Howdy folks..

I'm a brand spankin', un-popped cherry, newbie to power kiting.

I've been a Forum lurker and starry eyed dreamer for about 3 months now. Lots of research, but still feel quite clueless to it all.

I want to jump into the rabbit hole, and let the logic escape reason for a bit. I want to start my quiver.

I hail from SE Utah, in the gnarly wind corridor that formed Arches National Park, Canyonlands, Needles... and pretty much every John Wayne Movie made. Think of Wiley Coyote & Roadrunner cartoons.. the landscape is where I live.
Wind can run 10 - 30mph most of the year, with prime time being spring and fall.
The area offers the whole range of Wind Sports, from desert sand dunes with buggies, to reservoirs for wake-boards, river canyons with steady upriver winds that run like clockwork, and snow capped mountains for snow kiting.. everything with 30 minutes of town or less.


I would like to build a quiver to answer all these sports opportunities.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I would most definitely like a smaller, beginner kite and setup to start with, but I am a very quick learner and very motivated to cruise/fly.
I am experienced in longboards, snowboards, skiing, wakeboarding.. so I think the skills will help my learning curve greatly.

As for payment methods for anything anyone is offering, I currently have all my cash tied up in Bitcoins. I am in the process of bringing some of it back to liquid cash, but for now I have ample bitcoins for some trading.

For those familiar with Bitcoins and what they can offer, maybe you have some gear collecting dust and would like some bitcoins.

For those unfamiliar with bitcoins, you can google it... worthy read to say the least.

Awesome, thanks for looking, and Let me know if you would like to do some trading.. I'm looking at all offers of kites and gear presented.

Thanks,
Nomadic

Here's a couple photos of the area, using google images..

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Moab+Utah&bav=...

uh, good luck with those bitcoins.... :dunno:

Ya, no worries... It would have to be the right person who wanted them..

Pretty much only a few good uses for them.. though they are cool as hell..
I'm converting some over to cash for easier transactions with most folks... but figured What the Hell, might as well put it out there...

Nomadic

interesting read.
kind of hard to throw it up in the air and shower yourself with it every night before bed time, not that I ever do that

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Ya.. hard to shower with money.. Bitcoins are more like a Stock.. It's value fluctuates. It holds all its buying power as a Crypto-currency.. providing anonymous nature to trading online.. and found a deep rooted home in the black markets on the dark-net..

You can check values at MTgox.com... that's not a plug, just a place to trade bitcoins.. there are others but that is the big fish..

Silk Road is the other place to trade them, but that's a place you must find on your own..

Nomadic.

Welcome,

A good place to start is the tutorial section at www.coastalwindsports.com. Angus has done a great job of explaining most of the questions .
Another good place to visit is www.kitesurfingschool.org

Don't trade too much from bitcoins to cash. You will spend it all on gear faster than the stocks for Facebook dropped.

Thanks Bladerunner!

I'm currently devouring the links you gave.

I've plenty of coin, just gonna take a week or two to find the cash.

I'm extremely anxious to get started in the sport/hobby. Can't stop watching Videos and reading reviews and trying to pick up on the lingo and methods as much as one can through a computer monitor.

I really have no idea where to start. Training classes are 3 hours away at the closest.. and I would have to do some major scheduling to pull it off.. I would love to get a trainer kite, but really am not sure what one would be best for me.

There is a large reservoir available with great winds, and also an abandoned airport less than a mile from the reservoir.. both are wide open spaces. I would love to do an ATB while learning the kite skills, I most definitely want to ride on the water but am willing to put in the training to get there, I would eventually like to do a 20 mile stretch of the Colorado River that is notorious for a 20mph wind upriver, daily... the river boaters hate it... I envision their faces as I pass them upriver while they fight wind rowing down river.

Any recommendations for a general trainer kite? 150lbs, athletic, and skilled in the art of sliding on boards over snow, water & land... I am willing to pop some cash on a good all around trainer.. get this ball rolling and give me something to do with some of my off time.

Thanks,
Nomadic

In my opinion, getting a trainer is the best way to start. If you really want to ride on water I would buy a HQ hydra 350. It is closed cell and will work on water or land. The slightly larger size of the 350 will give you a little more power but probably not too much unless you go out in too much wind. You can also get it modified when you are ready to a depower and learn how that works too. There are lots of other good trainers out there but only one I know of that works on water too.

I agree on the HQ Hydra 350. Awesome trainer.