it felt more than 13...
i rigged and was riding the 16 waroo w/ lightwind board at about 5:15 and wind dropped 2 times to next to nothing.. Both times I walked back up the beach with the thoughts that I would have to put the kite down.. but then it would fill in again.
Think Dan showed up a bit after 6 and it started to blow another 2 or 3 more... Solid base of probably 13 or so with highs of 15 maybe.
The monkey 15m def has more low end than the waroo 16. It was rigged 1 to 1 on the bar (not using the pulleys) so it was slower than the waroo to turn.
A few tacks on the Monkey I was quite overpowered.. !!
I was able to get a few good jumps in but the kite is much slower (compared to the Waroo) to come back down. Would take some getting used to for sure.
All said, last night was a great unexpected surprise. I was feeling quite pathetic as of late w/ the end of "the season" and getting a good solid hour and half of nicely powered riding made up for it.
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