strap yourself into one of these.
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In Jan we were up at Smiths lake sand had a few days with sub 10 kts winds .We commandeered a mates tri maran and had a blast for 3 days .we even had the kids flying the kite and steering the boat with very little experience .the other boats on the lake were not really having much fun.We also tried it and a dinghy .We were using a 19 m Venom.

I reckon a 16m is about as big a kite as offers performance within current designs,so wide boards are definitely the way to go and flat rockered too. The Airush Exile is worth a look at 46cm wide, should be loads of fun in 10kts with a 16.

well in under 10knots, relaunch is usually pretty difficult, so a stable kite with HUGE lift is probably what u are after, so i'd say go with a Peter Lynn Phantom-18m, dont knock it till you tried it, i mean that.

If you are a LEI flyer with a "twinskins are crap" attitude,(just to let everyone know, i fly a Cabrinha Co2.) just ignore my post, but people who arent scared to try somthing different, try one, especially the Phantom if you want a kite more for lift/brute power, but the largest Venom is also a top kite apparently, and desinged for kitesurfing, but i havent flown one yet.

hope you find a kite that helps you get going in under 10knots, but i rekon there's no point at anything under 8, cause relanuch is almost impossible.

I " heard " the big new flysurfer psyco's are supposed to be good in little wind