Windfire Designs. Excellent work, fast turn-around,
Honest, Priced right,
KiteBoarding
Safety
FKSA
(Florida Kitesurfing Association). One Question.... "DO you live
and kite in Florida?"
If
your answer is "yes" .. then you'll want to join the FKSA.
Membership is currently FREE
and is really important to help keep our sport growing with minimal restrictions.
Kiteboarding has
already been banned in some areas! Just sign up, so we
can keep you posted on important info.
The Kitesurfing School: A web site dedicated to
beginners. "How to" subjects include:
choosing gear,
tuning, light winds, safety! I like to refer to it as... the
"Encyclopedia
of Kiteboarding". The site is maintained by "Hung Vu", but you can call him "master"
: )
...See the site, and you'll
understand why.
Kiteforum.com Kite Forum
is , as far as I know, the largest international kiteboarding
forum online. The forum is hosted by Toby. If you
every get the chance to meet the
guy, you'll quickly understand why his site has become so succcessful.
A news group like this
one "can" be a phenomenal source of information.
On the hand... newsgroups can create confusion for beginners,
and are also loaded with Negative, Rude comments that serve no purpose.
WARNING: Read with caution. The people who spend their
life on these
groups answering every post are NOT necessarily people to get advice
from.
Remember...The best Instructors, Riders, and real experts, spend most of their time
out on the water. You can, for
sure, find excellent, usable information if you search for it.
Its amazing how much hype, and just plain BS gets posted.
Ok, it obvious that I don't love forums in general. But, of the
forums on kiteboarding,
Kiteforum.com is "THE forum" and a good place to research, and get answers.
Beginners..... do you really want the fast track to getting on the
water?
Get a trainer kite... practice.... get a professional lesson. ...
and ...
ride every chance you get!
Definition:*Techno weenie: A person who spends their life
analyzing, rigging, re-rigging,
shopping for the most complex and high tech gear
on the market, spending endless hours
on newsgroups, expecting the latest and
greatest pro gear to make them instant pros, and complaining
instead of.... spending max time on the
water and pushing themselves to the next level.
(IF... this is...YOU, turn off you damn computer and get OUT THERE!)
Kiteboarding
Magazine: Got your subscription? What are you
waiting for ?!? A definite
must. Kiteboarding is an excellent
magazine brought to you by the same people who publish
"Windsurfing" and "Wakeboarding" magazines.
light wind watersport
alternatives
PowerSki: A
lightweight 40 mph jet-powered surfboard.
