Rocket said...
Anyone got any advice on what length works best for kite surfing the 7m North Rebel 09 in waves? Not worried about flat water.
I've used down to 16m lines on my 6m Naish Boxer SLE-so long as there is enough wind it's great for waveriding-you can really whip a small kite around with short lines. Things do happen much quicker and there is less 'pull'-but it makes it super responsive for wave riding.
I saw Andy Mac from Gracetown way in WA in Indo a few years back just tearing it up on a surfboard on about a 7m kite and super short lines-impressed me enough to do the same the next year at the same spot.
Give it a go-if you don't like it just put extensions on you lines-it was common for Naish in the earlier days to give you 20M lines with 7M extensions-good idea IMO.