hi there,

i'm a beginner with intermediate aspirations, looking for my next board now that i can stay upwind in a fair range of conditions and want to go faster, learn transitions etc. i've heard good things about cardboards, and all else being equal would like to support a small aussie business. the freeride would seem the obvious choice, just want to check with riders who've ridden them about sizes and windrange.

i'm 75kg, kite on the bay in melbourne, currently using a 12m crossbow3, and may add a smaller (8 or 9m) kite as my confidence in more wind develops. i may hang on to my current board (caution hustla, 135x47) for a while as a light wind option, but basically want one board to cover me for most of the range of a 12/8 or 13/9 kite combination. the 133?

cheers, dojo

Actually I disagree. I was 75 (80 now after a lazy winter). The rocker on the 133 is still fairly substantial. I came from a 131 thorn and would rate the low end on my 133 cardboard as worse than my thorn, but its definitely a softer board and easier through the chop.

I wouldn't go smaller than a 133, its a comfortable size.