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Is kiteboarding hard to learn?

April 26, 2017hard kiteboarding learn

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Is kiteboarding hard to learn?

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If you already have board skills (wakeboard, windsurf, snowboard, surfing, skate), it’s an easy jump once you get up to speed on kite control. Your best bet is to get a trainer kite and fly it in 10-15 knots, and then move up to a traction kite suitable for your area. If you’re not a boarder, it will take you quite a bit longer to get dialed. You can take what at first appears to be a shortcut…and just get a full sized kite and go for it, but it’s not really a shortcut. GET YOUR KITE SKILLS FIRST!! It will shave 10+ hours of ramping up time, and when you do hit the water, you’ll catch on more quickly and won’t get nearly as frustrated. It’s not automatic no matter how you do it, and everyone has different natural abilities. It will take some time getting the board underneath you and then pull off a transition. Staying up wind, (so you can get back to your launching point) will take a lot of time, so be prepared to walk up the beach, especially at first. Over time, the “walk of shame”