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posted on 5-8-2011 at 11:42 AM

Hello

Hello everyone, I am new to this board and sport. I live in Seattle and grew up in Long Beach Washington.

I have been wanting to get into this for a while, does anyone have any advice on a good trainer kite to get started on traction kiting?

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posted on 5-8-2011 at 11:47 AM

Sup Guy!

Ok, let me ask you a few questions first....
-your weight
-avg windspeed where you're at
-kiting goals... atb, buggy, surf
-any other kiters around you? demoing is always good!

that being said, a 3ish meter, 4 line kite is a great place to start (hq beamer, peter lynn hornet, etc) & get you going, and will be a good high wind kite later!

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posted on 5-8-2011 at 11:56 AM

Congrats on your first step into going stir crazy till the next time you put your kite in the air!
Welcome to the forum!

+1 for what Drew said!

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posted on 5-8-2011 at 12:39 PM

:eureka: well hi!! 2 or 3 m fixed bridle four line kite on handles ozone kites are nearly indestructable I never fear for my kites when I hand them to a complete novice
Oh Yeh kite killers are a must

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posted on 5-8-2011 at 04:13 PM

atomC,

There are 2 events coming up not far from you: Aug 13-18 at Klipsan Beach north of Long Beach, WA (during the Washington State International Kite Festival) and Sept 3-11 at Sunset Beach, OR just south of Astoria, OR.

There will be lots of folks with kites to try out and see what works for you.

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posted on 6-8-2011 at 02:13 PM

+1 for ozone trainers and ozone flows. flows are a begginer to intermediat flier. they are my goto kites.

go fly a kite trainer 1.4 m
thunderfoil 9 ft.
Flexi sting 1.7m
Ozone flow 2.0 m
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posted on 7-8-2011 at 02:19 AM

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posted on 7-8-2011 at 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ripsessionkites
Another WA rider

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posted on 7-8-2011 at 08:12 AM

Welcome! Hide your wallet and ignore anything anyone says about me :D

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posted on 8-8-2011 at 12:34 PM

Kamikuza is a great guy!
I purchased a kite from him. Great condition!

Awesome guy!!

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posted on 11-8-2011 at 01:53 AM

ozone flow is a highly stable kite. probably the perfect choice for beginners. the flow seems to have a very stable reflex profile (ozone speaks about an "autostable" profile).
this kite will probably never over-fly you, even in very gust winds.

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