Kite Specific Workouts

We all know kiteboarding is the best kiteboarding training, but not living in Hawaii or South Africa or Aruba, wedon't have the opportunity for kiting to be our only form of working out. I've been working out habitually since I was 16 years old and have gone through many many routines due to boredom with current workouts, going into the Marine Corps, going to Iraq (when I was at my biggest), and then when I began kiting a couple years back. When I began kiting I upped my rows, pull-ups, and leg exercises to handle the extra stresses of riding in very overpowered conditions. I then bought an Indo Board to build better balance. If you don't have one, get one. It was one of the best things for my kitebording as it works the muscles in your legs that traditional exercises don't. It works all the boardsport muscles. I then moved on to doing any standi ng exercise on the Indo Board (curls, shoulder flyes, upright rows, bent rows, and shoulder presses. After this I found that I was able to go out in the most extreme winds and be able to hold my edge and basically feel comfortable in conditions I never would have tried going out in. But being fickle as I am, I need more. I can ride pretty hard and fast and boost as high as the wind allows, but I really suck at technical tricks. I've always known my flexibility was bad, and the more I did strength training the worse my flexibility got. So now it's yoga twice a week and tons of stretching. This is the best thing you can do and I'm pissed it took me this long to work it into my routines. I feel 100 times better all day long due to just these simple additions. My latest additions to the workout are trampoline training which, if for nothing else has built the muscle memory to do most grabs with ease. As for other moves it doesn't exactly translate as easily to the water but I'm sure over time throwing tantrums on the tramp will give me the confidence to try a bit harder on the water. Last I picked up a Surfball, which if you haven't seen one or used one is basically a super indo board. It's a 10" basketball with a board of your choosing (they make a surfboard, wakeboard, and skateboard). It's an indo board in 360 dergrees. Don't get one unless you have mastered the Indo because you will frustrate the hell out of yourself. The best thing about their wake model is that it doubles as a wake skate with a mako like concave. I know I'm going on a bit of a tangent but hopefully you guys take something from this.

In summary some good things to try are:
1. Balance training
2. Core exercises
3. Strength Training
4. Trampoline training
5. Yoga and stretching
6. And of course kiting

My next endeavor is to build a winch (I'm a welder/machinist) for the pond I live on. I bought the house almost a year ago and I'm working on cleaning it up and clearing a few good launch spots. It's a thin pond that isn't much deeper than 4 feet the whole way across and super mucky. I've got too many things I want to do. I still have a few years before I'm 30 so I think I can do everything I want. Anyway, I hope you guys took something from this. Now go put on your wetsuit and get in the water.