Best TT for Big Air?

[appelton]

Simple. Its the Ten kiteboard - the mark (https://ten-kiteboarding.com/the-mark/). Has an extra central fin for more grip when loading up.

No idea how it rides otherwise but that thing is going to allow you to go bigger if your skills are up to it. But if you aren't regularly hitting 10m already then you'll probably need more practice (or some pro tuition?) first.

Looks interesting..what's the flex from your experience ? how does it deal with chop ?

[Janus]

138?

Im riding 120 and probably out jumping 95% of riders on my local. If not 99%.

It is called riding over powered Not over boardered

No idea what would I do with bigger board than 120...

Probably hurt yourself..

[edt]

Size is always personal preference I think you can just hold more power if you have a larger board but it's really annoying doing big air tricks if you have a heavy board

It’s the other way around smaller board holds edge better as it digs deeper especially in strong winds where water is choppy

I think I said it confusingly. What I meant is it takes more effort to hold down a big board on big wind days but I don't think it's a huge deal, mostly personal preference. go look at the board sizes in the red bull king of the air you'll see what I mean.

[SolarSet]

Where can I see board sizes of riders from king of air?

[mr-markus]

Simple. Its the Ten kiteboard - the mark (https://ten-kiteboarding.com/the-mark/). Has an extra central fin for more grip when loading up.

No idea how it rides otherwise but that thing is going to allow you to go bigger if your skills are up to it. But if you aren't regularly hitting 10m already then you'll probably need more practice (or some pro tuition?) first.

Looks interesting..what's the flex from your experience ? how does it deal with chop ?

Been riding the board for a year now, superb grip like said here. Not too stiff and not too flex, goes through chop very well. Upwind riding is a piece of cake even when youre in the low end kiting. Had many Shinn boards before also the Monk's, but this board is amazing.

[dave1986]

Where can I see board sizes of riders from king of air?

I've been looking into what boards pro riders use for high powered hooked-in riding.
Looking at the King of the air and Megaloop Challenge competitors... I found that quite a few people actually use bigger and wider boards for powered riding which seems strange to me.

Kevin Langeree: 132 x 41cm Naish Monarch / Reedin Kev Pro 133 x 40cm
Lasse Walker : Jamie Textreme 139 x 42cm
Steven Akkersdijk : Carved Tantrum 142 x ?

[Matt_TYRCZ]

Crazyfly Raptor Extreme!!

[edt]

That's what I'm talking about there doesn't seem to be much agreement about board size for king of the air. But they all ride light weight carbon boards which I agree with. Ride the size you like don't ride a size just because someone else tells you to. They can hold a ton of power strong guys so it doesn't matter to them if a board is big they won't get pulled off their edge. Or you can ride a small board all up to you

[nothing2seehere]

Where can I see board sizes of riders from king of air?

I've been looking into what boards pro riders use for high powered hooked-in riding.
Looking at the King of the air and Megaloop Challenge competitors... I found that quite a few people actually use bigger and wider boards for powered riding which seems strange to me.

Kevin Langeree: 132 x 41cm Naish Monarch / Reedin Kev Pro 133 x 40cm
Lasse Walker : Jamie Textreme 139 x 42cm
Steven Akkersdijk : Carved Tantrum 142 x ?

Hilariously Sam Light at probably 75kg rides the 147x43 Slingshot Refraction as his boots board (though he has changed to a different board to ride with pads for board offs of late - don't know which size). I suspect this is because he uses the same board for cable riding as well as kiting mind

[downunder]

138?

Im riding 120 and probably out jumping 95% of riders on my local. If not 99%.

It is called riding over powered Not over boardered

No idea what would I do with bigger board than 120...

Probably hurt yourself..

Its simple, really, if someone thinks riding under powered will get you huge jumps, good luck with that no matter of board size.

Think twice why Toby rides small board and 18m kite.

Ask him, not me.

Injuries comes from something else, not power...You are seasoned kiter, well know the facts.