Do New Kite Designs Make Kiteboarding Easier To Learn?
Nearly every brand of kite manufacturer started offering newly designed kites which feature nearly 100% depower, super easy relaunch and other various features. The traditional kites which we have been using since the beginning, referred to as c-kites, u-kites, or classic kites, worked great. As a matter of fact many pro riders prefer to ride them. However, learning on a kite which probably depowers 25-35% means that if you make a mistake on the control bar, you get to suffer the consequences. With the newer style kites, push the bar away and the kite won’t throw you. Does this make learning easier? You better believe it! However….. …..anyone who learns kiteboarding / kitesurfing with a flat kite or bow kite, will not learn to respect kites the way the rest of us did. In the c-kite years most people got thrown around by the kites until the subtleties of kite control were mastered. So let this be your warning, if you take your kiteboarding lesson with a new kite you are not necessar
