You know the rule ..........


If you take just the 8m it will be 15-19knots all week

If you take just the 12m it will be 25-30 knots all week


Take Both !!

My luggage tips for taking both kites......

Take the 12m as carry on luggage (backpack)

You are also entitled to take a suit bag in addition to the backpack as carry on luggage. Put your 8m in that.
Also handy for putting wetsuits in etc for colder climates.

If your luggage is still overweight, here's a solution. Quite often you have to take your board bag to an over sized luggage area. Do your normal check in / weigh in, and lets say you are 2kg over. Say you will leave stuff out, take out your harness etc, weigh it again until you are under. They then say "please take your board to the oversize area".

On your way over, chuck the gear back in, hand it over. Done. There is no second weigh in check. Quite funny really.

Now you have all your gear and all the luggage you need.

Obviously you can also pay for extra luggage (cheaper in advance) but where's the fun in that.

good tip to make your kites smaller is to roll as tight as possible then wrap them tightly with cling wrap, i've had 3 kites in 1 kite bag before

good idea to carry the kite as carry on as they give you 7kg but rarely check. A normal kite + bag weighs about 5kg... Just roll it up as small as you can and do up the cinch straps as tight as. If you have other cr@p for the plane, get a plastic duty free bag or similar or use a laptop bag or man-purse as you can generally take one of them on as well

Also, depending on who you fly, you should get an allowance 5-10kg for sporting goods. Just use a golf bag or coffin bag and chuck everything in. If the weight is tight, just take your gear and a couple of t-shirts and boardshorts and you'll stay underweight. a coffin bag with 2 kites, board harness and bar should be close on 20kg. buy clothes at destination and bring them back because they usually don't hit you for oversize leaving the islands.....freight coming back is usually negligeable.

Check the rules on the airlines' websites and ring them for clarification. 20kg is a ridiculously low allowance these days especially if you're bringing toys, so use their rules against them to make sure you don't get slugged for overage.