Riaan, as I'm also pretty inexperienced can I suggest you might want to speak to any of the kiteboarding shops.... in NSW there's Kitepower, Long Reef and Balmoral Boards, others I know of in Aus are Go Windsurfing who run kitesurfing lessons and Warren Francis who runs Safari Lodge in Fiji (info for all on internet or on yellow pages) or else maybe give AKSA/WAKSA a call and ask someone there for advise. Hope this helps.
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