Today in the OBX, the wind is 22-27. I have my small quiver of boards 155 lightwave, 148 Spectrum, 137 Ace. Looks kinda choppy out there right now. Is there a rule of thumb for selecting the board by wind conditions?? Rule of thumb: small board + small kite when wind is nuking; big board + big kite...

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Today in the OBX, the wind is 22-27. I have my small quiver of boards 155 lightwave, 148 Spectrum, 137 Ace. Looks kinda choppy out there right now.

Is there a rule of thumb for selecting the board by wind conditions??

Thanks everyone!. Real is $500 for 3 hours, KHK is $300. for two. I have the slingshot flight school with the different masts, but only brought the 15" this trip.The wind today and tomorrow is in the 7-9m kite range and I will prolly have to wait to go out alone at Salvo or KOA or bite the bullet......

Now that I am staying upwind, I want to brush the dust off the foilsetup I bought last fall. Do I crash and burn or do I suck it up and take some lessons? I am in the OBX and dropped in on REAL and asked about foil lessons. YEEOUCH!!!!! $500. for 3-hour lesson. omes with instrutor and jet ski action...

The conditions here in the OBX are very good for the next few days. I am in my popup camper right now at 2 in the morning watching this thing shudder with every gust. I am glad I strapped this thing to the sun shelter....The water is really warm and the wind is steady..... A good time to make the dr...

I like this forum for generic worldwide information. I know it takes a lot of time to manage a forum like this. Kiteforum is a general forum. I thought it would be nice to have a section for local KBs like perhaps OBX, or DELMARVA. I dunno, There ae still a lot of folks on here!

Drove up from Haterras Village around noon....It was suppose to be Big Saturday.....pretty sad. Canadian Hole was dead, went to SDA and there were 4 kites up but that was about it, no one was kiting. I went out and struggled with a 15m. The only guy out was MAGIC on his 17m Core....Anyone out had a ...

I just bought the space wing. I can always sell it if I dont like it. Thanks everyone!

YES....very true. There were eople with tents and kids and people in the water right where I was kiting and had to dodge people....I wish they would appropriate part of that beach for wind sports South of the lot for 200yrds...Would that be too much to ask? The new parking lot at Kite Point is both ...