Hi all,

I am not kiting over the winter cause it is so cold here in Melbourne. But I only started last season and was really still getting the hang of it when I stoped, how much relearnign am I going to have to do at the start of the season or is it like riding a bike and going to be easy to pick up where I left off?

I really want summer to hurry up so I can get back into the water!!

Yea, Snowman, lind28 is right....fly baby fly...just go out and fly the FN kite, beats almost any other thing.

Do it with your eyes closed, while eating lunch

i learned a new trick on the weekend: two wet suits.

hey snowman, I spend alot of time in places alot colder than Melbourne (like -20C), so kiting for different conditions is my only option.

Summers on the water,winter in the snow and in between I use a Dirtsurfer with my old trainer kite. (4.5m little devil from ozone.)

With a few different styles of kites and toys to use with them the weather should not be a limiting factor. There are a multitude of different board styles to chose from but my new favourite is flexboardz.com

Check out the KGB (kite ground boarding) or landboarding sites around the net. There is a whole new kiting world just waiting for you.

I hear that the very first KGB park has just opened in England, so the sport is on the rise.

Dont worry about the cold, we kitesurfed throuh a couple of welsh/English winters, 5mm should do the trick at the worst of times! Its the wind chill that will get you so cover yourself in vaseline and enjoy freezing your nads off.

If its windy get the tea bag in the air, aint donig no good in your garage, leave snow kiting to those poor sods who live in the mountains, why were ski lifts invented? Not for kitsurfing/skiing!

If its liquid and not ice you can kitesurf on it!

Regards

cb