tomato wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 12:55 pm
(...) Small kites will be used so little that you will wonder why did you get them in first place.
I also noted this quote - tomato, sorry, but this statement makes absolute no sense as a general statement, without information about your location and what you ride (OR what you define as small kites, as for some it is below 6-7 m2, for others it is below 10 m2).
Being a beginner it is a TT most likely.
Take CapeTown and surroundings in the summer, here 5-6 m2 on waveboards are the daily norm, sometimes even a 4 or 4.5, and less often you have to ride "big" kites 7 or 8 m2 and never above that.
Around here in Denmark, we use 5 to 8 m2 kites the most, in waves (and ride something else when less wind, so not as windy as CT, we do get the 4 m2 days too occasionally but still very rare)
In other regions in the world, there is hardly never wind for anything below 10 m2, so as said - it depends hugely.
You are still learning you wrote, so things might change - you might get different boards later, t.ex a hydrofoil that very often only require small kites surprisingly fast.
Let alone the weight issue - we are all different, so a 5 m2 for a 45 kg girl corresponds to an 11 m2 for a 95 kg rider.
But I understand you, as we often reply to what we experience ourselves in our own local area, and not in general worldwide, as the latter can be a really different thing.
bragnouff is right too, that even IF you use them rarely, if living in a lower wind area, then for some it might be worth it for these epic days, for others it does not really make sense, personal
If I lived in CT and kited in the summer, I could also state "big kites will be used so little or never that you will wonder why did you get them in first place".
Peter