If you are confident that you know how to use the safety system on your kite, can body drag upwind and can rig properly rig and relaunch your kite from deep water, then you probably do not need more lessons and will just be spending money unnecessarily.
Many people experience a period of slow learning and frustration, you are not alone.
There are still dodgy money hungry schools and instructors that do not tell you that the main thing you need to learn is good kite control, and that the best way to get that "kite control" is with the use of a trainer kite.
If you are lacking confidence and crash the kite without really knowing why, then you need more time learning "kite control".
Getting another kite surfing kite now will most likely not make your learning easier if you lack confidence or any of the above mentioned skills.

How much do you weigh, where are you based and what size board do you have?

brettasmith said...

iam on the sunshine coast and have been practicing up at lake weyba, i weigh about 85kg and my board is 136 x 41 cardboard.. (nemi is 12m)

deep water launching etc. is not an issue as its waist deep up there.
i also have an air rush trainer kite that we usually take camping up noosa north shore so i have had plenty of practice with it.

my main issue may be my setup? i know weyba is prone to gusty condtions, but one minuite i can be overpowered.. next thing the kite falls out of the sky!.. even tho everyone around me seems to be carvin it up.

still trying to get the upwind riding down too. its exhausting walking back out afer every second or third run.

Gusty winter west winds are not helping you for sure, just make sure that you are not pulling in on the bar too much and killing the speed of the kite, don't try to ride upwind as soon as you get up, ride downwind a bit first, then edge upwind, and don't edge so hard that you slow the kite and power too much.
There are kites that have better bottom end and may handle the gusty conditions better, something like a new/used Switchblade from 2008 onwards, Waroo, Core GT, etc.
When you do get up and ride drop your forward hand off the bar and just hold the bar with one hand near the centre and then you will be able to look more in an upwind direction. Both hands on the bar and on the ends of the bar, pulling in on the bar, and poor stance is guaranteed to send you downwind. Forward hand off the bar opens up your shoulders, allows you to look upwind - so don't look at the kite too much or you will end up going in that direction (downwind).

Kite luffing and falling out can be reduced if you keep more pressure on the rear lines and don't leave the kite still overhead, keep the kite sining slightly from left to right at all times, with slightly higher rear line pressure when you are walking and water starting.
Keep practicing you will crack it.

There would be no real advantage changing the rear settings at the moment. AB setting is the general ride setting for most conditions. There are multiple settings for different styles of riding and also different wind strengths.

AB - standard ride settings for all round riding.
AA - Allows the kite to turn faster on a tighter pivoting turn. Ideal for wave riding.(although the Nemesis is'nt the greatest wave kite). Bar pressure is lighter.
AC - Slows the kites turning, increases bar pressure, and creates a large arc turn ideal for wakestyle riders who want minimal kite turning and also better in gusty, lighter wind conditions. Bar pressure is heavier.

Hope this helps

Joe

brettasmith said...

thanks for the advise!.. i will will keep trying!.. i havn't tried the one hand technique yet, will give it a crack next time.

i do like the nemisis,..maybee as i get better ill appreciate it even more.

also the kite is still rigged as standard..(AB) is it any benifit to play with the settings? like AA for fast response AC slow turning etc.

How are you body dragging if you havn't tried one handed?

Hey Mick thanks for the offer, I'm pretty confident with drift launching after a lesson with George, I am going to get down there put a bit more practice in. I guess I just expected to pick it up a bit quicker