Italy advice

jtrashy · **Joined:** Sat Jun 05, 2010 2:24 am **Posts:** 5

i will be driving around Italy for the next month, sicily up to turin along the Mediterranean side. I only want to bring one kite, 8m or 10m?

also is renting a board easy or should I bring one. I would rather rent if easy to do. I usually only ride a directional, are there any waves this time of year or should I bring freestyle board?

Grazie!!

justin

Daesoo · **Joined:** Fri Dec 15, 2006 1:25 pm **Posts:** 83

Depends on your weight but 10 might be to small if u r around 70kg. There's more kitezone than kiteshop/rental in my experince so u should bring your own board. That's my experince travelling in Italy during June, July and August.

Vito · **Posted:** Sat May 19, 2012 12:30 pm

I Will be at Lignano Sabbiadoro (near Venice) on the first week of July. Just checked the historical weather and the wind is always under 8 knots. Is there any possibility of any thermal breeze in this zone???
Vito.-

Faber · **Posted:** Sat May 19, 2012 11:04 pm

jtrashy wrote:

i will be driving around Italy for the next month, sicily up to turin along the Mediterranean side. I only want to bring one kite, 8m or 10m?
10

also is renting a board easy or should I bring one. I would rather rent if easy to do. I usually only ride a directional, are there any waves this time of year or should I bring freestyle board?

Bring your own stuff, it's quite hard to find good rental on the beach

Grazie!!

justin

Massimo · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 10:30 am

I have got my first lessons in Lignano!

if necessary you can rent some stuff here http://www.islandsurf.it/
you should go on the "isola delle conchiglie" seashell islan, if the bora (very strong wind) does not blow, you will normally need a 12/14m for warm days in the afternoon.
Sicily is big... so is difficult to give you an answer but besides the strong days, normally in sicily during summer there is a nice steady termal wind but also there is not very strong 16knots...
enjoy :bye:

piccio · **Joined:** Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:11 pm **Posts:** 142

bring everythig you can , hard to rent everywhere.
hard to find good waves and wind for sure in italy.
many spot with good termal but usually flat and choppy.
chek weather wait and drive.
we have been driving 6 hours and kiting 2 two days ago here in sardinia to find good waves,
here north sardinia to west central.(too big too good and too danger for me this time, fear only)
now raining, closed in my caravan, waiting for tomorrow mistral dreaming at last exit
ciao

nicor · **Joined:** Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:36 pm **Posts:** 143

I'm going to Lake Como the third week of August.

Is it worth bringing my gear?? I've got a 10M and 13M c4.

Dirk · **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2012 3:02 pm

Lake Como is supposed to have thermal winds in summer, but I believe they are not totally reliable. I will check this out in July when I am on my way back from Grosseto/Tuscany. I would take both kites and probably a larger board.
The kite spots are at the northern end of the lake. Have a look at splocs.com

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