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To be a kitesurfer, you have to be a good kite pilot. Practice with a trainer kite before getting your kitesurf kite. Most trainer kites are 2 line foil kites. You launch and land the trainer kite using the launching and landing instruction for foil (below). Also, you turn the kite to the left by pulling on the left end of the control bar and turn the kite to the right by pulling on the right end of the control bar. If you have never flown a trainer kite, read the Control Devices section of the Equipment page for information.

Different kites have different launching, landing and water relaunching techniques. We assume that you can get such information directly from your kite vendor. If you are using traditional inflatables, flat inflatable or foils, you can use the following self launching and landing instructions:

Kite Launching and Landing

Launching Traditional Inflatable (on land or snow):

Put the kite down on sand, leading edge toward the wind, one tip of the kite is on the sand the other tip is in the air. The kite looks like a vertical "C" with the leading edge facing the wind.
Fold the kite tip and put enough sand (or snow) on it to keep it from moving around.
Hold the control bar and position yourself such that kite is at the wind window edge respective to your position (the kite is around 70, 80 degrees to the left or the right of you with its leading edge facing the wind).
If you use a 4 line inflatable, adjust your trim strap to put the kite in a depowered mode.
Attach the safety leash to your wrist or harness. Don't hook in or shackle in to your kite until after you have launched your kite and get into deep water.
Pull on the control bar and the line nearest to the ground to unfold the tip and release the kite from the sand.
Pull the top line (the line farthest from the ground) to move the kite up.

How To Kite Surf