While winter wind conditions are to dodgy to go out for kite surf lessons, i thought i might take my new kite board to a cable ski park (no sliders or obstacles).
Is this a good idea?

I found the cable park to be a good way to get the feel of your board but i think it teaches you bad habits as you ride at cable different than behind a kite. Having said that its fun and wont in any way hurt your board.

Pay the extra twenty bucks and hire a board. It's way better with a set of boots, Also with a flatter kiteboard you could find yourself nose diving a fair bit

koma said...

I've ridden cable and behind a boat with my kiteboards a few times and it's not as fun. I found when i loaded up a rail with the kiteboard i just accelerated instead of actually loading up like you do with a wakeboard.

By all means take it along and give it a try, then go get yourself a wakeboard with boots and enjoy it the way it's meant to be done.

I think you missed the bit about being to dodgy for lessons in winter. I dont think he is looking at getting any pop out of his board or pulling off any radical stuff, he just wants to know if it will be ok to use his new board there.

Thats why i said in my first post that cable can teach you bad habits for kiting but its better than not doing anything at all isnt it

and I would suggest Qld winter conditions are not dodgy to learn in, just infrequent. We don't get the winter storm fronts that WA does.

If you can find a day that is onshore - ie normally SE to NE,and of sufficient strength then by all means call your instructor and go for it. It will be little different to Summer wind, just colder.

Westerlies locations can be a bit gusty as they come over the land. Not ideal for learning, but not impossible either if done under supervision of a qualified instructor. Many instructors teach at Lake Weyba in Summer in a SE and it is just a gusty in those conditions as Westerlies in winter. The main issue is finding a spot that works in a W wind as there are not that many.

jas73 said...

I think you missed the bit about being to dodgy for lessons in winter. I dont think he is looking at getting any pop out of his board or pulling off any radical stuff, he just wants to know if it will be ok to use his new board there.

Ah... right, wanting to learn basic board skills at the cable park.
Yeah, it can teach you how to ride heelside, toeside and blind... but it's not a realistic way to learn as your kite will never react the same way a cable does.

Better riding than not.

^^^ what they said