 sails from Naish and Ezzy. One beach boy help for every rental. Jet ski rescue.

Free service: Practice with trainer kite, drinking water, wireless internet, chess, volleyball, hammocks, & music.

Event: Wind Chimes annually organize King of Mui Ne Kitesurf competition on the 23rd – 25th, December of lunar calendar usually end of January western calendar.

Facilities (within 10m of Wind Chimes): weather station, web-cam, pneumatics pump, bar, lockers, shower, swimming pool, petanque, & first aid.

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May 21, 2010

The Distinct Types of Trainer kiting

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: kite surf, Kiteboarding, kitesurfing equipment, power kite cheap kites — @ 6:04 am

Trainer kiting has come off as a event that has a lot of readers in the united states. It is a adventure that is straightforward enough to learn presented you learn the accurate tactics of controlling them. Kite boarding is an delightful sport that is able to combine wind as well as board sports. In the method, kite boarding foliage one with a lot of possibilities and options. Wind is the most vital qualification for the gameplay. Apart from it, you are likely to desire a kite through with a board.

As soon as you insert a kite into the skies, letting the the wind to rip it round, it is very quite a bit like a watercraft that has been fit to the seashore. In the case of the boat, the command is not much in your hands. While in the case of a kite surfing kite , you have the edge of full access to curbing the kite.
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Snow kiting supplies you a lot of options depends upon on your features. Thus if you are somebody who want to stay by the tranquility of a ocean, you can glide a kite on a river. In case you like the going ocean, you can glide the kite at your preferred surf break. Or if ideal is just what is your geography, then you can easily kite surf after a cold, snowy stack.

The very simple fact that you can change the recreation according to your well loved locales indicates that the action is very functional. Thus it can suit anyone's personality. Geographical setting is no icon to this video game. All that only issues is that you need to have wind to surf the kite. This is the reason why the recreation has grow to be very preferred and is easily gaining a lot of takers.

To everyone's pleasures a lot of the internet has been committed to the game. From these internet websites, you can learn about the diverse techniques as well as the distinct terms of useage that are to be grabbed while doing the windsurf kiting kite . Some web blog pages will give the possible errors that can happen to you.

A kite buggying kite can be perceived as as one's personal flying device there is rarely any man made being would you don’t you have wished-for to glide high, soar high higher than the skies, in the end in your life, mostly child years. On the other hand, as you drift away, this desire must have manifested in the form of the desire to own any of the flying makers say for the purpose of xample a helicopter or an airplane. But, the greater part of us are not in a job to own a jet or glide it. Yet kite is a flying machine that does not take millions of dollars to buy.

A kite is substantially more than a kite. It gives you a feeling of ability; the potential to management the elements, the air for illustration here. The kite provides air and you can nearly catch large quantity of air in your kite. It is best to start with a kiteboarding kite for beginners. Significant kite riding kite , or quite possibly those of choice measurements for that cause has the prospective to lift the entire particular person up. Hence, it is greater to go via the safety steps first before plunging into actions.

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May 11, 2010

The of Trainer Kites

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: Kite Shop, Kiteboarding, Kiteboards kitestore, windsurfing — @ 3:12 am

Training kites come in various sizes. In reality kites, trainer or non-trainer models, come in distinctive sizes and they are versatile in terms of the types of lines. In fact the most beneficial considerations that you possess to bear in brain is that the two components that is worthy of account is the dimensions of the kites as well as the cell phone number of lines.

The dimension is vital when it comes to kites. By the size of the kite, we mean the surface community of the top or bottom of the kites. Primarily there are two types of kite size range. The first one is small trainer kites. The size of these kites ranges from 1 to 2 meter square. The up coming model of trainer kite is naturally large trainer kites. The size of large trainers ranges between 2 square meters to 3.2 square meters.

The excellent sized trainer kites are also referred to by the name traction trainers. It is for the reason that the size points on the top limit of the size of trainer kites and the decrease limit of the capacities of the extensive traction kites. The point to be noted is that a traction kite is the sort of kite that is used to catapult.

Mutually the minor trainer kites and the significant trainer kites have their own health benefits and down sides. The lesser trainer kites are right acceptable for those who have just started to buy the essentials of kite flying. Other than, the kites do not implement and make a lot of strength. This makes it handy for the use of people as well as those most people who are on the gentle side when it comes to body excess stout. The smaller kites have two lines set on it which make them low cost as well as more foolproof.

Trainer kites is used at times of excellent wind gusts. The fact that it has got only two traces makes it simple enough to use as well as fix it. Aside from, the small kites are affordable by virtue of it being accessible at cheap rates. But, the flipside of small to medium sized trainer kites is that it utilizes less power. This possess an effects that you will miss the fun and thrill that comes with a more substantial kite which uses alot more potential.

The exclusively two lines in the small kites make it ineffective for a re-introduction. Due to the fact kites can be released only in one path, you will have to flip it over with induce. This means more work while reverse re-introduction allow you to glide the kite backward a small. The modest trainer kites lack this service.

A large trainer kite may be said to be extremely versatile. They can be flown on the two snowboards along with land boards. Other than you will have to use a lot of electrical power which increases the fun element affiliated with kite surfing. Nevertheless larger trainer kites come at more value. Cost is after all an vital factor. The large trainer kites due to the use of more power will leave the lighter in weight individuals to remainder more frequently than not. It is certainly unimaginable for lighter in weight folks to glide huge kites on gusting days.

Wake Boarding on the Ohio River by CameraShyMom

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February 19, 2010

Make a wake board for surfing with a kite

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: Kite Shop, Kiteboarding, Kitesurf kites for sale — @ 8:45 pm

In contrast to common belief, anyone could be able to buy a affordable used skim board and use it for kiteboarding. When purchasing the surfboard make sure that it is lengthy enough (in relation to your own shoulder or face level) and have as minimal rocker as possible (a lesser amount of than 2.5 cm rocker). The wakeboard can have either 4 fins or 2 fins. If you have never used a wake board, it ideal to use straps or sandal binding. If you desire to use huge wrap binding, make confident you can get in or out of your binding comfortably. Any time travel a wakeboard consider that it is incredibly wobbly and the borders of the plank is all you have for traction.

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When ride a surf board, try to hold the front lower-leg straight to help the board and the back lower leg bent. The edging stress of the board ought to typically be balanced between 1 meters (if you press far too very hard on the leading, the deck will lower when underpowered and if you push too hard on the back, the board will slip and slide).

Kite Boarding at Singing Sands by shelleyjacksondesign

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