Well first read all the posts on uskiteforum hehe
Really tho do your homework it is an exciting sport that can bring years of enjoyment so study and slowly make your progression into an addiction. Internet is a wonderful tool look up all you can on kiting and what the latest trends are as far as gear goes.
Look for reputable companies or dealers close by. (kiting is taking off so if you live near wind there is a solid chance of a school in your neighborhood.)
Schedule a lesson. (progression and learning the tricks of the trade gets you to your goal that much faster.)
Kiting isn't as complex as it looks like remember most kites that you see in the pics, vids, etc all share a common group of a tools heres the list.
1. Harness they wrap around you like a weight lifter belt kinda sorta. Pick one if at all possible by trying them on, if not pick one with the best reviews by peers or others)
2.Spreader bar. Well they should come with that harness you just bought if not they look like a pool hook attached to a bar this actually spreads the force evenly throughout the harness.
3. Grab a trainer kite they are silly and you will soon deem worthless as you progress but hey if you need a fix and want the family to try the 50-100$ wasn't that big of a loss.
4. Get a kite that is between 7-12 to start. Any smaller than a 7 is gonna be a workout to learn or if the conditions are nuts gonna be too much of a kite to wanna deal with as far as lift is concerned.
5. The kite that you want is gonna be expensive don't settle for cheap small stuff. It will have a chicken loop, donkey dick, and a bar with a adequite safety system to get you off the kite in an emergency.
6. The rest is up to you and your creativity choose one or all the kinds of kiting there is. ocean, snow, land, lake, buggy, beach, landboard you name it.
Last but not least kiting is bottom line a sport based off of weather you need to know direction of wind, velocity, barometric pressure, isobars, basically this will be your crash course on being the local weatherman. When the wind is blowing on tv and you can tell the speed just by how much a person's hair is bending then your ready for kiting.
