hi.my girlfriend wants to learn kiteboarding, but she is afraid about sharks..i'm looking for a good school, cheap, and where lessons are given into shallow water. Thanks.
if she is afraid of sharks then best move to another country and get lessons as we have white pointers in the ocean and also bull sharks in the river . No where is safe in the metro area
Also lots of sharks outside of Metro area but nobody is spotting them on a day-to-day basis so one doesn't know if they are around or not until ...
Mate try elemental or SOS and ask for lesson's in the River. Its shallow and little chance of sharks.
I just took some lessons with soulkite and i found they were the cheapest, i tried all the kite schools near perth. i took 5 hours for $300 and they took me to the swan river. padrino you should check the website, www.soulkiteaustralia.com
you should try these guys your girlfriend will have a good time
hey you should give Gwen a call at perth kitesurfing school, there really nice guys there & will get the ladie up & running in no time, best price around. My mate just went with them & go on really well. good luck.
heres there web site perthkitesurfingschool.com.au/
Just think for a second, your girlfriends got a 8m in the sky, something happens, instructor does'nt react in time, jo public is taken out by a out of control kite,
question 1. Who gets sued
question 2. who gets bad publicity
I don't think there's been a fatal shark attack in the river for about 50 years, so you chances of getting eaten there are pretty slim. But like someone said, those radio helmets are the go. You'll get twice as much learning in per lesson as someone that doesn't have one.
Dazza
thanks everyone for your answer..i checked all the websites, and i just book with a school. ii will
let u know if my girlfriend has been biten by a shark:)
For you (not your missus)
www.abc.net.au/news/2011-02-25/bull-sharks-found-in-the-swan-river/1958162
www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/swanbourne-angler-lands-3m-tiger-shark-ng-deb7de3ad17506eda01fad55fc163fcb
If I were a learner right now I'd be nervous body dragging..
Try the school in Safety bay,the water is pretty shallow there.
I am not sure about the name, I mean the school right in front of the pond.
Maybe the name is WA kite or something.
Jason from West Oz runs the lessons down at Safety Bay, they seem to be switched on, they even carry the kite back sometimes. They use the headsets and the water is nice, shallow and warm.
If you're worried about sharks, they'll probably go for me as I teabag further out after stacking (these stacks happen a lot, maybe I should have some lessons)
hey
if your GF is on face book get her to add www.facebook.com/groups/wackwack/
We're a girls kiting group. It's a great way to help her ease into kiting by being around other female kiters. Also one of our admins is just as scared of sharks :)
Also she can ask questions of other kiters.
Cheers
little o
p.s. we have a camping weekend on the long weekend in lancelin
http://www.soulkiteaustralia.com/about-us.html
This is directly lifted from their website:
These locations are great place to learn kiteboarding, with wide beaches, windy almost every day between november to june.
An interesting comment from the operators of a Perth/Fremantle kite school. My experience as a kiter in Perth is that the windy season pretty much dies in late Feb/early March and winter storms don't really kick in until July (and winter isn't the best time of year to teach/learn....)
So how the **** does this school intend to teach "almost every day between november & june..."
To say nothing about teaching at Pelican Point. One can only wonder about the level of their local knowledge.....
perthkitesurfingschool.com.au/lessons/
these guys are excellent, really helpful, gave my partener the tips that i couldn't
if your struggling they break it back to the basics.
and very cost effective
^^^^^^^^ think you might want to try a different name, they were'nt ligit and their name was to close to a LIGIT kiteschool, the powers that be have done there job 
so rumour has it !!!!!!!!!!!!
does it really matter? as long as are teaching the correct method and safely whats your problem, far better than many other monkey shows i have seen in the city
Hi Padrino,
If you really loved your girlfriend, you wouldn't be looking for the cheapest kite school in Perth, you would be looking for the best.
Try buying her the cheapest engagement ring in Perth and see how well that goes down, or buy her the cheapest car or cheapest anything for that matter.
Good luck with that 
DM
Cheap and nasty.....its a saying for a reason.
Confidence will come with a school with friendly and experienced instructors
Helmets with radio
A boat to do rescues if needed
I went with aks and couldnt fault them. Also they have a female instructor.
What don't you guys think that cheapest means its a few dollars cheaper than most, he's not asking for a lesson based on $10p/h, but thats prob what most are prob paying the instructor when you sit and work out the houly rate form the time they start to finish.
