Hello kiters.

I am a guy from Denmark doing a school exchange on the sunshine coast from july until new years. Hope you will help me out on what gear to bring down to maximize my first australian kite experience :).

Been riding since 2006. I weigh about 85kg and ride a 132x42 TT on the flat and I plan to be riding the spots north and south of maroochydore. I am about to buy the RRD obsession pro (c-kite, 20m lines). I plan to buy and bring down the 9m, 10.5m and have not decided on the 12 or 13.5 yet.

One thing is looking at windcharts, but what are you locals thinking on whether to choose the 12 og 13.5 meter as the biggest kite, considering my weight? Thing is that I usually prefer no bigger than 12 (more agility and fun), but I am willing to go bigger if you have many low wind days - this again being from july until new years.
Any risk that I would be unhappy without a kite smaller than 9m? :)

What sizes are best suitable/most used when venturing into wave kiting in the same area?

Any advice or experiences are welcomed! If this knowledge is already to be found on the forum please direct me since i did not find it :)

Thanks a lot! - Greg

Hey Kurt, thanks for the input!

Are you riding c-kites or more bottom-end kites and how many knots for your 13 to start working well? The RRD is not the worst bottom end kite, but still c :)

Any guys on c kites around my weigth who ride 12s as the biggest? and then missing out on the really low days. I do realize that the much hotter air you have, does not deliver the same punch as here.

I'll be sure to check up on the do's an dont's too. Seems like you have some great spots there worth keeping!

Hey Mate,
I ride the AIRUSH RAzor C 9m and 11m here at Maroochydore. As far as riding a 13m for lighter winds. I normally don't run a 13m C kite in lighter winds just because I don't consider C kites as good in lighter winds. I weigh 85kgs aswell and probably about 40 percent of the year I am on a 13m Delta Kite for the lighter winds, I also ride a 137 with boots so I like to ride with power. I normally only use my 11m C in 16-20 knots and 9m in 20-30. But yes there are a lot of days with 12-15 knots and we have to use the outgoing tide in the river mouths to get more power out of our kites. The warmer wind makes it a bit more challenging for light wind conditions. When the conditions are good the sunshinecoast is a great place to kite and you will love it here. Cya soon

Unless you are there early this morning in the run out tide at Cotton tree or Caloundra I wouldn't bother.