Get your surfboards for surfing and use your old boards from surfing to use as kiteboards. Just nail in the footstraps on your old boards and use that. Don't be a tightarse support your local shaper!

I did it myself it s pretty easy

Lots of board shapers will have rectangular deck plug plastic thingys you screw the straps into, just ring around to locate some.

getting the strap position is critical but using an old directional will give you an idea of where to put them, I found the back foot needs to be a little further forward than your normal stance for surfing (hint-get plugs that have 4 or so holes so you get some adjustment)

use a large drill bit to drill the holes into the deck to insert the plugs into
take your time here and mark the depth on the drill bit with some tape so you dont go right through, also drilling holes straight through the sides of the plugs helps the resin to encase the plugs properly and finish off with a layer of glass & matting over the plugs,

worked well for me

thanks for the feedback dudes.

I`ll get onto the local factories and see what I can come up with.

My only problem is that I don`t speak the language here, so nearly everything is in some strange sign language. Aaahhhh....the simplicity of Australian life seems like a distant memory! Grin and bear it.

Taking suction pads to use on a 7 ft softie for light day downwinders over reefies and turtles at the cocos

ps peli was pumping ne late morning to lunch - dropped off now - good session by those that made it.

good advice bevo... been wondering how to do it to mine... How's ya been anyways...

OK. I ready to roll except for the inserts.

Anyone got any leads on where to get inserts that I can glass in the deck?

stuart bell sails in carrington st nedlands has inserts
have done the home job
agree with placement issues
a board with more tail volume ie fish vs pintail better imho

q cell filler needs to be added to resin

So I finally got the inserts in my deck.......thanks howley.

I ride Geoff Mccoy boards so the tail area is huge, fish like but no spin out at high speed.

wanted to ride today but, their wasn`t enough wind to keep the kite in the sky.

Huey has got a problem with me, I`m sure of it.

Thanks for all the help fellow wave warriors!