Your in the land forum so my guess is your going to use this on land? At 130# a 12M is way to big except in the lightest of winds. Like others have said you can learn on older kites but the safetys werent the best. Just be extra carefull. Your light and can get over powered quickly. Dude, as snobdr...

jeffro,
In my world which is high altitude snow kiting, the Zephyr is king in low wind snowkiting and racing on snow. Here you can compare most models out there and it's obvious that the Zephyr and Instinct out fly anything out there, but that just my limited 2cents worth.

This situation is easily avoided by always launching and landing unhooked, if the launch goes bad release the bar to safety leash as soon as the kite starts to tumble back into the window.

Kosher, organic gelatin with collogen(Vitamin Cottage) high quality vitamin C, panothenic acid in recommended doses depending on severity and weight bearing exersize on the affected joint and you should see quick results.

Erico, Dillon Res. is a must stop as they have an actual kite park there on the south end of the lake, it's called the Sanitorium. Lots of backcountry high altitude riding very close and Colorado Kiteforce is the goto plus the 2010 Dillon Open kite event in early March with a long distance kite race...

Ravil,
Colorado welcomes you and can provide many opportunities for your snowkiting enjoyment, plus is central to many other spots like Wyoming, Utah and Montana, all you need is food and gas, just let me know how I can help.
g-force junkie