I am currentlly working with ben wilson to develop a wave riding clinic which will be run in most major kite areas around the country.
We would like to make sure the content of the clinics covers what new riders to the surf want to learn.

Please post your questions here to help us develop a clinic that meets the needs of new wave riders.

Stay tuned on these forums to see more info on this clinic later in the year.
Thanks Bruce

Yea, I think such a course is a good idea, especially as it pertains to waves. The complexity and choice of what to do in the ocean is exciting. I certainly would benefit from being explained what to do when surveying the surf, wind etc. and then being shown some "moves."

When in a group, the learning goes up even faster.

Learning by trial and error is really the hard way.

I never learned how to surf (too hard) and have tremendous respect for what it takes. I will never stand on a board without a kite and have no desire to learn. However, having someone with years of surf and kite experience giving you some tips would be mint.....

Possibly teach rules and priority wave riding etiquette. There are some wave riders with blatent disregard for other kite surfers wanting to ride waves also.Teach of the right of way rules.
Just my two cents worth! Happy kiting!!

thanks for the positive feedback i think the surf rules are a great idea.....
as far as dates will be around nov / dec for the australian summer

keep the poins or questions coming

getting out through waves unstrapped, and doing big powerful turns without getting pulled off you board by your kite

Also maybe an understanding of wind direction versus wave direction, and how riding out a wave the wrong way can leave your kite powerless - fall outta the sky and get EATEN by the waves!

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How a fkin doona riding fag can win the national wave comp???????

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Could be that is farkin good and maybe he went to a riding clinic.

Anybody who says "how hard can it be" needs to go out in 35kn+ in head high waves unstrapped and see for themselves.

woah there! my post wasn't directed as an insult, apologies if thats how it came across. I would expect the clinic to offer different levels and not just to be aimed at the basics.

waveriding in easy conditions brings on bad habits. I had been kiting in surf for a few months and thought i could do it. then came along a testing day and i got smashed.

A day or two learning from an expert would have made a huge difference. Things like how to jibe when a wave has just broken in front of you would have come in handy, it still would.

Like that trip lots, but too far and too short for me. I would like a week at least; and if I'm going to travel across the continent then 10 days is a minimum.

I would think 1 price class better.

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Originally posted by brucex

I am currentlly working with ben wilson to develop a wave riding clinic which will be run in most major kite areas around the country.
We would like to make sure the content of the clinics covers what new riders to the surf want to learn.

Please post your questions here to help us develop a clinic that meets the needs of new wave riders.

Stay tuned on these forums to see more info on this clinic later in the year.
Thanks Bruce

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lol.
I would be horrified to see a 'wave-riding kite clinic' arrive on mass on my doorstep.
I'd feel like slamming the back-door in their face.
F.u.c.k-off dudes, the pointbreak is full.
We don't need any more friends.
lol.
It seems the wavekiting noob-school has just been invented.
Sometimes I wonder how the crew and I ever learnt to kite waves without a guru holding our hands.

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Originally posted by brucex
I am currentlly working with ben wilson to develop a wave riding clinic

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Tell me Ben Wilson,
How is brucex going to help you teach kiting,
when he can't even spell the word 'kting' ? (See topic title)
lol.
And (again read topic title),
'what do you to know or learn' ??
I believe a 'need' is needed somewhere in that drunken sentence.

I only clicked on to this thread cause I saw the word 'wave' in a dumb title that didn't make any sense.
Curiosity just got the better of me.
But after reading your initial post,
it's crystal clear what you are attempting to do.
Basically......sell kites and shooters to newbies.

Now Slave, half the world's population hasn't used a phone, earn less than $2/day and are lucky to get the average daily protein of the domestic cat and you are going to get agro about more people on the water..........chill.

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Originally posted by waveslave

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Originally posted by brucex
I am currentlly working with ben wilson to develop a wave riding clinic

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Tell me Ben Wilson,
How is brucex going to help you teach kiting,
when he can't even spell the word 'kting' ? (See topic title)
lol.
And (again read topic title),
'what do you to know or learn' ??
I believe a 'need' is needed somewhere in that drunken sentence.

I only clicked on to this thread cause I saw the word 'wave' in a dumb title that didn't make any sense.
Curiosity just got the better of me.
But after reading your initial post,
it's crystal clear what you are attempting to do.
Basically......sell kites and shooters to newbies.

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"shooters"

jjd,
To avoid confusion with regards to wavekiting vehicles;
I like to describe wavekiting 'surfboards' as shooters.
(Twin-tips can be either freestyle or surfie).
Surfboards were once categorized as follows;
Shooters = 6'ish and under.
Guns = 7'ish and over.
Rhino-chasers = 8'ish and over.

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Originally posted by user

Shooters.

Surfboards.

For "shooting the waves and hanging five,man"

If you dont know anything about surfing and cant surf .then dont try and kite in the surf !

Go learn to surf,learn the rules and pay your dues,then take a kite out.

Anybody that needs kite in the surf lessons should not be out there !

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This is bull.
Anyboddy should be able to learn wave kitesurfing, without knowing to surf a surfboard.
Do not start now the story with the hen and the egg.

There eare some fortunate in between us, which have the surfing experience.
Good on them.
There are others, which don't have this experience.
So what, this can be learned ands "jump" the pain of learning surfing a flimsy surfboard.
This is how you see it, even though I will never try to wave kitesurf, it is too.... much for me: I will need a very long board.