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Originally posted by bolgo
i'd suggest the 9m
unless you live north of gero
whilst the 7 is a great kite, i'm your weight and unless 25kn +, i'll go out on my 10m.
i think 9 would cover more wind range especially lower end and unless stupidly strong the 9m will cover plenty of top end,
ideally 12, 9, 6 m for 15 to 40kn
Being one of the few who have extensively ridden o7 7m and 9m and now 10m and 12m 08s I will confirm bolgos comments. Unless you really do have consistent 30+ knots then the 7m will work, however the 9m takes so much wind that the overlap is really not a problem.
nearly all my mates have 9m and 12m 07 Rebels, I had 7m and 12m and the gap was a bit too big. Hence I added the 10m Rebel 08.
Rider weight will also be important, the 7m is super high wind dedicated total max out kite don't get it out the bag unless its 30 knots and over, now it will ride less wind but so will the 9m.
As 10kg heavier than me the 9m will set up up to 34/35 knots, do you want more wind than that? The only time I was out when the other boys came in getting over done on the 9m was when the local weather station hit 39 knots so at lowest it was 37 knots. Every other max say all the boys were out.
I have ridden the 07 7m in 20 - 30 knots and the new 08 7m will have a bit more power so really it comes back to preference.
Daz
