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kiteguy
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Postby kiteguy » Fri Oct 12, 2012 6:17 am
I'm 6' 2" and 210lbs kiting a 15m in 12 to 25 knots. If your a big guy, what surfboard do you ride?
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iblocalsurfer
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- Local Beach: Imperial Beach
- Favorite Beaches: For kiting: Imperial Beach, Raul's, San Quintin, Strand, Pico
For Surfing: Imperial Beach, Baja Norte
- Style: surf
- Gear: Blade, North, Liquid Force
Firewire
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Postby iblocalsurfer » Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:09 am
Did ya shrink since your last post?
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Baz
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- Local Beach: Fingal Beach.
Birubi Beach.
One Mile Beach.
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Birubi Beach.
One Mile Beach.
- Style: Surf, freeride.
- Gear: Slingshot Kites
Underground Styx
Jimmy Lewis Kwad
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- Location: Port Stephens, NSW, Australia.
Postby Baz » Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:21 am
98kgs and 198cms, I ride a Jimmy Lewis Kwad 5'11" with a 12m Rally. Works from 12 to 20+ knots.
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kitezup
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Postby kitezup » Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:22 am
I am 190 cm, 97 kg and loving my Naish Global 6'2" With a 12m kite in 12-25 knots
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FredBGG
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Postby FredBGG » Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:04 am
220lbs 6'4"
I ride:
6'8" Don Johnson mini gun
or
6' Doc Lausch
Both brilliant boards.
Quite different to kite company boards. Nice rocker that makes them work in the waves.
Style: Strapless surfing with a kite.
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tautologies
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Postby tautologies » Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:27 am
190lb Naish Skater 4'8'' Well I have another few boards, but that is the one I have ridden the most lately.
What are you trying to do on the board?
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Chris1973
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Postby Chris1973 » Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:39 am
90kg and riding a Wainman Surf 6.1 (straped or strapless) in cleaner surf , or a custom 5.10x19 (also straped or strapless, depending on sea/chop state) for stronger winds , or a quad Surftech Stretch 6.1 normal surfboard (purely strapless) in winds from 14 up to 25knots.
By far the best fun i have is with the strapless Surftech which i have for almost 2 years now and it's holding up more than fine.
For your specs i'd say go with a normal surfboard (strapless) in something around 6.0 - 6.2.

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Trikke
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- Local Beach: Andora, Albenga, Tarifa
- Favorite Beaches: Los lances, tarifa
- Style: Waves to wakestyle, to g' old big airs!
- Gear: '14 RRD 9m + 13,5m Obsession
RRD Poison 134x43, RRD AssoPigliatutto Pro, RRD Waveoff 5'6", RRD Domingo 5'8"x21"
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- Location: Cogoleto(ITA) or Tarifa(ESP)
Postby Trikke » Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:42 am
Hi, I'm 1,81m tall and at 93Kgs I ride a RRD WaveOff 5'6'' thruster.
I thought it was small for me but I ride it strapless and without the central fin in light wind: I can stay upwind in 10kn with my RRD Obsession 13.5m and when the wind nukes I use it with straps and my Obsession 9m.
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BigZ
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- Style: Surf
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Surfboards, surfboards, and more surfboards ...
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Postby BigZ » Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:50 am
6'3 220. Wainman Gambler 5'10 x 20
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14ToeSide
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Postby 14ToeSide » Fri Oct 12, 2012 1:15 pm
6ft 5 245 lbs. Amundson 6 ft 5 23 wide. Quadzer. Lots of drift where I kite. Tried smaller boards, don't work for me unless wind gets up aroun 20 mph.
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