Hello everybody,

I'm new to this forum and am thinking of taking up kiteboarding or windsurfing. I'm skater and I surf too so I'm thinking it may help a little?

Just wondering where I need to start? I have some surfer mates that windsurf too they are trying to get me into windsurfing, they say kiting is like body boarding is to surfing and it's more of a metro sexual type sport. I just thought kiting looked like it would be easier, less expensive etc is it?

Any advice would be appreciated.

To many sharks in South Africa mate, just give the surfing away and take up scrapbooking or knitting.

Just after advice, my girlfriend is watching some girly show on TV and I don't have to study tonight. I'm pretty keen to start up kiteboarding or windsurfing, I just don't know much about the two so I'm after advice. Most of the advice so far has been from windsurfers.

Take up windsurfing. Kiteboarders are all gay and would be all over a new boy on the beach.

Can I just ask if it is easier to learn to kiteboard on a surfboard than a propper kite board? Also what type, size, and year of kite would be the best to start on? What are the things to look out for when buying a second hand kite?

Take up roller blading, its way cooler than kiteboarding, and almost as cool as poleboarding(windsurfing).

Seriously though kiting and windsurfing are both as expensive or inexpensive as you want them to be. 2nd hand gear is cheap!. They are both cool in different ways. You will not get balanced answers about the merits of both on a kite surfing forum. Check out your local beach and watch youtube videos. Make your own mind up about which sport you would prefer to do. Then aproach a local shop for lessons and advice and go from there.

BTW. why do you think your windsurfing mates would infer that kiting is gay. It appears they may have an inferiority complex, have boosting envy, or maybe there just closet f@gs themselves

Give it away mate. I'm starting to get embarrassed for you.

If you are in any way serious of making a choice, watch this movie first. If you think you're hard enough to do any of this stuff then give it a go.

www.dailymotion.com/video/x6luzo

Give both of them a try.
Instructors normally will supply the gears so you don't have to buy it for the start.
At the end of the day even if you go to pole surfing at least you have been holding a kite for an hour so your life is not completely wasted.

Smelly
Take up fishing.
Youre good at it already.

sunseeker said...

If you are in any way serious of making a choice, watch this movie first. If you think you're hard enough to do any of this stuff then give it a go.

www.dailymotion.com/video/x6luzo

I wish in that video they'd cut out all the personalities of the pro kiters because they are tossers, anyway I don't like slow motion shots they have been ruining surfing movies for years. I did see some good tricks however there were a lot of lame hanging to long in the air doing monkey bar tricks stuff, now this is just my perspective and if you like it then cool I'm glad you enjoyed it.

The wave riding is what interested me the most, it did look good and a lot of fun, I wonder if that guy can surf with out a kite.

That sort of video wont convince me to start up kiteboarding because it's all wnk to me and I'd say the same about a surfing, windsurfing or skateboarding vid that was done the same. It was like a bunch of poser wake boarders done it or something.

I'd rather just see some local guys make a video that has some traveling, comedy, and kiteboarding in it.

SmellySkater said...

sunseeker said...

If you are in any way serious of making a choice, watch this movie first. If you think you're hard enough to do any of this stuff then give it a go.

www.dailymotion.com/video/x6luzo

I wish in that video they'd cut out all the personalities of the pro kiters because they are tossers, anyway I don't like slow motion shots they have been ruining surfing movies for years. I did see some good tricks however there were a lot of lame hanging to long in the air doing monkey bar tricks stuff, now this is just my perspective and if you like it then cool I'm glad you enjoyed it.

The wave riding is what interested me the most, it did look good and a lot of fun, I wonder if that guy can surf with out a kite.

That sort of video wont convince me to start up kiteboarding because it's all wnk to me and I'd say the same about a surfing, windsurfing or skateboarding vid that was done the same. It was like a bunch of poser wake boarders done it or something.

I'd rather just see some local guys make a video that has some traveling, comedy, and kiteboarding in it.

Comedy??????who is this clown?????
You want to start kiteing for the comedy???
You dont want to see the pros personalities but you want them to be funny????
Sounds like the stupid things my X girl use to say"Cant you go kiteboarding in the morning when its not windy so I can come and sunbake without getting sand blown on me?"WHAT THE

just wind surf. sounds like you wont like kiteboarding

kiters are a bunch of wankers, go windsurfing. way cheaper, easier and you can do it with friends if you want. you also don't have the risk of dying and stuff.
boards-1k kites near 2k, harness 2hunderd. lessons like 500. you will probably loose a board and rip a kite in your first year + you can never get away from the fact your being pulled by a kite. makes for a sport as free as ski biscuiting. also your back and other joins take a hammering. all the kiters i know have problems with knees and backs-it's an inevitable outcome.

What a dork...I have to applaud you guys for handling this one so well. And I want to say sorry for my previous one or two attempts at trolling on the kite forum; I've seen the light at last. Why can't we all just get along?

OK get along then and take SmellySkater with you, stick him under a bridge somewhere.