its hard to stay upwind so look for something with continuous rocker, and a bit longer than average. i used to have a hyperlite scape 116 that went upwind well but it was too light to do any tricks.
if you do downwinders then it doesn't matter and you can use a proper wakeskate. i did a downwinder on my LF aaron reed 42 last week and had a ball.

there are kite specific skates by LF and cabrinha (and an old model by wipika). if you can afford it, or find a wipika, i reckon get one of those.

and wear shoes if you ride with grip tape

For kiting I recommend getting a board with a rubber surface instead of tape, wet sand in heavy shoes sucks on the beach, and it makes it hard to switch between your skate and your regular board if the wind drops, also super flat water with at least a kite one size too big will get you going upwind alot easier (the average wakeskate is about 100cm long)


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been doing a fair amount of research and its seeming like the 2010 cabrinha wakeskate will be the one i go for.. going for the rubber surface also..
seems to be a bit bit better than most for upwind ability and has enough weight to not blow away when doing bigger tricks.
will find out in a few weeks when they arrive in perth!!

The nugget is too long and would be more like a mini mal to throw around..