hi all,
Is it worth getting a trainer kite before i get lessons or am i just wasting money i could spend on a good kite later on .

Don't waste your money on lessons, get a trainer kite and learn to fly a kite first on your own then spend your money wisely on lessons (get one on one lessons, not group) and get maximum value from your lesson, because you will already know how to fly a kite.
The main skill that you need to acquire in order to learn how to kitesurf is kite flying skill, pretty hard, risky and dodgy if you try to do that with a real size kitesurf kite on a beach.

Many shops like Kitepower rent trainer kites, or will offer a buy back option, when you buy gear from us.

Have a think about telling someone that wants to learn to race open wheeler cars, that all they need is 30-40 mins in a go cart, then they can go jump in a formula car and rip it up on the track safely (and we don't kite within the safety of a race track).

Kitesurfing well, requires good kite flying skills, it takes more than 30-40 mins to get good at kite flying.

People that have poor kite flying skills, get really poor value from expensive kitesurfing lessons.

People that have mastered the basic skills of kite flying by owning and using a Trainer Kite for at least 10-20 hours, usually only need an average of 2 one on one kite lessons, do the sums, its more economical to get a trainer kite, and you should also be a better and safer kiter, that learns to kitesurf and have fun faster than people who ignore this advice and try to learn basic kite flying skills with a kitesurfing kite.

radman4 said...

Only buy a trainer kite if your gonna do some landboarding down the track,most people only need 30-40 min flying a trainer before moving into the water,good trainers arnt cheap so your better to spend the coin on lessons.

Just because you can learn to fly a trainer in figure 8's in the wind window doesn't make you an expert and ready to dominate lessons.

Here is a link for all those who think they can fly trainers well to a page on our website

http://www.aksonline.com.au/index.php/Kite-Reviews/trainer-kite-exercises.html

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Kind regards,

DM