Who's leading the light wind category these days??

[kent]

I forgot to mention what i like best about boards like these... i ride in the bay quite a bit and this board allows be to kite in areas that you would normally never kite in. I can ride up wind to stilltsville, over to Soldier Key, Boca Chita, Elliot, etc. 10 minutes of riding up wind will put you in places that it would take 20-30 minutes to get to on a twin tip. I must also say that with the very good rocker on my board that riding down wind is a fantastic way to end a great day of riding.

I agree that a 13 is probably as big as you need to go on one of these. It's kind of interesting that you can nearly float on the board from brief periods of time with out wind in your kite. I'd assume that the board must have 60 liters of volume.

[Unimog Bob]

Interesting that you say that, and I am glad you did.
I am most interested in a board like this for "sight seeing" in sub 13 knots, treating my rig more like a sailboat. Most sailboats don't go out for 2 hours and cover the same tack 200 times.

When I go sightseeing, I love to cover a huge area (3 or more miles upwind if possible, and probably an area 10 miles square) and just check stuff out for up to 2 hours. Few things are more fun (for me anyway, Masters in marine ecology) than freaking out some fish or dolphins that never saw ya' coming
I wouldn't ride sub 13 back and forth in the same spot.
So the more freedom (higher pointing upwind) the better.

Good to hear what you said in that regard.

Thanks again, Kent.