I'm just going to point out that you're all replying to a post from 2008. It's probably a little late to give any advice.

That said, I'm perfectly happy with my seat harness on the water and I don't see myself switching to a waist harness anytime soon.

I got an Ocean Rodeo Origin (not an Origin Light) as Mt light wind board and I love it. As a beginner it definitely helped with my water starts, staying upwind, and making my first transitions. Now that I'm no longer a beginner (as far as I'm concerned anyways) I'm still very happy with the board wh...

At this point I'm just hoping mine will be here for the snowkiting season.

From what I understand people usually unhook, do some kind of trick, then hook back in. Is there any reason to ride around unhooked if you're not about to do any tricks? I've heard things like "Riding unhooked unleashes the real power of the kite", but it always seems that getting rid of the depower...

I'm making my first pilgrimage to OBX next week and realizing that having a kite repair kit with me might be nice. Currently all I have is a roll of sail tape. 1) Do people find having a repair kit to be useful? I imagine at OBX there'll be plenty of places I can get equipment repaired if need be, b...

Lets get back to being addicted. You know your addicted when you camp in the sand dunes for days and days just so you can wake up, kite, eat breakfast, kite some more, lunch, kite, dinner kite, night..... doesn't matter kite at night. Wake up, kite, breakfast, kite, lunch, kite, kite some more, may...

I liked the Bomba and the Guerilla but they sure did turn slow compared to what we fly now. Yeah Toby would like the Guerilla 18. Floats forever, turns like a supertanker I've actually been wondering lately if people use arcs for airstyle. It seems like they'd be perfect, but I've never heard of an...

When you drive 5 hours for a 2 hour session and still call it a good day. I try to operate the theory of "do equal or more amounts of the activity than the drive time" So 5 hrs drive means 5 hrs ride time at least........ I fit this bit most of the time. Yeah, that's usually what I aim for, but if ...

When you drive 5 hours for a 2 hour session and still call it a good day.

Your experience sounds similar to mine, though my drift launch isn't nearly as bad. I definitely seemed to have long cycle times where I could ride for a few nice tacks in the gusts, but then I spend some time where at most I can head downwind by looping the kite. I'd considered getting a sector 60 ...