Uno or 4 mtr reo

cool great advice I might just keep her on the trainer for a while till she gets the hang of things a lil more

Uno with short lines, 1 strut gets a massive wind range and short lines means shorter power strokes

Maybe a bigger kite with shorter lines and depowered would be the go, small kites can be really fast and I reckon a slowed down bigger kite would be the way to go as it would be more manageable.

junglejim1971 said..
Hi all my 12 year old daughter wants to have a go kiteboarding she weighs in at a massive 36kg can anyone recommend a kite size for her.

my smallest kite is 7m and I'm thinking she may need a 5 or a 6

Any info would be helpful

ive had to teach kids smaller and younger then this sadly. i dont really agree with it because there has been no real studies on any possible damages to a growing body. a 10m kite can pull a 50 foot boat rule comes to mind.

anyways the trick is to get a relatively small kite so a 7 would be good. something you could still use for when there little necks have snapped. and heres the important part........... use short lines. im talking 15m lines.

now as stated a tiny kite like a 5 is just to quick to learn on so what i would personally do if it was my kids is teach them on a 2 line stunt kite, there super fast and quick and will give them a vague idea on it all. now after that you chuck them on the 7m kite with 15m lines itll seem comparitively to the stunt kite ULLLLTRA SLOOOWWWWWW

next little trick is to try get there harness hook as low as possible. they have little arms and cant comfortably reach the bar properly. if you can find one small enough get a tiny seat harness with a low harness hook.

now next step to help the little **** machines out is to trim "depower" the kite a bit bringing the "sweet spot" all way down within there little arms reach.

but most of all the golden rule never teach friends and family and unless your qualified with some recent experience your basically just running an unnecessary risk. then again you may have some **** instructors available with unsuitable equipment so who knows.

jaysmith said..
small kite designed for kids, that flies well in moderate winds (at least that's what they say).

bladekites.com/kite/tiny-beast/

that tag line of "take a look at them now because they might be a future star" **** pisses me off. its pretty common to see local kids pulled out of school as young as 8 years old for kitesurfing. basicly in the developing country popular kite spots the locals for decades have figured the best way there kid can make a living is to accomodate the blow in tourists. where a local kite instructor at 20 can make more then his mechanic father you can see where the motive comes from.

what you end up getting is some good to average local kite bums who have no literacy skills due to being pulled out of school and told to kite with there tout uncle/beer pouring auntie

they often develop back problems and blow out knees etc

i dont blame them or there decision to do so in any way we do simular with our atheletes but there unable to provide a basic schooling on the side makeing the situation all that more desperate and when the medical conditions arise there soolajwf

the bar and lines and harness is really the main issue here anyways you need there arms and body to be properly supported.

think ive ranted enough now good luck with it all.

yep got cha I will be keeping her on my trainer for a bit any ways but to all that have commented so far thank you I will keep considering what is the best way to go if there is one lol

I taught my baby bro (13 years younger than me) mainly on a 9 rpm and even a 12 when it was super light. He picked it up super quick concidering he lives in darwin and only kites when he visits me on the holidays. He was about 30kg when i first started. Pretty stoked we can both kite togeather now.