Josh is one of our best riders in the area and the way he learned was through hanging out with one of the local instructors here. I did not use good judgement in my first post and for that I apologize to the rest of the locals.
Kiteboarding is not like any other sport out there and I agree with Gary that you need at least 3 water lessons. Don't be too proud and get your board shorts all up in a bunch man, take lessons. It takes a bigger man to admit that they might need instruction than it does one that wants to prove how tough he is or how much he knows from other experiences in life.
If you were an airplane pilot, would you just get into a helicopter and get behind the wheel of a helicopter and fly it? Probably not, this is exactly the same, take some lessons and you will see! We have had a lot of issues with new kiters just trying to put kites in the air and learning the hard way by getting injured. Do the right thing and don't be the next one...
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