Hi Infinidie,

We regularly use our kiteboards to wakeboard behind my boat in Winter. It is still fun but doesn't work as well as a wakeboard.

Kiteboards don't have the rocker necessary to allow you to pop easily and release from the water. The fins on Kiteboards are too big in general.

If you only wakeboard once in a blue moon, your kiteboard will be fine for basic carving, and wake jumping, but if you are serious about going behind a boat, then you should get the boots and the proper board.

Cheers,

DM

INfiniDIE said...

Cheers DM, solid info as always.

No worries mate,

Having said all that above ^^^ I would like to try the new Cardboards Tempo out behind my boat, it has a fair bit more rocker than most kiteboards which are usually flat through the centre to give good upwind performance so it should, in theory, pop better and be more fun behind the boat. I'll let you know after next winter ;-)

It still doesn't have as much rocker as a wakeboard, but a good compromise from a kiteboard.

DM

AKSonline said...

INfiniDIE said...

Cheers DM, solid info as always.

No worries mate,

Having said all that above ^^^ I would like to try the new Cardboards Tempo out behind my boat, it has a fair bit more rocker than most kiteboards which are usually flat through the centre to give good upwind performance so it should, in theory, pop better and be more fun behind the boat. I'll let you know after next winter ;-)

It still doesn't have as much rocker as a wakeboard, but a good compromise from a kiteboard.

DM

My new tempo doesn't have as much rocker as my nobile NHP which i have tried behind a boat. The NHP did work but not that well compared to a wakeboard.

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