For me I was lucky to have a badass mofo of a dad who was a wind junky. He got me hooked early on and 20 years later here we are still obsessed and keen for session. Let's hear your story in the comments.
the sport is so beautiful, I knew I wanted to do it - and I was lucky to have a friend who told me about it and took me/ us to the beach to fly the trainers kite and the rest is history