Hi All Im a total newbie at this and would like to learn in Sydney somewhere. Can anyone offer some advice on some good spots and trainers and prices? Thanks for your help!!!

Hi Uber,

Try Ian Rumbell - 0414995594.

Regards,
Bertus Viljoen

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Originally posted by Andre

Hi Uber

I did a few lessons in Sydney before finding out about a guy on the central coast, he takes you out on a boat, providing you with a real safe envirnment to get used to the power of the kite (no beach gowers, other kites, walk of shame[}:)] etc). He is excellent.

Anyone who is scared of the kite and needs to regain confidence should take a lesson with Mark, I wished I found him sooner, he is super patient and helps you build a solid foundation.

While it is a mission to drive to the entrance, it is worth the trip and candsave you from a potenitial kitemare.


His number is 0412808187

Cheers

Andre

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Is he IKO certified?

SB

Hey Uber,
Yeah you can never spend enough time with a trainer (get like a 1.5 - 3.0 meter), i found it was good to go to the beach (to get the best wind) & use it in all different wind strengths. This teaches you both how to keep the kite in the air in lighter winds & also how to ease off the power in really strong winds. Its also good to really crank the kite, do loops etc to see how much power can be generated. Learn the power zones & how far a kite can be flown to the edge of the wind window, how to walk back upwind with it, etc. Try & make the trainer drag you along the sand & make it lift you into the air so you get a feel for jumps. It will help you heaps when you finally get to use a big kite.

Hey Uber, give all the schools a call that Kitehard suggested, you'll get an idea of what's on offer for lessons and can make a decision that way.

Any kiteflying is good experience, I'd only flown a 1.5m two line foil for fun before I started which did help. If you have the $$$ to spare then buy a trainer...they're always fun!

I agree on the trainer kite issue. Probably one in 5 students I teach would have been better off spending thier money on a trainer kite instead of me spending the majority of the lesson teaching them to fly a kite because they have zero kite experience.
Jason

Hi Uber,

The Best Trainer kite is a superb kite, it has a large wind range - that may have been tested by the person who was flying the one that you saw... All kite lines will break in strong enough winds.

There must be a balance between line strength and wind range to ensure the lines do not cause too much drag on the kite and diminish it's perfomrance capabilities.

The lines may have previously struck something or have had a knot in them which would have reduced their strength also....

The Best trainer can also be used in strong winds as a traction kite for the snow!

We have a large range of trainer kites here, the Best Trainer is by far the most popular... Excellent kites from Ozone including the IMP and Little Devil are great to learn with aswell.

We have a NORTH, NAISH & Slingshot trainer here too, including a DVD... also a range of second hand trainers.

Hopefully you will drop by to check them out.

02 9529 6894