http://newkiter.com Kiteboarding (Kitesurfing) for beginners, kitesurfing tips and tricks. Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:29:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Image credit: spaceritual. Heaven is a place where you can kiteboard from 10am to 4pm, then grab a beer while watching the sunset on soft white sand beaches, get to feast on exquisite lobster and shrimp for cheap, party the night away  and get to do it all over again the ... http://newkiter.com/2010/10/21/kitesurfing-vacations-dominican-republic-cabarete/ For kiteboarders going upwind is the skill that marks the end of being a beginner and finally being able to try those big jumps. However this is one of the skills that beginners find the most difficult. Here I'll relay the advice of an experienced kiteboarders using whose wisdom helped ... http://newkiter.com/2010/10/09/kiteboarding-going-upwind/ As I kept swimming the kevlar lines twisted tighter and tighter around my leg. I imagined a sudden gust tightening the lines and cutting off my leg at my ankle. As the thought passed through my head, I immediately swam towards my fallen kite as fast as I could and ... http://newkiter.com/2009/12/12/perserverance-kitemares-and-kiteboarding/ Image credit: chrischappelear. The best way to get started kiteboarding is to take a beginner lesson at a local kitesurfing school. Please read this article on What To Do Before Your First Kitesurfing Lesson to learn how you can save money on a beginner kitesurfing lesson by preparing for it before ... http://newkiter.com/2009/09/29/how-do-i-get-started-kitesurfing/ Image credit: Christopher. Kitesurfing, in most situations, is a safe sport. Having said that, its not possible to predict the weather and calm situations can become dangerous very quickly. And if your not careful, yes it can kill you. But so can snowboarding, diving, whitewater kayaking and other extreme sports. Extreme ... http://newkiter.com/2009/09/29/how-dangerous-is-kitesurfing/ Image credit: tac1980. Kiteboarding can kill you if you dont know what your doing. Always, ALWAYS, always, always take a beginner kiteboarding lesson when first learning how to kiteboard. Imagine being attached to a 200hp motorboat which you have to control while your wakeboarding behind it. That is essentially what kiteboarding is. Now, ... http://newkiter.com/2009/09/29/why-are-kiteboarding-lessons-important/ [ad#small google rectangle] When your hurrying over to the beach to catch the wind, its easy to forget some of the gear in your haste. This little checklist is prioritized so that the importance of an item is proportional to its place in the list. Print it out and keep it ... http://newkiter.com/2009/09/13/kiteboarding-gear-checklist/ Image credit: Andre Charland. Description [ad#google small rectangle] Kiteboarding is the fastest growing sport in the world. It's a combination of windsurfing, surfing and kite flying. It also has elements of snowboarding and wakeboarding. There is literally no feeling quite like kiteboarding on the ocean. Kiteboarding is characterized by a rider whose feet are ... http://newkiter.com/2009/09/13/what-is-kiteboarding/ Image credit: Smudge 9000. You've been taking lessons for kiteboarding and your finding it hard to water start. Your now at the point where you are thinking of just giving up.Well DONT! In 90% of the cases that I've seen, the reason someone has not been able to waterstart is due to ... http://newkiter.com/2009/09/13/why-is-it-so-difficult-to-waterstart-for-a-kiteboarding-beginner/ A trainer kite is a small foil kite on which you can practice your kite flying skills. Roughly 50% of the skill of kiteboarding is to do with being able to fly the kite to whatever position you want it to go with minimum effort. The other 50% is board-skills, ... http://newkiter.com/2009/09/13/how-to-practice-on-a-kiteboarding-trainer-kite/