I have 5 different foil setups and I believe the Neil Pryde is best overall because it is so versatile and inexpensive. Medium and Large wings are great for surfing and wakesurfing, Medium is great for low wind kitefoiling, Small is great for regular kitefoiling. Very durable and high quality.

10 knots is fine foiling conditions. Of course the lulls can absolutely destroy you if they drop too low in these conditions.
9m Ultra and Cloud 9 s24 (LF Impulse) and you are good to go. I ride those exact conditions at least twice a week.

Rip curl flashbomb mittens. Insanely warm, gaskets, fuzz, etc. I have ridden in 32 degree water and 20 degree air with these and warm fingers. Forearms wear out though because they are made for surfing.

Not game-changing or really that innovative but seems like a very nice modern QR/chickenloop package.

I have the velcro band and it's awesome, even if the velcro comes undone it still is a big loop and won't just fall off, although I've never had the velcro come undone and I've surfed/kited/lived with it for a few years now. My brother in law has the CarterJet brand NATO style band from amazon (~$25...

I almost hit a manatee the other day with my foil, at least it's better than a boat prop!

Just get the Airush Ultra, it's a superb kite. Don't worry about relaunch, if it falls out of the sky then it is physically impossible to relaunch a kite. i've flown my 9m probably 100 sessions including lots of super-marginal foil sessions and dropped it maybe twice. It just doesn't fall out of the...

0-8 knots: Surf, paddleboard, mountainbike, fishing, golfing, boating.
8-17 knots: kite hydrofoil
13-17 knots: kite w/skim or surfboard if waves (otherwise still foiling)
16-30 knots: TT boosting

I ride my 9m ultra in 30knots on a TT regularly, it's flies fine. Doesn't boost as well as a regular kite though.

Go ride Dania Beach pier if you can handle the drive up there, that's where I ride when I'm in that area apart from Crandon