Nah, I don't buy it.
I don't buy that showing it on TV is all of a sudden going to begin a stampede of wanna be kiters down to the local beach.
Its not as though we are practicing some arcane art here, little known to the public. Its been on Bondai Beach Rescue FFS! How much more high exposure is that than a mini series on an extreme sports channel on Foxtel?
Personally I think kiting has already peaked, by far most people found it either too hard, too expensive, apparently too dangerous or too damn sketchy with the wind.
As for '$500 bucks, and a Trading Post' I would like to find the Trading Post that was offering an entire set up for that price.
Anyway, I like to share, you are all welcome to my local spot. I come from
PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.....
THE BEST KITE SURFING LOCATION IN THE WORLD 
Cheers
J