Weight rocker and flex, wakeboards have more rocker are a bit heavier and stiff az, kiteboards flex and are az light az piss, all depends on the style u ride, i reckon wakeboards give heaps better pop on wakestyle tricks. you dont c pro cable riders using kiteboards do ya

some people recon u cant go upwind properly on wakeboards. i have tried a couple of different ones and i recon that u need a wakeboard with a bit of lentgh to it, say 130+ to be able to go upwind with ease. and also try to get minimal rocker.

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Originally posted by sunseeker

Kite boards get up on the plane much quicker and are designed to do so.

With a wakeboard, power (cable or boat) isn't an issue so they generally have more rocker and are easier to land a jump. Also you can get away with a smaller board for wakeboarding.

Kiteboards have 4 smallish fins and wakeboards generally have 2 large fins. This makes kiteboards easier to edge upwind.
Rail profiles are different, outline shapes are different. All depends on if you are buying an all round board, wake style board, freestyle board or wave board.

There are more differences that I won't go into.

I know echostorm started kiting on a wakeboard and has just switched to a kiteboard - he might be able to give some differences from experience

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Not yet mate ive only been out on it once and it was 12-13knots on a 12m kite. That said I would have buckleys plaining on my wakeboard (132 liquid force rhythm) compared to my new kiteboard (140 Liquid Force Element). Surprisingly i managed to do a few boosts and ride a few waves. The newer wakeboards generally have a similar fin setup as kites (4 fins). Unlike the oldschool monofin at each end. But really at the end of the day it is all relative to the type of kite or wakeboard you are riding. For example my wakeboard has more flex then my new kiteboard and I found landing jumps on the element to really jar my feet and knees compared to the soft landings on the old wakeboard.

To answer your question you really need to know the style of riding you are doing, the condition of your knees and feet, the locations you are riding in, the types of air you are doing and your skill level to determine your ideal board type be it wake or kite. ATM I prefer my wakeboards forgiveness on my knees and ability to ride down the face of a wave and my kiteboards ability to hold the right angled edge to stay upwind and plain easy. I can offer a better answer when i take the new board in heavier wind and do bigger boosts however my feet and knees are still sore from sundays low wind knee jarring session with my new board.