Cabrinha cross bow would be my recommendation
Beautiful kite, great safety, big boost, easy depower wonderful machine, though some would disagree.
Windsurfing perth in Myaree have them.

Can I plug a kite I'm also selling 2nd hand? Spose it's better than a retailer plugging their particular line?
SS Diesel's are super stable, bloody easy to relaunch and no 5th line to mess around with. Boosting is good, but I'm not going to bull**, there are bigger booster's out there but with the downside of 5th line or being a new kid on the block (ie bows) and perhaps in need of a little refinement.
I know 5th lines are good, but if you get the same thing from 4??? And these kites are bomb proof.
But seriously, I loved my Diesel and I'm sure I learnt heaps quicker on it than I would have struggling with a higher aspect 4 line, that's more difficult to launch.

See how the switchblades go...should be the perfect beginner package you won't grow out of.

Geeza, tell your mate to have a fly/or seriously look atthe cabrinha crossbow , one of the safest kites out there, the fastest relaunch capability.

Also she'll handle all the gusts, give you wicked hangtime and you cover a more wind ranges with the one kite than your standard c-shape kite.
They suit beginner to advanced.

thanks
dale

yeah jason, but lofting aint jumping

Sound measured advice from kitehard - yet again.
My 2c worth.
I reckon everyone should encourage all newbies to buy 2nd hand.
As I see it everyone is better off that way - its win win win all round.
Newby Wins - because the cost of the initial set up is much lower. He/she loses nothing really as there is no way a first season kiter will reap any major benefit from all the twitchy little advances the latest kites offer. Even if a newbie does buy new its almost certain that the kite chosen 1st will not be the kite he/she wants next season anyway. Newbies - go get a good 2nd hand kite, learn to fly it & decide what you really want/need when you know, & can take advantage of, what all the different styles & brands mean to you.
Kiters Win - because if all newbies were buying 2nd hand demand would keep the value of used kites higher. At the moment its totally ridiculous how much you have to be prepared to lose to upgrade from perfectly good 1, 2 or 3 season old kites to the latest & greatest. From talk on the beach I reckon up to 2/3 of all kiters would love to upgrade this year to all the exciting 06 gear but they wont because they simply cant justify the huge changeover cost.
Shops/Manufacturers Win - because if used prices were higher they could trade used gear more effectively. But mainly they would benefit from the increased total turnover & demand for new kites that would result if more kiters were more willing to trade up to new rather than sit on what they've got cause its just too costly to upgrade.
AND everyone wins if turnover is higher because manufacturers selling more kites means they can spend more making sure 07 season kites are advanced enough to have all the experienced guys wanting to upgrade again next year.
Win Win Win Win
Given the huge % increase in nos. each year this cycle could work for many years. But it will only work if used prices can be maintained at a relatively realistic level.
At the moment they most certainly are NOT.