TomW wrote:Will be 54 soon. When I started kiting 12 years ago got the same comments.
But its quite clear that kitesurfing is the new Golf.

Been thinking of getting a strapless hydrofoil to keep things spicy.

Golf and Kitesurfing,are you crazy,TONY

To ride waves like that with a kite takes talent and balls,TONY

I have glide and used door couple times i find glide smoother,about same ulw range,TONY

Sorry Tony didn't mean to come across like that, have done a very detailed review already so wanted to be brief. I have spent about 9 hours on the 9 and 12 collectively in different conditions and I suppose I was just trying to point out that making generalisations about a kite from flying a 7m onc...

4 kiters, demo dice, all all rounder freeriders. 7 kites on order. All have ridden rebels, edges a Wainmans, catalysts and C4s oh and vegases. Rebel an all rounder, nope. Lets see you unhook this puppy properly. Does it boost in the right winds, yep. Is it a kite just for the waves, nope. Ride one ...

Review gels well with Leepasty review a KSP rider,very few kites jump as well as rebel,rebel prob a better all rounder,dice better wave only kite,got to try,dice looks so like vegas,TONY

Nyad swims from cuba to florida 65 years young very inspiring,go for it as she said nothing is impossible,TONY

Michelks Your kite area (14m2) to board area ratio was much better than during your initial post using a 8m2 !! You will also do well with the 12m2 Rebel but any smaller kite does not balance that well with Nugget With my Nugget 2013 i use almost exclusively my Core Riot XR3 LW 19m2 starting with 7...

The 2 guys who put me on to the Nugget last year both used 10's. Not for jumping with straps but for riding and slashing strapless. Everyone else was out on 12/13's. The nugget needs so little wind they used a size smaller than normal. I couldn't believe it until I had a ride on one. That was a goo...

This is just a shit stirring topic,where i kite tt and wave riders share the bay never had a problem,and it mostly waves,TONY