re: Is kite-boarding a thing one can rationally get into in middle age?

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The people saying high cost to entry must be comparing it to a surfboard, because $1500 for the rig and another $1500/$2000 for the kite

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I wasn't necessarily saying the gear was high cost...said there was a high barrier to entry because the gear appears complicated (watching them inflate their kites, wrestle their kites, lay out their lines, etc...) It takes a pretty long time for them to get set up and ready. As said before, painful watching some guy spend 45 minutes getting set up to hit the water then never get past the shore break

I'm sure that it's like anything else though in that repetition breeds familiarity breeds comfort. Just have to get some assistance to get started.

I'll also second the person who said age isn't a barrier. At Palm Beach, most of the dudes are well over 40 with some of them appearing to be 50-60 (and most of them are gnarly-looking, tanned beach bums with yoga physiques).