Funny! Not many riders make it to the 3rd part of riding smaller kites than anyone else. But if you do, then the next phase of "going a bit up in size" is pretty much inevitable. Yo-yo is pretty common and I hope to get off that one day. - Maybe becoming an advanced rider is about nailing a kite size you like best for a given wind speed when you can ride 3 different ones. But it is nice to be able to be able to have the skill to (happily) ride smaller kites or larger ones when you need to pick based on a guess of what is going on out on the water.grigorib wrote: ↑Tue Aug 07, 2018 2:55 amWell, befinners are inefficient and they start with larger sizes.
Then they can ride well
Then there comes that phase of “I can ride smaller than anyone else” that day
Then they need more and more power to boost
Then they need slightly smaller size again to loop and turn fast
Look. board doesn't use whole surface to push water out. Depending on width/length/shape/rocker/channels that will also differ.sergei Scotland wrote: ↑Tue Aug 07, 2018 4:53 pmThanks guys for straightening me out,
it looks like my understanding on how big board I need and how big kite I need was actually wrong.
Looks like 13% board surface area increase and 13% kite increase for 26% increase in weight would be my new rule of thumb...
What is a 170lb guy riding? - 12m
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