Kiteboarding!
I first saw it a few years back in San Diego, and since I’ve moved back to the OC, I haven’t seen it at all. But after spending a few weeks engulfed in the sport as a spectator in the Kiteboarding capital of the world, Maui, I dropped a couple bills and took a lesson. Normally I would advise against lessons to save you a few bucks and tell you to go out and teach yourself, but I think lessons for kiteboarding are mandatory if you plan on getting into it due the to extremely dangerous amount of power involved. I dropped $300 just have someone strap me into one of the kites and tell me what and what not to do and how to launch the kite. I didn’t even get to strap on the board for the $300 I spent, just a lesson on the safety precautions, proper techniques, and body surfing with the kite. But if I threw caution to the wind (bad pun) and just went out to the coast, strapped on a board, and threw my kite up without knowing what I was supposed to be doing, I would have been blown all around the beach until I got hit by a moving car or drowned. But all that stupid death nonsense aside, I’m having more fun with this sport than I’ve had with skateboarding, wakeboarding, snowboarding, surfing, bmx, motocross, even underwater basket weaving, which is a close second.
Just thought I’d share my excitement with all ya’ll and tell you to rush out and spend two grand on a basic kit (kite, board, harness, strings, and control bar), cuz it’s WELL worth it!
) lesson from her.
