So, I picked a pretty bad time of the year to take up Kitesurfing, I know... anyway...

Did two two hour lessons in the last couple of months, tried for more, but they kept getting called off because of wind and storms. At this point the kitesurfing school I started with is closed for the season, can't really hold that against them, the wind has been crap.

As far as expertise goes, I've gotten as far as setting up the equipment assisted launching, flying the kite to a given position, body dragging and upwind body dragging. (apparently I did pretty good at this for a newbie, in that I didn't go upwind, but at least I didn't go downwind)

At this point I'm thinking of doing one of two things. First, I can just ride the winter out, maybe take up surfing for the board skill and hit the gym to work myself into better shape, pick up the rest of the lessons I need at the start of next season and go from there.

Option B is I pick up some gear, and work on what I have learned, spend hours just flying the kite on the beach in the few days of decent kiting weather that don't fall on a work day, maybe some upwind bodydraging, maybe even try to take things a little further, get up on the board etc if I am feeling really confident.

So, is the second option a really bad idea, would I be better off playing it safe and waiting for the next season? Either way I'm probably want to get my IKO card when I can get the lessons in for it...

Regards,
Mike