Amigos,
Firstly I am new to kitesurfing as I have only just got rid of all my windsurfing gear. I am after some advice on a good kite and board combo to learn on and progress If i am honest I want to get some airtime in eventually as that is one of the big draw cards for me. The wind are mainly sth east or nth east around 15 to 25 knts on most afternoons with a short sharp powerless chop I am heading down to surf connect next week to look though his old stock 2010 and 2011. I am 90 kgs and have been spending a lot of time on a trainer kite. Paddy from surf connect is going to be giving me some lessons and hopefully some advice as well. What do you blokes reckon should be part of my first kit. Any advice most welcome. Cheers Pete

Shop around for lessons and your gear. All the shops are itching for a sale of old gear this time of year and you have 3 shops within km's of each other to bargain with. Good luck.

From surf connect you head towrds the bridge to Redcliffe and you will find Briskites at brighton and then go over the bridge and the first thing over there is Kitepower.

Thanks for that time to pull out tom tom Cheers Pete

jas73 said...

From surf connect you head towrds the bridge to Redcliffe and you will find Briskites at brighton and then go over the bridge and the first thing over there is Kitepower.

Sunshine coast kitesurfing has recommended at 10mtr bandit delta for me with about a 138 board does this sound right to you guys. I questioned whether i was to heavy but they explained that the bandits have a good power range. any comments. I have read some posts that they are difficult to relaunch with a high bar pressure and the emergeny release could be better? But others a quite positive regards Pete

A 12 in the same brand? any preferences or sugestions

radman4 said...

You'll be in winds to learn prob btween 12-18knots,at 90kg youll prob be a little underpowered in the lighter stuff and with no real experience on how to work the kite for power you may struggle a little,i'd be more inclined to start with a 12 and add a smaller kite (8-9m)down the track.

Sorry not familiar with the liquid force kites ,none around my area,i would go for a bow ie Helix,Xbow,Chimera,style kite,if the Liquid force fits in this style then yes,rather than looking at a 5th line kite or a c-hybrid,bows are more forgiving and usually have a wider useable windrange for a beginner.
Either board sounds fine whats the width on the boards.

Paddy pushes the LF stuff pretty hard, particularly the Envys. Personally I don't like the feel of pivotal turning which some people rave on about. There are tonnes of other good kites on the market (slingshot, wainman, cabrihna, north - just to name a few) so make sure you consider these.

Btw, my 2011 Envy suffered a leading to trailing-edge rip on my second session due to poor manufacturing quality. ML waterspouts (LF's importer) didn't do squat about it. Keep that level of support in the back of your mind if you do go with LF.

Just picked up a 2011 11m cabrhina Convert brand new 2012 bar system cabrhina 144 board, bag and harness all new for $1850 from Kite action. Very happy with purchase. paul from Kite Action was a great help and even though the wind was fickle we went down to the beach and went through setup and he flew the kite so I could see how and why the set up was as it was. Cheers Pete
No wind for lessons all weekend though darnit. Now I will have to drive back.