Today\u2019s kitesurfing-equipment is almost incomparable to only 3 years ago and recent technical advances in performance and safety do certainly assist in learning.<\/p>\n
Kite manufacturers have put a lot of efforts into the development of preference- and skills-specific lines of kites\u00a0\u00a0 –\u00a0 there\u2019s bow, hybrid, and\u00a0 C-kites, intermediate- and high performance kites, wave- freestyle- and so many more… –\u00a0 and\u00a0 kitesurfers today have a wide choice of different brands, models, and of course sizes. Yes, the range of kites in the market can be confusing and the decision which one to get, especially if it\u2019s the first kite, often almost veeery tricky. Pretty much the same with boards.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s somehow a little like buying a car.\u00a0 All cars will get you from A to B, however, which one is the best for you, that depends on many factors such as your style, preferences and image of brand etc. but should mainly be determined by:\u00a0 your level and the conditions that you\u2019re likely to ride the most.\u00a0\u00a0 Thus, there is no \u2018the best kite or the best board\u2019, there\u2019s only \u2018the best kite\/board FOR YOU\u2019.\u00a0 Every kite, model, brand has its pros and cons.\u00a0\u00a0 Mind you, North kites have way less cons than other brands that\u2019s because North invests heavily into research and development and sets trends which others try to copy later…<\/p>\n
Also budget is a factor and if I was you, I would go for a \u2018last season used but in good shape kite without any repairs\u2019 perhaps similar to the ones that you learned with.\u00a0 One thing that I would like to highlight here again is:\u00a0 more and more schools teach with bow-kites as it\u2019s very safe and a bit less complex, however, that\u2019s exactly also the problem solely with bow-education:\u00a0 you\u00a0 o n l y\u00a0\u00a0 know\u00a0 bow and eventually you might want to change to a C-shape or hybrid … and you will have to re-learn.<\/p>\n
With regards to boards, for the beginning, the size will be the determinant factor for choosing your first \u2018baby\u2019 and that will depend on \u2018your size\u2019 (as in weight) and also skills in other boardsports.\u00a0 For example for a male kite-beginner, of about 80kg,\u00a0 who\u2019s pretty good in snowboarding\/wakeboarding, I would recommend some freestyle board,\u00a0 around 135- (max) 140 x 38 cm.\u00a0 Please note, additional width will make up a bit for length, however, will also make it harder to learn to ride toeside or to hold the edge in chop.<\/p>\n
To come to a conclusion, try to decide your aims and what kind of kitesurfing you want to progress into. Do you want to ride in the waves or on snow or is freestyle your cup-a-tea etc. Then do some research and compare different brands, read reviews, check into quality and warranty and most importantly try to figure out the wind conditions you\u2019re most likely to go kitesurfing in.<\/p>\n
Graphics and colour should of course be secondary, however, once you determined what type of kite and board is best for you, obviously trying to get it in your favourite colour, is perfectly fine \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
North kiteboarding is at the forefront of all brands and has a huge selection of beginners-\u00a0 as well as advanced kites. Check out www.northkites.com for their extensive range and details on all their products. The same accounts for Fanatic, one of the most established brands in board design, check out www.fanatic.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What board\/kite equipment is good to start of with – choosing the right equipment?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[584],"tags":[824,817,683,598,804,815,801,822,604,807,678,177,1904,823,802,813,599,593,814,803,808,63,597,819,820,816,806,666,809,810,259,811,805,812,818,821,1908],"class_list":["post-2717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faq-for-beginners","tag-advanced","tag-beginners","tag-boards","tag-bow","tag-brands","tag-budget","tag-c-shape","tag-colour","tag-conditions","tag-development","tag-equipment","tag-fanatic","tag-freestyle","tag-graphics","tag-hybrid","tag-image","tag-kites","tag-learning","tag-level","tag-manufacturers","tag-models","tag-north","tag-performance","tag-progress","tag-quality","tag-reparis","tag-research","tag-safety","tag-sizes","tag-skills","tag-snowboarding","tag-style","tag-technical-advances","tag-trends","tag-wakeboarding","tag-warranty","tag-wave"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2717"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11562,"href":"http:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions\/11562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kitegabi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}