Hi everyone I've just started my lessons with AKS and I cant wait to get going! In a few weeks I will be looking at getting my gear, and want to go through the AKS shop to get my lesson costs discounted off the price. I'm wondering if I could get some advice for sizes etc.
I am 80 kgs, 5 foot 9 or 176cm. Size 9 shoe. Will be kiteboarding in Perth mainly.
I'm definately more inclined to do wakestyle and freestyle riding as I have been a street skater all my life and love snowboarding etc. So first off, what size kite should I be getting for my first one and what size twintip.
I will be buying new gear, can I bite the bullet and get straight onto a C4 or similar? I dont mind struggling at first. I also like the look of the core gts2. I would prefer to go this route instead of buying a 'beginner' kite and having to upgrade sooner.
I have no idea of boards, but something middle of the road I guess will be good.
I will be buying 1 kite for the remainder of this season, but if I was to get another next season, what sizes would be a good 2 kite quiver for perth?
Any help would be appreciated and congrats on a sweet forum, I have learnt heaps already!
Ryan
^ disagree on board size.
If you only get one kite i would buy a hybrid (covers a larger wind range) while you learn the basics of kite surfing.
A c-kite is only good at advanced freestyle, but if you can fly kites well and you skate etc a c-kite would be fine, it just doesn't De-power as much as a hybrid. I would go a Naish park/ slinghsot RPM, its a bridled c-kite. You get the c-kite feel, can do advanced tricks but you also get safety of depower and because of this de-power one kite can get you out on more days i.e it covers a wider wind range than c-kites. (i had a 10.5m kite for 2 seasons out on 80% of days)
Bridled c-kites are not tame either. Youri zoon (look him up) was best freestyle kiter in the world on this kite. I saw him in WA on RPM and it was the best thing i have ever seen.
Generally wake/freestyle boards you go a little bigger than a normal all rounder board. so you would never go under 134 (which i ride) and i weigh <70kgs.
