most often that yellow arrow "but kinda grey" area between 10 and 15kn if it is a nice steady 15 you should be fine. if it's holey or closer to the 10kn end of the spectrum it will take a bit more kite and board skill to keep it flying, let alone stay upwind. there are alot of guys who use 10s to do their DW runs in 15 kn and just under in WA.
i used to use my 9m in those winds and just unhook or DW, now i throw up a 12 and have a lot more fun.

are you in WA? plenty of wind coming in the next week once this trough f&*ks right off, enjoy when you get out there!

On a surf board and you know what you are doing maybe 13knots. 15knots would be safe.

Colder winds have more energy, so you can kite in lighter winds.
15 knots on a SB in Perth on a downwinder is about right for a 10meter.

this might equate to ~13 knots with a colder down south wind.

Steve

Would you need more wind for a surfboard or a twintip?

I'm about that weight and have a 10m kite as well as a surfboard but it doesn't have much volume, the least I need to get out on is around 12-14 knots but it's not much fun.

Jim621 said..

Jukesy said..
Would you need more wind for a surfboard or a twintip?

Generally need more wind for a twintip - but only because they are generally smaller boards and have minimal buoyancy.

Nope this is incorrect. TT and sb are similar.

Why. Buoyancy has little or no effect once planning. surfboard being ellipse shapes have less surface area actually bellow the waterline for their overall size compared to TT.

Typically they are similar in performance. If your talking a standard SB compared to standard TT.

Of course there's light wind specific tt's and sb's that can break these rules.

The lightest on a 10.