Looks like I will end up pretty close to Lac de Serre-Ponçon in the Alps this July. Main reason is White water kayaking on the Durance river but is this lake any good for kitesurfing? I have seen there is a kiteschool but are the winds actually OK? My main experience of inland kiting is pretty poor ...
I use a https://www.sweetprotection.com/en-gb/rocker-helmet/845109.html?dwvar_845109_color=MAQMM without the visor. Sweet has also much cooler looking ww helmet, the strutter. But Rocker is better for protection. Unluckily Sweets don't fit my head shape so I've been using happy2b baseballcap ww hel...
I use a https://www.sweetprotection.com/en-gb/rocker-helmet/845109.html?dwvar_845109_color=MAQMM without the visor. I also white water kayak so no point buying another helmet just for using kitesurfing. https://www.sweetprotection.com/dw/image/v2/BCKX_PRD/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-masterCatalog_S...
I've got the 132 and I'm 75kg. Not used it with my boots yet but it's got surprisingly good low end. It's the kind of board you go smaller on anyway. So you are probably looking at 132 or 135. This isn't a board for it low end either it's for when it's nuking. I just find the 132 fine in low wind so...