Looking at the stats on the RRD Addiction, it is a 7 strut kite, so that sounds heavy. Obviously if racers are using it, it must do the trick, and at 5kts, if 16 is good, 18 is better. My question for Tien's situation is at 64 kg, could Tien get riding in almost the same winds with a 16m and then h...

Maybe he was using the standard fins that comes with the RF board. We have a similar case here and the guy lend some Rista Fins to keep up with the rest of the fleet. The 16 and 19 meter RF stealth do not work upwind, no match for the RRD or North kites. The guy was 300 meters behind us on the upwin...