Not sure where to post anything as i am new to this forum, i was just wondering if anyone had a spare and would sell a 2m practice kite I have heard they are called Thanks.
this is the right place.
www.lasoo.com.au/category/toys-games.html?categories.lvl0=lvl0Toys+%26+Games&level=0
i guess its not called a practice kite i went to kitepower and they said i needed to practice with 1 before getting something bigger to pull me with a kite board, i am looking for a 2m (trainer kite) i think thats what its called. well thats wat they called it not like a point like that one u sent me. Thanks anyway
ohh I didn't realise there was a difference.. maybe the kyters here would be more useful!
Go to a local School buddy!
Pretty sure QLD- the land of sun and surf would have quite a few schools 
As for trainers you can get one on the buy & sell section for about $180 all the way to $350 for a 3 line, 3 metre foil. or $450 for a SLE/ Hybrid kite (The ones you pump up that most kiters use. The foils are self inflating like a parachute or a paraglider's wing.)
I would give you mine but I just bought it and whilst I have outgrown it, it's good for getting mates into the sport... Sorry.
If you want to start at the low end of the cost scale (sub $50) try this.http://cgi.ebay.com.au/3m-Dual-Line-Stunt-Parachute-Parafoil-Sport-Kite-K030-/190463229387?pt=AU_Toys_Hobbies_Outdoor_Toys_Structures&hash=item2c587e3dcb
(you will need to patch the address together) or go to ebay & search for
3m Dual Line Stunt Parachute Parafoil Sport Kite K030
Quite different to the average kitesurfing kite but it is a start with a bit of fun 
Fossil
You dont need to waste money on a trainer kite, we only spend around 15-20minutes on a trainer kite at the beginning of the first lesson, then straight onto the big kite. Big kites fly a lot slower and much easier to control. Save $200 and go for a lesson straight up, learn all the basics right away. If you feel you need to have a trainer kite to develop more basic piloting skills after the lesson, then buy one. But 9/10 cases, you wont.
Surf connect is right, even though a trainer kite can improve your skills there is not a lot of point getting one until after you get the lesson. A lot of people fly them like stunt kites which doesn't really build up the skills you need for kiteboarding. Get a lesson and save your money and you will be out there flying big kites in no time, learning the correct way strait up is always good, teaching yourself bad habits on a trainer can cause confusion when you do go to get lessons.
dude you can also hire a trainer kite from kitepower. That what i did for a week before my first lesson. I kinda wish i bought one though...
I have a Ozone 2.5 that I got from Kitepower that I want to sell. It really helped me with kite skills when I went for my first lesson. E-mail me at [email protected] and we will work something out.
Hi Peeps,
A good trainer kite is certainly not essential to learn kiteboarding, but it is a huge help and is worth it's weight in gold.
Anyone saying trainers are a waste are sorely mistaken or have never owned a trainer kite. We sell heaps of trainer kites every year, not the cheap crappy 2-line trainers, high quality 3-line kites. The basics can be learned in minutes on a trainer kite yes, but it is more than learning how to steer and understand the wind window, if that were the case, then people would buy, use and resell their trainers and they would be everywhere.
The idea with the trainer kite is to fly it repeatedly and develop unconscious control of the kite, ie, fly it so much that you can fly it without watching it and "Feel" the kite. I reckon it is good to fly for about 10 hours and then think about taking lessons.
It is an indisputable fact that learners with extensive trainer kite experience advance at about twice the pace of people without trainer experience. So the money you use to buy the kite is returned to you in more rapid progress and less lessons (some schools don't want this ;-).
Trainer kites are fun to fly on the beach in light winds, especially if you have a mate with one also, then the fun really begins. Once you begin kiting on big gear, the Trainer is perfect for the kids, the missus, or the mates who all of a sudden seem keen to fly your big rig.
If Trainers are so unneccessary or hold so little value to learning, why are there usually none available second hand? Why is it that although we offer and have offered to buy back trainers against a full size kite price, in all the years we have bought back none?, not one traded in, in 5 years! The answer is most people keep them because they are fun and are worth more as a kite to fly than the money you can sell them for. There are 2 on Seabreeze Buy and Sell in the whole country.
Trainers are great, you don't need them, but they help immeasurably. There is a lot of mis information on these forums, read enough and get soem experience and you'll start to see through the BS.
Welcome to the sport!
DM
