depp - 13-5-2007 at 07:32 AM
how old are you guys?
just wondering what the average age of a kiter is.
miller16 - 13-5-2007 at 08:14 AM
I am 15 and have been power kiting since 12
Tigger - 13-5-2007 at 09:23 AM
Physically: 58
Mentally: 12
SecondWind - 13-5-2007 at 10:01 AM
36
nus - 13-5-2007 at 10:01 AM
28 just started last year.... that's only because i never knew about it until last year 
Bladerunner - 13-5-2007 at 10:17 AM
I'm one of the oldest regulars on land around here. I'm supposed to be 48. I keep forgetting that :smug: ( truth is, it's slowing my progression )
The demographic seems to be changing as equipment becomes cheaper and the sport more popular. On water particularily it was a 30 + sport, sort of to
my surprise. With cheaper equipment younger people can find the money for gear and it's the younger ones that are going to take things up a notch or
two !
Pablo - 13-5-2007 at 10:28 AM
36 here, been kiting for 3+ years now. I know guys in their 60's that still kite though. People tend to move more towards the buggies instead of ATB's
as they start getting a little older, less chance of a serious impact. Still doesn't stop them from ripping around like madmen.
Belegnole - 13-5-2007 at 11:03 AM
44
danakachewy - 13-5-2007 at 11:30 AM
13 and flew my first kite when 11
B-Roc - 13-5-2007 at 12:44 PM
36 and been flying power kites for over 2 years now and dual line sport kites for over 12 years.
domdino - 13-5-2007 at 12:56 PM
24 started kiting when i'wass 19
:karate:
Too much of a coincidence -> "nus"
c3h5 - 13-5-2007 at 02:40 PM
That’s too much of a coincidence “nus”! I’ll make my first post to say that your answer of
“28 just started last year.... that's only because I never knew about it until last year”
would have been my answer as well.
A) I’m also 28
B) I also started last winter after discovering this now addictive hobby
C) I’m also on the North Shore of MA, Georgetown to be exact.
I’ve been looking for others flyers in the area and or other areas to fly. What town are you from?
I’ve been kite bugging at Nahant Beach that past 2 months.
I actually started by ice kiting this winter on Lake Quannopowitt at lunch time. I would see the Iceboats on the frozen lake from the window at my
desk and decided I could do the same with skates and a kite.
Some boring videos of me doing this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7XZiWvXWHM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBDVpmPw5vI
Jseegs - 13-5-2007 at 09:21 PM
Just turned 20 and started flying just after that. But flying duals since 14.
action jackson - 13-5-2007 at 09:34 PM
39, been at it for 8 yrs.........aj
Kiteboarder2B - 13-5-2007 at 11:18 PM
24 years old, flying power kites for 3 years now and kite-landboarding for almost 6 months now:singing:
one thing you will most clearly notice is that England's youth are more interested/active in the sport than any country I've read about.
Kiteboarder2B - 13-5-2007 at 11:20 PM
Correction. that is to say England's youth are more interested/active in Kite-Tracion Sports. In the mid to far-east many kids fly single line, or at
least so I hear/ am told.
miller16 - 14-5-2007 at 02:54 AM
second youngest:duh::P
acampbell - 14-5-2007 at 07:35 AM
47 and diggin' it. Flying for 3 years. Buggying for one, after moving to coastal Georgia and finding the wide open beaches of Jekyll Island
flyhigh142 - 14-5-2007 at 11:55 AM
I turn 51 in two days. Been hang gliding for 30 years and powerkiting for 10, seriously for only 2. Took up buggying only recently and enjoy the hell
out of it.
kitemaker4 - 14-5-2007 at 11:58 AM
50 and still having fun after buggying for 6 years. I see that this is a sport that I can grow old doing.
Susan
coreykite - 14-5-2007 at 12:22 PM
I'm 56 now.
Started power kiting in 1977 with a stack of 6' Flexis.
Began buggying in 1990.
Bought my first buggy in 1991.
Started buggying the dry lake beds of the Mojave in 1992.
Moved to the desert for more in 1999.
I love this, as it never gets old.
Safen Up! Buggy On!
"Often wrong... Never in doubt"
the coreylama
davmeva - 14-5-2007 at 03:24 PM
i'm 26, only put it in as no one else had said it
crosshatch - 14-5-2007 at 05:45 PM
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joecat - 14-5-2007 at 06:44 PM
Just turned 45,,, Saw my first kite buggy about 8years ago... inquired about the cost of them at that time,,, decided not to make the investment
then,,, sorry I didn't, I could have been buggying all this time.. Saw a video on you tube about 4months ago and started doing research. Got my
first kite about 3months ago, got the big foot buggy about one month ago. Starting out slow,,, practicing, want to try to do it right without
killing myself. Glad to see that there are so many older people,,, at least I know I have made a good investment that I can use for years to come.
