So I am giving a lesson to a female who is about 125lbs about about 5'5. She asked me about board sizes and while I can recommend it for men I never really thought about it for a woman. I was thinking a smaller board since she is only 125, maybe a 134? Or should I think along the lines as a bigger board like a 140? Any help?

easily powered by an 8M /10M KITE AND 125-135 board, concave even better. slick will make it too quick and slippery for a newbie under 15mph. prolly not much more.

Thanks Phree

Mostly,

How wide is the board? It will work well for her if it's in the 40 to 42cm range........nfleech's gf learned on a 139 x 40 and 9m kite. Both now belong to her.:duh::duh:

Tri, learning probably won't be such a big deal since I could always let her start off on my bigger boards. After searching a few of the companies (best, crazy, north, Cabrinha) Cabrinha seem to be the only company I can find that has a sizing chart which recommends, for her height, a 130-133 size board. I have a good feeling that this particular girl is going to want to be out there pulling tricks so I am trying to maximize the buy with a solid board, a 139 sounds like a big board to be throwing around.

It's so much easier to size for guys.

The one good thing is that a lot of companies have women specific equipment, the only question is that does it make a big difference for women to ride this stuff or if it's just marketing bs.

PKF rules...:bigok: