my first go with this kind of kite ( C- Kite) when I was a beginner (2 months after lesson)... Hated it coz I cant sheet out the gust and it will just pull you,
Plus some of them have a heavy bar pressure and by the time your done kiting, your arm and elbow hurts.
Didn't like them till I started attempting S-bends and shifty 313. (after 2yrs of kiting)
I still like easy to use kite with a bit of C into it as I'm not a hardcore freestyler