lewis055 - 19-6-2005 at 11:00 AM
hey
can any one help me on board sizes and what size is ment for what job.
also i,ve just bought a 9 meter phantom for kite atb but whant to use it for a bit of kitesurfing on the lake next to my house.
what sort of size do i want to get?
considering i'm a beginer,
but whant a board i can use in most condition,
a board i can use at any skill level,
will last for ages
and is cheap.
thanks lewis055:ticking:
HairyArsedMonkey - 20-6-2005 at 05:12 AM
with a 9m phantom, I would imagine that you would need 25-40 mph of wind to get going on the water. You would also probably need a big board (about
160cm maybe).
If you are serious about kitesurfing, you could get yourself a bigger kite. I don't know what the wind is like where you live, I usually get wind
ranging from 10 - 25mph. My biggest kite is a 15m guerilla, and it takes the wind to be blowing at least 15mph for me to get going on the water (and
thats with a big board).
You can kinda play the boards up and down as well as the kite. If you are overpowered with a big board, you can switch to a smaller one.... and vice
versa.
With you're 9m phantom, i'd get the biggest board i could.... If you have a surf board, you could put foot straps on it - that might work.
Happy surfing :karate:
surfinsmiley - 28-6-2005 at 02:22 AM
Yeah that`s the go, get an old surfboard.
Get some inserts stuck in the deck and then possibly the new liquid force footstraps that you can move around(ie. not stuck to the deck, then you can
just use one set of straps for all your boards).
You could also look at really big twin tips, I have a 185.
The other thought is to look at some board building sites like "zeroprestige"(? spelling). Build a ply board, I built one and I think it goes as well
as any other board I`ve ridden.
Bottom line is .... big board for light wind and smaller in stronger winds.
"One kite and lots of boards!" OR "one board and lots of kites!"