That will weigh about 20-25 depending on gear.

brand dependant also, a mates just arrived with 3 vegas kites bars and lines, harness , and he was close to his limit minus board wetsuitand personal effects, do a quick get together and weigh it, for example a 7 mtr edge in its bag inc repair kit safety leash no bar was just under 5 kg

Alystan said...
I can carry:
- 1 harness
- 1 mini pump (2/3 or normal pump size)
- 1x 10m Catalyst
- 1x 8m Catalyst
- 1 bar/line
- 1 impact vest
- 1 split twintip board (134 x 40)

All in one big bag that weigh 23Kg

Where did you get the mini pump? I've looked everywhere for one.

A= Weigh yourself. Pack gear, b=pick up the bag and weigh yourself. A - b= c weight of kit.

Check the airline's policy on the website and then ring up. Odds are good they won't match, and you can get away with sports gear or extra weight for free. If not, know the policies well so that if they try to charge you for excess, you can tell them it's a surfboard or some such, and pay a lower rate...

good advice from everyone, I've been travelling overseas for the past 4 years with my kite gear and for the 23kg luggage weight i fit 2 kites (8 & 6) , TT, harness, 2 bars, no pump as you'll always find someone else kiting, lots of odds and ends in a cabrinha golf bag. i take a kite bag as carry on loaded up with lap top, clothes, charges, toiletries, carry on is 7kgs domestic australian flights so i keep the same with international. some airlines give you 10ks carry on but i fly domestic in oz to get to sydney so doesn't work with me. the kite bag comes in very handy when you arrive at your destination to get your gear around.
i have also bought a luggage scale and should've done this years ago, only $4 from cheapie shop.
a good idea is to read the baggage rules with every airline you travel with as they all differ. i got caught with TAM airlines in november coming home from brazil. my kite bag fitted all the requirements but the guy was an asshole and told me it was too wide???? cost me 100 euros extra and i had a brazilian friend helping me sort it out.
cheers and happy kiting

For 2 kites you need 30kgs. A good padded golfbag with wheels can weigh 3-5kg alone so keeping the total below 20kgs is impossible I'd say. However, international regulations prohibit bags that weight more than 32kgs so if you're only bringing one bag then that's your top limit regardless of how much additional allowance you buy.
So I'd go with 30kgs if I was you. And get yourself a tiny handheld luggage scale just to be sure you don't pack to much.

I bought military-style duffel bags for me last trip. Got a 10m LEI and a 15m foil with bars and harness in there. Bag itself weighed like 1kg and doubled as a tote bag during the trip.

I had my TT and surfboard in the surfboard bag, planning on paying the extra but the airline let us have anything so long as we were under the weight limit and pre-booked the big bag, giving dimensions... so checked in my gear, had clothes in my carry-on.

3 x north evo 12 9 7 no bags, harness, pump two bars, board in a golf bag 26kgs just remember coming home anything wet/damp adds to the weight