Have you tried any of them?
We have an Orbit demo board here.

I purchased (for full retail$) a Litewave Wing 153. Love it - I'm 95kg and can get going on a 12m in 13/14kns, any less I'm using a 15 with line extensions down to the point where it won?t fly.

One of the guys at our local with a specific light wind kite rides one with about 8kn - my 15m kite is too heavy

It has fins, bit of rocker, quite a bit of flex and a lot of length, so according to many it shouldn't work, but it does - very well.

BrisKites said..

Have you tried any of them?
We have an Orbit demo board here.

I Haven't tried the Orbit, defiantly keen to try though, might pop down this weekend if the wind is lightish

Greggor said..

Where did you buy this from harlie? it looks like an interesting shape and defiantly worth a demo

Surfconnect. He had a 161 for demo too when I tried them. IMO there's bugger all difference between the 161 and 153 as far as getting going, of all the light wind boards I tried, the Wing is the only one that doesn't feel like a big plank.

Coopslander said..







build your own I made this 145 x 44 and it goes great in 10KTS with my 17 Zypher

Sweet looking board mate

depends on what you want to do, mow grass theres heaps out there, if you want to throw in a few jumps and tricks without feeling like your lining a 747 to land, then the king gee or speedball w18 are worth trying, check out some videos of the big door boards compared to the king gee in action, I know what id rather be doing

Kamikuza said..

Axis Ultra is very good... had one for two weeks this summer.

You didn't say how much you weigh or how low you want to go.

Flyboards Flydoor XL is one of the best ultra low wind TTs but like all monster doors is a big board to throw around.

I used my Ocean Rodeo Origin as a lighter wind TT as it was still fun, but it doesn't have the ultimate bottom end and when the wind picks up it is, like all wide boards, a bit dull.

Sorry about that, im 80kg and looking to be able to go down to 10knots on a 17m

I still want to have a bit of fun on it around the 12 knots mark not just mowing the grass. I have a few different boards but nothing designed for the light stuff, which is insanely frustrating when other people are out and im sitting on the beach praying for the wind to pick up.

eppo said..

Greggor what 17m kite are you using mate? ....this will have some bearing on the board design.

Hmmmmm, 8.15 am, shouldn't you be getting ready for school sir?

Righto, well here's some comparative information for you.

My brother rides the zephyr and he's about 77 to 79kg, slightly lighter than you. He has a 145 by 44 crazy fly all round board. Now he can just stay upwind in 10 knots, without current on flat water...to be quite honest he wouldn't bother and he has some light wind voodoo going on that guy, so if you want down to 10...this gets harder. You are really getting into the need for a very efficient board ...eg sector, nugget, large SB...

At 12 he's doing okay, can throw some stuff down but not a great deal, but staying upwind in a reasonable fashion. 13 up he's in his element, then by 15 changing down board size u p to 20 knots then it's kite change time. But he does like to be powered so take that into consideration. He could be on his 136 by 41 raptor pro at 13/14 if he so wished.

From this, I recon you are looking for at least something 46 wide, but no wider than 48 if you want to 'get busy'. Another guy I ride with has a 48 and he's a really powered rider who likes all that darkslide etc jazz, and he wouldn't go any wider.

So then it's down to length and rocker, and overall outline. I run a crazy fly cruiser pro, 145 by 44 at 74-75kg, which is reasonably square in outline and not a great deal of rocker. But the length does give it enough flex. The all round is a little rounder in outline and has more rocker and is definetly more comfortable but not as good for load and pop.

Anyhow not vouching for any boards or kites in particular just giving you some kind of yardsticks to add into your decision making mix. Hope this helps along with other useful information here, except for freeze of course.

Yeh sorry man...uncalled for, my apologies Mr Freeze.

Thanks for that Eppo, a lot to think about and go through!

Plummet, how much does a board like that cost to make and how much time does it take? I'm thinking I don't have the room at home or free time for that sort of commitment at the moment, I would like to in a couple of years though!

Greggor said..

Thanks for that Eppo, a lot to think about and go through!

Plummet, how much does a board like that cost to make and how much time does it take? I'm thinking I don't have the room at home or free time for that sort of commitment at the moment, I would like to in a couple of years though!

Don't bother trying to make one, unless you have nothing better to do than look at forums 25 times a day

We are selling off a few NEW LW TT's as we can't seem to give them away in WA

2014 Crazy Fly Cruiser Pro $650
2014 Axis Patrol $590
2014 Liquid Force Overdrive $590

Coopslander said..
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build your own I made this 145 x 44 and it goes great in 10KTS with my 17 Zypher

... that is a lovely looking board,,, nice one dude!

Patrol isn't a 2014 board... Ultra is full carbon and replaced it this year. IIRC since I got my Limited I have just forgotten everything Adrian said, cos I was too happy riding it