Does anyone have any tips to prevent kite hangover and feeling of sickness and nausea that one may get the day after a hard session? As clearly it's hard to judge how much your body can endure and when is the right time to stop whilst kiting pumped up with adrenaline.
2 x IBprofien (also known by many other names) does the trick for me... Feel a lot less sore the next day.
Water, before going to bed, drink as much as you possibly can. Half of a hangover is dehydration because alcohol makes you pee, drinking lots of water replaces what is lost.
Could always drink less?
I think superlizard means a hard kite sesh not a drinkin sesh ha ha
in which case you just need to kite a lot more an the right time to stop is when you start to make silly mistakes cause you are so tired but you can go again after a 5 min break an a kit kat Your body will soon adapt to kiting a lot.
Just like alcohol dont stop drinking you wont get a hangover!
So just keep kiting!!! or drink plenty of water before and after!!!
I've found that after kiting in Port Phillip Bay i end up feeling sick as well. I'm going to take a guess and say it's got something to do with the water quality, and the amount of it your accidentally swallowing. Compare it to the entire week i was kiting at Rockingham WA and i didn't once feel sick; and i can assure you i was certainly chugging the local sea water every time i borked a trick.
Heaps of water before and after your sessions will help. I also tend to drink a can of coke after my session and it seems to help. With all the lovely acidity of coke it's bound to kill a couple of the germs and gunk you swallowed.
Yeah Koma, i narrowed down the causes to either overexhaustion or swallowed seawater, but since i'm reasonably fit, and never felt nausious even after a whole day of full on snowboarding, you could be absolutelly right. Especially at Altona, the water is not really crystal clear from a paradise gataway. Would that mean that we are poisoning our selves every time when kiting at Port Phillip
tequila shot to start the day sorts it all 
or a couple of complimentary UDL's given by the funny yet very nice bogans on the ferry home from rotto seemed to put me back in a upper of a mood and no hangover 
OHHHH u mean u get tired from kiting..
yes its koz it diff muscles being used when kiting, theyl get used to it if u kite more n more!! water chocolate and a decent breakfast + lunch works a treat..
I always think when im getting tired is that it might not be windy the next day. And this could be my last kite for a coupla days. Works everytime.
Wait for cyclone to form up the coast to screw up weather, and recover then
You have to feel sorry for people that dont Drink ..
cause the way they wake up in the morning,
Is the way they feel for the rest of the day..
With a few to many drinks, the day gets better and better as it goes on...
I thought the "kiting hangover" was a myth until I was afflicted with it. BADLY.
Try not the drink the water. I seem to recall reading the Yarra has bacterial levels above the safe limit somewhere recently.
I my self have never had any of these feelings from kiteboarding simply cause i have not been out long enough.
It is like any sport you need to keep you water and energy levels up.
I used to get the same feeling after a 170km bike ride but now that i keep up lots of water and snack often i can usually avoid it.
I know it may be hard but you should be trying for nealry a litre per hour.
Also try stocking up on carbs the night before, eat durring the day (bannana's, jam sandwiches, energy bars etc) and when you get in try having a diet chocolate milk and more food! dont ask why the choc milk but it just seems to work.
Hope some of this might help.
harness chaffe has got to the point that i could pick scabs off... this kite hang over you speak of seams weird
Like I said, after reading some posts here, I think this has something to do with the water quality. I'm starting to be more convinced that the symptoms match a bacterial infection (i.e. abdominal discomfort, slight feeling of vomiting, etc - they are all very mild but definitelly unusual). I never had this from any other sports despite going too hard sometimes and not consuming enough water/carbs etc. And it's not that I chugged heaps of sea water, but it's hard to prevent even a little bit of sea water in your nostrils go down your throath when you are looking up at the kite. The bottom line is there is no way this could discourage me from kiting, but i just need to work out the best way to prevent it... will ask GP if there is a suitable medicine perhaps...
