Yes! I've come home from a session and checked the wind meter, and sometimes there are spikes of 50-70 knot winds after I've left.Toby wrote:in summer time you need a big kite in FL. Winds are light. Hydrofoil the the way to go during summer.
When going out, be very careful with storm fronts...you will see the massive squalls...don't let them come too close, they are everything but harmless !!!
Also done the thing where you land a jump and get shocked. That was a bit scary.
I'm looking at my logs from May. This is in Boca Raton, about an hour up the coast from Miami, but these conditions are generally the same or very similar in most of the state, even on the west coast.wallhalla wrote:Thanks FLandOBX, for the answer.
12 is just a nice size to travel and as it a Flysufer I don't need to bring a pump either
19 is, even as a Flysrufer quite a pack. But I will try what i can squeese into my bag. another option would a 14m tube kite, but that takes as much as the 19.
So wind proabilityi higher in the keys?
Or would you recommend just to bring an iSUP as alternative?
thanks and regards
2015: I kited 2 times, 11-14 knots and 11-12 knots. Decent waves though, surfed a lot.
2014: I kited 10 times, all different 12m conditions from 10-20 knots and one session on a 9m in 18-25 kn.
2013: I kited 9 times, few sessions 10-14 knots, few 15-18, and one 25-30 knots with 12-14 ft waves
Hope that helps a bit. The 19m would be the safest bet if you definitely want to kite while you're here, but 12 might be doable. There are a LOT of days in FL that are like 8-12/13/14 knots or so that would be pretty fun on a foil but not enough for a 12m + twintip (we walk back upwind a lot). I'm 65 kgs.