Utah Windriders Association

Who wants to get paid?!?

I just bought 4 kites and the necessary gear to get into the great sport of snowkiting. One problem thou, I have never done it. After watching a few of the "Big Air" youtube videos, I found myself in a trance and using my college tuition money to invest in what I hope to be my new hobby. I live in Provo, UT and am offering to trade outdoors and climbing gear/ cases of Red Bull/ cash money / a weekend at my cabin in the Ogden Valley just 5 minutes from Pineview Reservoir 20 from Powder Mountain ( both great spots so I hear for kiting) to anyone who would let me tag along with them on a snowkiting trip and show me the ropes. Hell, I will even drive and pay the gas. I'm just looking to get into this sport however I can without having to drop the $200-$400 bucks on a lesson when I'm sure many of you fine people are just as capable and willing to show someone new the ropes.
So, who wants to get a trip planned? I have weekends off and a quasi-flexible schedule with more than one college class that I'm willing to miss for this.

Email, text message, or facebook are the best ways to contact me. Please no carrier pigeons.

Cheers!

Creighton Baird
creighton184@gmail.com
806-584-0656
http://www.facebook.com/creighton.baird

Pay for lessons with a certified instructor through a reputable school that has insurance. This isn't a joke. You go out there and get hurt being taught by your buddy with some under the radar arrangement and we all could suffer.

I have to echo Brads comments. At a bare minimum, take a single lesson so you can cover basic safety info and have some kind of a handle on what you're getting yourself into. People can and do die from injuries suffered while kiting. Really. A bad accident could jeapordize everyone's access to launch sites.

Creighton,

I appreciate your enthusiasm and I am sure that you will love snowkiting. However, you are putting the cart before the horse! You should have taken the lesson first, then bought the gear. Hopefully, the kites that you bought are optimal for learning, relatively new, and good for snowkiting (not all models are optimal). I am posting this message not to embarrass you, I figure other people that are new to the sport need this message.

You have invested in the gear, now invest in yourself and pay for a couple lessons. Sure, you might get someone to trade for gear, but will that guarantee you instruction that will not only keep you safe, but will also speed up your progression ten-fold? Invest in yourself first. Keep in mind that one trip to the emergency room will pay for a ton of lessons and will set you way back. Yes, kite boarding lessons are not cheap, but they are worth every penny.

I am not sure if Billy Bordy is still teaching, but he is excellent. Don Losee has been teaching lessons and from what I have observed, he is very patient and well-skilled. I personally had to travel to Maui when I took up kiting 11 years ago, so I am talking from experience. Hope to see you out there this winter!

Kenny