give it a go.. if that dosent work. try stapling some mcdonalds trays to some sneakers, but u have to be smooth when going upwind otherwise all ur fries will fall off
if you sit on the ski and lean the opposite direction to the kites pull you should fly along . just one thing ! please let me know when you try this so i can win some money on australias funniest vidio`s . i`ll go you halves. ha ha
all jokes aside i did give the water ski's ago a while go and did manage a down wind run which was cool but on the other hand have seen norts rip it on a single ski behind a kite and it looked sick biggest roost ever.
Mate, if this is serious then you should go see your local shop. There are plenty of cheap boards around.
Someone will have an old stonker board in their shed which is worth about a carton of beer.
You should have bought this:
MUAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA Man I wonder who brought that custom made prototype beast that was sold on ebay. That guy should definately work for the marketing team promoting the tourch relay in tibet.