With recent offshore winds being super gusty.
Would a larger board help? if so tt or surf style .
65kg rider .Genrally on flat-choppy waters .
Race board probley best ?
thanks in advance .

I was more worried about the other (upward) gusts on sunday. It was a steady 20 knots and then gusted to 30+ a few times. Spoke to the yachties and they recorded gusts of up to 38 knots. Everyone was boosting nice but then occasionally someone would just go flying like 10 metres high. VERY FUN!

Learn to read the gusts coming across the water. You can see the gust advancing across the water as extra ripples on the surface. Read the other kiters in the area. The gusts hit you a fraction of a second before they hit your kite, so ease the bar off in anticipation of the gust, get that back leg in a bit harder as well.

Reading the gusts is a skill that sailors use when dealing with gusty conditions. If you set yourself up before the gust hits, you won't get smashed as much by it.

wishy said...

I was more worried about the other (upward) gusts on sunday. It was a steady 20 knots and then gusted to 30+ a few times. Spoke to the yachties and they recorded gusts of up to 38 knots. Everyone was boosting nice but then occasionally someone would just go flying like 10 metres high. VERY FUN!

A 5 metre kite will have you covered. 20 knots to 45+, if you da man. Keep the board you have now.