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Kite size for cumbuco

Postby Cal33 » Fri Nov 30, 2012 12:26 am

Planning on heading down to cumbuco, I have a 9 & 13 meter waroo and weigh 175 lbs. do I need a 7 or will the nine cover it ?

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Re: Kite size for cumbuco

Postby Caesar » Fri Nov 30, 2012 1:59 am

Cal33 wrote:Planning on heading down to cumbuco, I have a 9 & 13 meter waroo and weigh 175 lbs. do I need a 7 or will the nine cover it ?
Hiya,

It depends when you come and what sort of kiting you do, but the 9m should be fine. I'm 68Kg and my smallest kite is a 9 m. The stronger the wind, the better.
Wind should be good next week.

Cheers
Caesar 8)

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Re: Kite size for cumbuco

Postby Toby » Fri Nov 30, 2012 3:14 am

no need for a 7 this time of the year.
9+13 is perfect! See you soon!


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