Not what I'd call enjoyable

You are watching over the shoulder for the next big gust.
Got caught at Pinnaroo on Tuesday, went from 20 knots to 35 knots very quickly. 12m up, not enuff time to get to shore and too risky anyway. Parked the kite at 12, sat in the water with board in front and waited. Front hit, kite jumped around a lot but stayed at 12.
Got pulled downwind and offshore quite a distance considering the kite was at 12 and I was using the board as an anchor. When the wind started to drop headed back in and packed up.
Will stick to polesurfing in the fronts, at least you can drop the pole and wait for the gust to pass.