9 years ago I took my first kitesurfing lesson, and it's been quite the journey.  I made a ton of terrible mistakes ranging from spreading lessons out over huge periods of time to buying the wrong first kite equipment.  All of these things massively slowed down my progress,

Learning something new is always hard, learning something that is like flying a futuristic spaceship underwater with your feet is monumental. After gonig through the learning process in the most inefficient and painful way possible, I've isolated some key tips that would have made everything a lot easier.