Hey Guys,

Im on the market for a trainer... I weight 80 Kilos, so my question is for learning how to fly the kite what would be better?

a 2010 Core GT 5m or
a Ocean Rodeo 2m LEI Kite.

Both are around the same price.

Cheers.

MOWIT said..

EternalNoob said..

Hey Guys,

Im on the market for a trainer... I weight 80 Kilos, so my question is for learning how to fly the kite what would be better?

a 2010 Core GT 5m or
a Ocean Rodeo 2m LEI Kite.

Both are around the same price.

Cheers.

My thoughts, from what I've experienced. Find a local school, borrow or rent a 2m trainer foil and fly it for an hour or two, then once you get the hang of flying and parking the kite, get some professional lessons and let the instructor take you from there. Better to spend the money with someone qualified than trying to sort it by yourself

Hey MOWIT,

Thanks. I did have lessons already and I have my own 9m Kite but whenever I go out there I still don't feel very confident flying the damn thing. So my thinking was maybe get a smaller one that doesn't yank me out of the water if I mess up and at the same time don't be afraid of trashing my 1,400 dollars kite.

Thanks.

I just got and old cheap 6m kite and used that instead of a trainer practicing on the beach and body dragging. Much better investment as you can later use it for 30+ knots ! Trainer kites are really expensive for their temporary purpose, plus not all of them have a bar.

Although Im a bit of a fan of a good trainer kite - I did the small LEI thing initially as a learning tool - It was a 5m Wipika which had a terrible tendancy to Hindenburg :-( the lesson there is make sure you buy a good small kite - not and old crap one that has bad flying characteristics and will just create frustration ( and maybe injury!!)

Oh and if you repeatedly crash a LEI hard it will most likely pop or get leaks - a good ram air trainer will take the learning abuse much better but not water relaunch as easily - tricky decision hey (not really) !!

Fingerbone reckons you should go straight to the 'real' small kite - there are pros and cons there - ur decision!!