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Should You Take a Kite Lesson?
Welcome back to MACkite. This is Jake, and today we are answering the question about whether you should take a lesson before getting into kiteboarding. Honestly, I think the answer is "yes", but I'm going to talk a little bit about my personal experience, why I think that answer is yes, and I'll also go over the steps that you should take to have a safe and successful kiteboarding journey if you don't take a lesson.My Experience When Learning to KiteboardTo be honest, when I got started wit
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15th Feb 2023
Learn How to Kiteboard Upwind With These 5 Beginner Tips
Kiteboarding Upwind Is Your First Beginner Milestone
If you’re a beginner kiteboarder, going upwind means not walking back up the beach after each ride. If you’re jumping, you need to march upwind easily because every flight takes you downwind fast.
Back in the stone age, with 2-line kites, riders would pressure their back foot edging hard to slow their board speed allowing the kite to move to the edge of the window so they could ride upwind. We even used the pickle fork tail like ski brake
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30th Aug 2022
How to Kiteboard
7 Steps to Becoming a Kiteboarder
Have you seen someone kiteboarding while on vacation or at your local beach? Or maybe you saw a video on YouTube and were like, "what is that?" Your next thoughts were probably "how do they jump so high and land so soft", followed by "I want to do that!" For those of you that want to get started in the sport of kiteboarding but are not sure how, listed below are seven steps that will take you from watching on the beach to riding on the water.
1. Trainer kite
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28th Feb 2018
What is Kiteboarding?
Imagine if wakeboarding, surfing, and sailing had a baby: that’s pretty much kiteboarding. Aside from the fact you can jump 30+ feet in the air, (equal to more than a two-story building) cruising the waters for hours at a time with the sound of the wind in your ears, board on your feet, and a kite pulling you along for the ride, is quite an awesome experience.
Kiteboarding can be challenging to learn but doesn’t require much physical strength. Your harness will take most of the kite pressure
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1st Jan 2010
Why should I take a Kiteboard Lesson?
Experience of a Lifetime - Kiteboarding is one of those amazing things you see, but always wonder what it would really be like. Here is a great opportunity to experience the thrill of kitesurfing. Don't just dream about it- jump into a lesson and feel the power.
Try before you buy - Many people are curious about the thrills of kiteboarding, but are reluctant to spend $1300 - $1700 on a kiteboarding gear package. By taking a lesson, you get a great concept of the sport with a small initial inv
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1st Jan 2010
How Do I Learn to Kiteboard?
Learning to kiteboard consists of three initial steps:
Learn to fly a two line / four line kite. No matter how strong your board skills are, they are useless until you learn how to fly a kite. Trainer kites are small two line / four line kites which allow you to practice the basic flying skills necessary to kiteboard, without investing in or damaging a full size kiteboarding kite. Buy or rent a trainer and spend 4-10 hours flying the kite prior to your next step.
Take a lesson. Kiteboarding i
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1st Jan 2010