So I went down to my local skate and snow shop today. I was checking out the new board lineup when the owner approached me, to see if I needed help. Having been in there a lot I knew the lady quite well so we had a nice chat bout how things were. I mentioned that I was getting into kiting she mentioned that someone had a kite in their consignment section but took it down for lack of interest. Being excited that there was actually someone else in town kiting, I got his # to see if he still had it for sale. So after a twenty minute conversation, I bought myself a still crispy 3.5 meter Ozone Imp Trainer for $150. With all the talk about trainers lately, I've been wanting to get one to play with before I take out my 6meter access. So just a quick question then. How much wind should I take this thing out on for a first time? I've been here for a while and one thing that gets me confused is the speeds, some have given it in kilometers per hour (which is what us Canucks are use to) and others give it in Miles Per Hour. Anyway sorry to bore you all just wanted to share my happy moment lol.

10 km/h

Happy moment felt.... happy flying...:bigok::bigok:

that was my first power kite and I loved it. It can produce a lot of power in higher winds. Mine was eaten by a light post.

My rule used to be "just when you can hear the wind blowing across your ear" - that'd be about 12 km/h and perfect to start out in.

Look into the Beaufort winds scale. It just added to my confusion when I started out but after time it all kinda gelled together and makes sense so that now I can tell from in the car what the day is going to be like. It doesn't matter on the days where even a blind man could tell it was windy but on those marginal days it can be the difference between you even opening the door or not. You're gonna be forever looking and tree tips and trash on the ground ; )

Beaufort Scale

or if you're a visual learner like myself, here's one that I like.

Beaufort scale