Hi guys, I want to tell you my story, it's a lot of drama but I will try to make it short as possible but the reality is much worse than it will sound. I started learning ks by myself, I bought cheap equipment and watched videos and practiced by myself (I know, I am a crazy bastard) this was until I got stuck at one point and couldn't make any further progress. So I decided to have a lesson and get good equipment, I talked with a kitesurfer I met at the beach about ks and he suggested this other guy he knew. So I met this guy and we started talking and he offered me free lessons if I bought my equipment from him and I thought it was a good deal but turned out to be a nightmare. He was so happy to sell me the equipment and it happened all so fast but when it came to the lessons I had to chase him for weeks. Then, he finally decided to give me a lesson.

When we first arrived, he told me to practice body dragging (which I did before by myself), meanwhile, he took his board and went out kitesurfing. After about 45 minutes doing that I wanted move on to serious things. He just stood with me a few minutes then left me. I was stuck at the same part I always get stuck at. I succeeded to do waterstart, then after surfing for about 4 meters I lost power and I just went down in the water. And he wasn't there to give me the advice to fix this. The whole point of the lesson was that he help me with this part. I kept practicing by my self and i felt more confident to do that because he was around but I ended up by losing my new board. The ridiculous thing was, nothing ever happened to me when I was practicing alone but when I was getting my first "lesson" I lost my board!! After that I had a chat with him and he told me some people just get stuck like that and they need a lot of practice where as other people can just do it.

I would like to know if this advice was true or can I work at fixing this alone? Does anyone have any advice on how to get past this point? Or, should I be looking to get more lessons?