Geezus... it's 1 am already? AND I missed a night session?!
What a joke. I zoned out on a project and totally missed riding.

Anyway, my point was the board is much more important than the kite in light winds, imo, that's all.
And yeah, I would bet on it.
It's like the cat hulls that only need 90 horses on 'em and cruise and get great mileage.

I don't think it's as obvious to many as it used to be. Boards are getting better every year. 4 years ago, not many TT boards were very good in the light stuff. I still remember when the Glide and similar came out, then G.S.'s Super Phatty.
Since then, boards like the Flexi 130 have done some insane stuff for the low end of "regular" boards.
It still blows my mind I am on that thing in like 11/12 knots.

Anyway, yeah, that 05 SS thing was a downwind sink pig, unless you were LIT.
Imagine trying to learn to ride and go upwind on that. That's what a lot of guys did several years ago.
No wonder it took so long for many to go upwind.
Anyway, I will always put more faith in a board than kite in marginal winds.