What size kite and brand of kite would be the most user friendly for learning how to fly for someone new to the sport.

your kite size depends on your wieght but usually sle, hybrid's, deltas and usually c kites are not as friendly to learn on and don't have the great saftey systems that the other types of kites have.

To choose your brand i would recomend going down to your local beach and seeing whats kites are out there and how their going and ask ofer people what they think on different kites.