Hi Jay..
I also love bikes.. for the last 10 years I have been taking trail bike tours all around NSW.. I have hundreds of awesome loops around Watagans,Nundle, barrington,Buladela,coffs/belingen.. I used to ride at least twice a week.. That was until i discovered kiteboarding now I just cant commit to anything just in case there is wind. I have a 525 just sitting in the garage collecting cob webs.. Get into it mate your hand will be fine

Milko I have just recently sold my CRF450x and hit a 4wd head on and destroyed my mates berg and the 4WD totally shattered my wrist and arm they want to fuse my wrist now :( so I am hopping that my hand will stand up to the pressure.

thank you for ur replys, could you suggest a good crowd to earn with?

thanks Jay.

speedhump said...

G'day I'm Jay

I had a bike accident recently, I have been told I will get a maximum of 10% movement out of my wrist but hopefully I get full use of my hand.

My question is will it be possible to start kite surfing, I don't want to spend a heap of money then find out I can't do it.
Any advice would be really good.

Thanks Jay

Have a few lessons. They will give you the answer......and don't buy anything until you know for sure you can do it even with a larger power kite......
....in general: wrist flexibility play a significant role in kiteboarding, because you need to flex and extend your wrist as you steer and maneuver your kite especially with wave riding. With free style, you may not use your wrist as much as long as you don't do kite loops.
When you look for kites, check those with light bar pressure....but back to the point: have a few lessons.

Andrash said...
When you look for kites, check those with light bar pressure....but back to the point: have a few lessons.

Good advice.
You could also get yourself a trainer kite, which is a small kite that you can fly on the beach to learn how to control a kite. If your wrist is OK with the trainer kite then you should be allright with the real deal.
Explain your situation to your instructor and ask for a kite with low bar pressure.

sleek1 said...

you have a few locals around you.I live bout 15mins away from maffra.give it a while and when you feel up to it have a go on my trainer.

thanks for that mate I will be in contact with you for sure when I am a bit better.