BeamerBob - 15-5-2007 at 06:43 AM
I'm about to turn 45. Started flying bat kites at 9 years old. Got my first delta 2 line about 10 years ago. Got a Symphony 1.8 8 years ago. Met
Angus about 6 weeks ago and now I have a Beamer III 3.0. Now I've been looking real hard at a blade or crossfire. Onward and upward.
Edit 11/28/07
Well, I got the Crossie, and a Pansh 5.0, and just recently a Signature Profoil 1.5 for the high wind days. I have tried a buggy twice now and think
I will get someone to weld one up for me. We'll see how that goes.
Taper123 - 15-5-2007 at 11:40 AM
I'll grow up one day if I figure out a good reason too... but until then I'm 42
domdino - 15-5-2007 at 12:05 PM
Lots of oldies around :tumble::tumble::tumble:
i'm in trouble now.
archkiter - 15-5-2007 at 12:25 PM
28 for about another month 
KYTE SLINGER - 15-5-2007 at 03:34 PM
introduce to power kites by Corey Jensen in Monterey Bay mid- 90s bought his old Peter Lynn Landlizzard
taught me everything there is to know about buggying skill, control and speed......then he moves away
fourty-seven......
gbrown - 15-5-2007 at 05:21 PM
I'm 60 and buggy with my son who is 30. I have flown small kites all my life stunt kites about 8 yrs and power kiting and buggying about 3. I used to
sail small boats. There is something about trying to control something, the wind, which you have no control over. When you do that even for a brief
time that is AOMOXOMOA!
It is sort of like trying to raise teenagers
Pablo - 15-5-2007 at 08:28 PM
Yeah, there's something about that illusion of control, we go out, we think we're in charge. In reality the wind can decide our path at any time it
chooses. I think that's one of the big draws for many, the dance with the devil.
j55 - 31-5-2007 at 09:08 AM
16!!:tumble:
Mrlucky - 5-6-2007 at 12:10 PM
25, just started about a month or two ago
lowerdfool - 5-6-2007 at 12:23 PM
I've been flying kites since the early 90's.
Accumulated power kiting time about 3-4 years I suppose. It's an on again off again thing. I tend to enjoy all aspects of kiting though.
27 here.
beachrights - 5-6-2007 at 12:51 PM
40 - but my wife says I act like a 2 year old!!
speleopower - 15-6-2007 at 08:38 PM
I"m 5 years old going on 3.
37 been kitesurfing for almost 10 years now. Got my first Wipika kitesurf kite in 1998 while in Hawaii.
Flying kites hardcore since around 1991. Started powerkite flying in 1997ish and bought my house a couple blocks from the beach in 2002 so I could
keep flying everytime there is wind in the evening.
I've not been regular pole windsurfing since 1998.
Attached is a 1999 newspaper picture.
Scott
canuck - 15-6-2007 at 09:30 PM
I'm a newbie - turn 55 next week. Dual line parafoils got me hooked on feeling the wind so I bought my first power kite last winter and had a blast
on skiis. Now I'm learning how to stay on my landboard and am looking for an engine for the water. What a great way to stay in shape! Some say it is
only mid-life crisis - I know better 
OreBeamer - 15-6-2007 at 09:35 PM
I am 28 and still waiting for my kite to get started Haha..
just call me greenhorn :P
zloty - 15-6-2007 at 11:27 PM
Hey I'm 27 this August and I've been kiting for 3 years now .Currently I'm a kite #@%$#!t and I'm an addict .
Rye - 19-6-2007 at 10:38 AM
Hi, new to your forum and I'm 55. My wife kites also and is 51. If you get bored you can read our kite blog here: http://web.mac.com/ryersonclark/iWeb/Site/Blog/Blog.html
We now live in Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest Territory and mostly buggy and board, but will be kite sking on Great Slave Lake this winter as well.
popeyethewelder - 21-6-2007 at 12:18 PM
I am 46yo
BigSiler - 25-6-2007 at 08:59 AM
I'm a Rockin 39 years old..
Caught the kite bug when I moved to the coast and found wind and empty beaches.
It's been 3 seasons now.
Got my KGB going this Spring.
jantie - 12-8-2007 at 09:02 AM
34 and addicted since about 3 years now.
been trough therapy and all, but nothing seems to help..
this is by far the most addictive hobby ever..
and it's better and more healthy than hanging at the bar every evening...
I started my hobby with the first series buster 3.0m2
and now there are two Libre big-bags with a total of 21 kite's
varying from 0.7m2 till 15.5m2..:singing:
this is my biggest kite. used with 17 meter 210/110 kg Vecto Pro lines, the 15.5m2 Libre Vampir Race Pro
greetz from The netherlands
khooke - 15-8-2007 at 10:48 PM
35. Starting flying 2line stunt kites when I was about 11. Got a couple of Flexifoil Stackers around '94/'95 and it all went downhill from there :-)
Got my Flexifoil buggy in '96 and buggied with my 2 line Stackers for a while, then shortly after got my first 4line in '97. Been buggying ever since.
