 | How old / young do you need to be? It’s not the student’s age, but the students weight and decision making capability.It’s hard to control a kite if your body weight is less then 70 pounds, so that tends to be the minimum weight. Young people learn fast so that is not an issue. The main issue is the quality of judgments made by this individual young person. A kiteboarder makes decisions of similar importance to some one riding down hill on a mountain bike or driving a car. Kiteboarding is dangers and requires some foresight and good judgment to stay safe. Kids who ride mountain bikes on trails without close supervision tend to understand that some crashes hurt a lot and that you could kill yourself by loosing control and hitting a tree hard. That level of understanding is required in kitesurfing since the kitesurfer needs to make important safety related decisions often. At the other end of the age range I have taught many students in their late 60’s |
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