dominic - 27-10-2009 at 03:05 AM
I am wanting to get into Kite Jumping and so need to start off by buying a kite ;-) and taking a couple of lessons...
So I have been looking around at kites and I want to get something that I can grow with..
So the blade V 4.9m (ujustable) or the Ozone Flow 5m
If I only take them out on not very windy days <10mph until I start to get the confidence and practice needed..
Oh and some kite-killers
is this a good way to go?
if so which kite?
Thank you
Maven454 - 27-10-2009 at 03:31 AM
I love my Ozone Flow, but it's not really a jumping kite. They claim (I've never flown one) the Blade is a jumper. Almost everyone here will advise
you to start with something a bit smaller and that jumping is not the first thing that you should be going for. Buy a smaller (say 3m) kite first and
learn to fly it backwards, forwards, and blindfolded :D. There really are no lessons for kite jumping that I'm aware of, though there are places that
offer lessons for flying, buggying, and kiteboarding (probably some other things as well). Anyway, I'm sure that lots of others will chime in with
more informed opinions, I just spend too much time watching the forum and got here first :D
ragden - 27-10-2009 at 06:15 AM
To echo what Maven just said, you may want to start with something smaller. However, to give the best advise, we need to know your weight, and the
winds you typically fly in. Also, it might help to know where you are so we can advise you on where to go to either meet up with folks, or to find a
local shop that can help you get all sorted out. This stuff can get dangerous fast, and some kites are much better suited to beginners. 
soccerflyer - 27-10-2009 at 06:21 AM
Have you read this yet? It will answer a LOT of your questions!!!! ---> http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=1985
WolfWolfee - 27-10-2009 at 02:28 PM
Jumping is probably the most dangerous activity in the kiting world. You need mad skills and huge balls...lol
I am old and busted up already but love the air time and us land dwellers are a tough bunch not like the water woosies...lol
Take the time to learn your kite, when you can fly it without looking at the kite your almost there.
I use moto cross boots when jumping with full body armor and nothing less. I have hit major heights and covered some serious ground and had good days
and bad ones. I cannot express enough to you to learn to fly first.
IMHO a blade is not a great kite to start with, it can spank you fast.
OllieN - 27-10-2009 at 03:26 PM
You may think we are nattering on but it is possibly the most regretable thing to do if you go and buy a kite which is to big. Overpowering and
unpredictable. Blades for instance in a wind of 15 and up will be lethal. Seriously dangers and dare I say it, life threatening. Take our advice. Get
a cheap 3m I.e Beamer 4. Peter Lynn hornet. Ozone flow. Get a 3m. Don't be tempted to get bigger. Later when more kites ( big and lofty ones )come
along into your quiver you'll be using them in the lower winds but your 3m will be the kite you use in the very high winds I.e 25mph and up. U'll find
a 3m seriously powerful at first. U will be very surpised when u fly a 3m and the power it has. Just my input.
-ollie
BeamerBob - 27-10-2009 at 04:19 PM
A 3m is NOT a too small kite to learn on. A blade isn't a very good kite to start out on. You could get away with it, but maybe not. It would be
like learning to drive in a Ferrari Enzo hehe. It could just as easily put you in a situation where you are going to get hurt and you don't know it
or know how to avoid it. I owned a blade 6.5m but it was my 5th kite. It's a wonderful kite but it could easily pick me up and not always because I
directed it to.
kitejumper - 27-10-2009 at 04:28 PM
we're not trying to rain on your parade, but a blade would likely kill you as a beginner.....the flow isnt a lifty kite but if you got one in a 3
meter size, that would be ok.....ive flown the 5m and they are very nice, stable kites--however--like most all power kites--they can and will spank
you in the wrong conditions......you might want to hold off on the jumping for at least a couple months until you have a good idea of whats going
on--welcome and good luck to you.......
furbowski - 30-10-2009 at 12:37 AM
been a couple days...
you OK there dominic?
trust me, the folks on here are saying something you need to be able to hear and understand, I static jump lots but it took me a year and a half
before I got confident enough to jump a range of winds with a range of kites.
But actually it's not the time, it's the process, there are safe ways to learn and unsafe ways, and the safe way has plenty of adrenalin and
excitement in the mix, don't turn it down.