Cabrinha Tronic Board Size

[africandreaming]

Looking to get a second hand tronic, I am about 85kg and 1.8m tall, what sizes do you recommend?

[jms]

I'm 95kg 1.88m, and ride an older 145x43 tronic. This was the size recommended by the shop when I was a similar weight to you, and seems to be a good allround size.

I sometimes wish it was a bit smaller in nuking winds for jumping, and larger in light winds, but I don't think the gear is holding me back when I look at other kiters around.

[africandreaming]

Thx JMS, do you use it in the waves and is it still quite manouverable at that size, i.e. can you still slide the tail and switch to toeside easily?

I am on a 135 x 39 at the moment so 145 seems pretty big but I have heard these need to be a bit bigger and I want a bit of that volume for wave riding without kite power

[jms]

I use it in waves, but I ride jump kites not surf kites and don't get the chance to ride without kite power.

The size I have wouldn't plane any more easily than my old normal sized kiteboard, you have to size the tronics up a heap because of curved outline and extra rocker. The shape of the board keeps it comfortable in chop and stops me from digging in the corner on waves, but because of it you do have to size up. It sounds like your current board is on the small size, and I'd say the 145 tronic is on the medium - large size (when you account for different shape).

At a guess, the 145 tronic would feel much larger for you, probably would plane better than your current board, and would probably be much better suited for the waves. One size smaller would probably match your current board in ability to stay on the plane at lower speed.

I don't find any problem with manouverability... I think small board size matters more when you're doing wakestyle tricks.

The tronic is designed as a wave twintip, so I'm sure it would be a good choice for you. If you've got a surfboard maybe keep that for the lighter wind good surf days and get a smaller tronic for the high wind higher powered days?

[africandreaming]

Thx JMS really appreciate the info

[badgb21]

I had one for a while, soaked up the chop, good for the knees.
It did need to be bigger than a 'flatter' freeride board (e.g. C/F Raptor) It always seemed quite power hungry.

Whilst it did everything I wanted it to, mainly cushion knees in chop, I just found it a bit less exciting to ride than the C/F
It didn't feel that much loser in the turns tbh.
So I opted to go out for fewer session on the C/f, save the knees and sold the Tronic.