I have just bought a 12 m airush one kite to play in the waves as I am spending more time trying to waveride . It's a strange looking kite with one strut and a massive leading edge , it's designed for light wind onshore waveriding so let's hope it's good , couldn't believe how light it was and quick to pump up , so I decided to weigh it 7 kg including kite bag compared to 11 kg for my t5 12 m kite and bag ! Thought this this would be good for traveling as Barry has just been charged £190 for 30 kg of sports luggage prebooked with easy jet so that's me never flying with them

this might be helpfull if anybody wants to check out baggage costs
http://www.kiteforum.com/wiki/index.php ... e_Policies

dont know how up to date it is

I've got the 12m. I bought it for the same reason and have not been disappointed. For a 12m, it is fantastic in the waves. It drifts like nothing else I've flown and is super light. It turns very well for its size.

It is pretty poor at freestyle but that is to be expected. I'm doing less and less of that nowadays anyway - waves is where it is at for me

If a cheap 9m came up, I would go for it aswell.

sounds good ,my freestyle has went as far as i want and everytime i unhook i either trash myself or my kite and riding waves is a new challenge plus its easy on my knees
ps sup ing the next 2 nights at seaburn

I'm hoping to get out for a regular surf after work at Tynemouth tomorrow. I'm loving the SUP but anything bigger than 3ft, I'd still prefer to be on my regular board. I went and bought a firewire sweet potato in May and it has been fantastic. Made for small waves, but as long as it isn't too hollow it is good in the big stuff as well. Thursday looks great

i give up on regular surfboard after about 5 attempts seems like to much hard work to learn,i might try again when i get better on sup as enjoying that for now .