My young fella wants to kite.
Here i am thinking of giving it a crack after a few years windsurfing .
Now the young fella is telling me he want to have a go to.(he never seemed to keen on the windsurfing)
What sort of gear would suit a 50kg , 12 year old
????
6m , big twin tip ,
any advice is appreciated
do they make kids harnesses or buy a chicks one ???

Make sure the instructor has had a Working With Children Check

Hendo, I got my kids a 1.5m two line foil kite to start on about 6 years ago and they loved using it so moved up to a 4m Uno a couple of years ago, we use a small Ozone bar with 20m lines, small loop and short throw using the Ion ripper convertible harness. I found it tough to find an instructor with insurance to teach kids so I've taken a long time to teach the basics of reading the conditions, safety, flying the kite & self rescue before recently introducing the board, similar age & size to yours. We had a few ok water starts on an 8m Catalyst in about 15-18kt and I've been looking for a similar 6m kite. Progression may have been quicker with an instructor and more gear but I've been overly cautious, perhaps risk averse and I've used a tether to myself to ensure the skills are there before letting them go & body drag. I've learned their time threshold for following instructions and for fatigue, when they start making small errors that lead to mistakes.

There will no-doubt be those claiming it's dangerous and I'm doing it wrong but I'm comfortable that we've been cautious, and safe. If we're starting to ride the board this summer we will book lessons with Christian & the Kitebud team to go over everything from the start.

If you aren't an intermediate to advanced kiter then I recommend you both start with lessons. Safety first, it's not all about getting up and riding... sh!t can go wrong quick so it's important to know how to react.