And still loving it. And much to my wifes horror, still buying more kites :-)
Sthrasher38 - 22-11-2007 at 11:51 AM
40! and a little late on the post sorry. And not for being 40. By the look of things I still got my best years left.:tumble:
NPWfever - 22-11-2007 at 12:42 PM
16 started at 15 with a tarp on ropes, then an NPW and now foils.
lunchbox - 22-11-2007 at 12:46 PM
40...wanted to find a sport that was as fun as surfing. Looked into both paragliding and kiting but decided to try paragliding. Liked it but got in a
near fatal accident. While I was recovering, I decided to look into kitesurfing again. Took my 1st lesson in Sept 2006. Due to the general lack of
wind in my area for kitesurfing and my ability to go only once a week, I decided to buy some fixed bridle kites to see if I could maximize my time
kiting by doing it on land. Short time later I bought my first buggy and landboard. Now when it's windy I'm at my local park during my lunch hour and
either at Oxnard or El Mirage on either Sat or Sun. I now have 11 kites and I'm hopelessly addicted!
Deadhead - 22-11-2007 at 02:36 PM
54 - at least that's what the birth certificate says. Wife is convinced I'm 54 going on 17. Just started, only been flying for about 2 months. Damn
things are way too addicting.................
DenisLaMenace - 22-11-2007 at 02:44 PM
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I bought my first power kite for my 40th birthday. It was a gift from me to me.
2y1/2 later I am addicted.
Pdxnebula - 22-11-2007 at 05:45 PM
Just turned 50, but depending on the wind somedays may feel older & others, much younger & wishing Power kites had been around when
really I WAS younger...
UpDate
11/23/07)
Getting Ready for the beach today & gettin some "West Coast Sand" in the Profoils, at Lincoln City, look for the BIG Yellow "Bus"ter, or Purple
& Pink ProFoils, if your there...
Baluk - 22-11-2007 at 08:54 PM
16
Sthrasher38 - 23-11-2007 at 09:17 AM
10.5 Blade and a 12m Phanton I wish I had kites like that at 16! How long have you been flying? You should be pro soon.
geokite - 23-11-2007 at 09:42 AM
37 this Dec, been kiting since 89, been pulled around since about 90, buggy since 94, kitesurfing since 99.
Steve Bateman
USA_Eli_A - 23-11-2007 at 05:34 PM
27 yrs of age. POWER kiting since I was 15yrs. Took a trip to West Africa with quadrifoil kites when I was 17yrs old. Been pro at it since then.
xxxBUGGYPILOTXXX - 27-11-2007 at 10:27 AM
leebrianh - 27-11-2007 at 10:49 AM
35. This is my second year of kiting. Started with HQ Beamer 2.5M at local field and now I have many kites for buggy, kiteboarding and snowkiting
along with three buggies, three kiteboards, and one land board. This kite thing is really addictive but I am glad that kites are part of my life....
- Brian
Sthrasher38 - 27-11-2007 at 06:54 PM
Cool post! everyone had some storys to share. I like it. got to hear some personal info on everyone that was cool!
Dagon - 29-11-2007 at 12:45 AM
I am 28. Ive been into the sport for about 3 years now
bloah - 29-11-2007 at 07:26 AM
Big 20,
been doin this for last 6 month and spent way over 5 k on kites already. Makes me afraid whats the price is going to be after 6 years, hahaha
jellis - 29-11-2007 at 04:52 PM
61 makes me twice as fast as someone that 30. Flying since 77' buggying since 95'
jellis
barnes - 1-12-2007 at 07:34 PM
16...well 17 in a few weeks. Been flying power kites since I was 14.
Looks like I'm one of few youngins'
wolla - 2-12-2007 at 10:06 AM
I'm 24, starting power kiting last year (23), but been stunt kiting (i hope thats not swearing) since i was about 9yrs.
how about really old
Velella - 5-12-2007 at 09:40 PM
took up kite buggying at the same time I turned 60. Great fun :singing:
BeamerBob - 6-12-2007 at 05:32 AM
You go man! It's guys like you that let me know I don't need the rocking chair yet.
art_lessing - 6-12-2007 at 10:58 AM
I am 35 and have been at it for almost 1 whole year.... last thanksgiving I was flying a 2-line 6 foot stunt kite in 30 mph wind......it pulled me
over and I decided that I needed a bigger kite.....now I am a kiteaholic....
DAKITEZ - 6-12-2007 at 01:04 PM
I'm 31 and been flying foils for about 3 months. I was at the beach flying my stunt kite and saw a guy scudding across the beach. I said I need one of
those. Little did I know that i needed more than one.
Dave367 - 9-12-2007 at 11:16 PM
I guess I'm old as the damn hills. I was using traction kites to pull high speed sailboats around Weymouth Harbor (UK) before most of you guys were
born--Excepting Jose, Corey; some others!
Started in 1978; Traction kites, from 21 sq meters (1978) to 420 sq meters (2004). Still looking for new thrills.
Dave