enough said Toby.... this is a post i made on my Facebook before 1 week.... the answers were frustrating from many people that they play the "instructors"Toby wrote:I really wonder who has fun in winds from 20 gusting to 40 knots?
Once I stopped kiting in Fuerteventura, in Sotavento, since the wind was so gusty. I preferred to work 3 days instead of kiting, after I jumped, and the gust was gone, and I fell down like a stone, my head hit the sandy ground in shallow water...imagine it would have been harder surface.
If you have to go out in these winds, make sure surroundings are very safe. No obstacles, deep water, safe launch and landing.
Bille, I think your comparison is awesome! This IS the problem in the sport!!!
Paragliders know the risk and are super cautious, because this is HOW THEY LEARN IT !
The majority of kite instructions are just bad and they care only to get the people riding asap...no matter talking about risks, weather, being safe etc.
Having an experience of almost 15years in kiteboarding and been an instructor for more that 8 years with more than 300 students under my belt i can tell you one thing for sure.YOU CANT kite "safe" with 8 hours of training as many "instructors" promise you.You must be very talented and the conditions super safe(flat,waist deep water,moderate steady side-shore winds) to kite safe.Drowning is a 5 seconds situation!!!!
Ps.i got no IKO "shit"