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BAN HIM NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this one time at band camp....
There was 5kts if that... had extreme trouble launching but once up a 75kg rider on 12m and 123cm board managed to kite up wind just fine - at larggs. Sometimes the good wind is just that bit higher, or bit further out.
I was just stunned to see that much water in at Pt Parham 
I will not comment on technique as i still have not got any .......yet
but I have witnessed the Parham crew flying in extremely light conditions.
I will catch up for a Parham crash 'n' splash session soon, the sight of that much water got the juices going again.
Fossil
I love glassy watter, was riding a spot about 6 weeks ago it was around 20kts there were runs 500m long where there wasnt even a ripple just dead flat glass like what you would ski on breese was cross off and the bay was surounded by low land you could see everything on the bottom, watter was shallow around 2-3 feet so good. If i was able to take photos i could have claimed under 10kts but you cant kite in under 10kts unless you are ridding a plank with a big flysurfer kite. pics look around the 13-16 mark i think but nice try.
waxman, note theres no sheltered offshore breeze going on. kites are low and wind was 10 knots. 
Look an 8.5m kite(ITS A SONIC EVERYONE BUY ONE!!) made in 2006 that does what a hydra can do! amazing!
Select to expand quoteKitepower said..
Windhogger, remember we are communicating with keyboards and you cannot see the smile on my face.
Don't think my comments were anything except my opinion as a kiter.
I really like kiting in light winds and have spent a small fortune on light wind kites and boards over the last 10 years. I've been to Parham not kitesurfing, but I know SA a bit, and you do get some strange wind conditions there called inversions, where there is almost nothing at ground level then at 10M from the ground there is 10-15knots.
And blind freddy can see that there is wind out the back and that there is some sort of sheltering closer in. I also picked up on the size and weight of the riders, correctly.
Hydra forgot to mention that too, as my good mate Saffer rightly points out.
Nothing adverse intended just calling it how I see it.
Steve, Fair enough about the inversion thing, but we have only experienced inversions or wind shear, as we call it, in light northerly wind days.
The wind when the photos were taken was a SW and maybe there was more wind up higher, who knows, couldn't measure that, but for a fair bit of the time the kiters had their kites low and were still powered, as shown in 2 of the pics.
The main point you are incorrect on is the sheltering thing. There is NOTHING on the windward side of the kiters except open sea, as I said it was a SW wind and the shore runs approx Nth- Sth. Just google earth Port Parham and you will see that.
Anyway, the young kiters were stoked to be out kiting in such light wind, and they did well considering one has only been kiting for 1 month, the other 3 months. 
you back
you back claim claim claim. when you show us a wind meter in hand reading 10 knts with a rider weighing atleast 75kg riding just like that, then you can claim superior low end. **** i can get up and riding on my 12m in 10 knots too...
Was there not a claim some time back by Kitepower, or on behalf of Kitepower, of sub 3 knots on the mighty Hellfish?
(That is what I recall, and I stand to be corrected)
what about the slingshot link...?
that kite generates its own wind, i've seen the 12mtr going up wind and boosting a 120kg fat ass into crazy airs when there was barely enough breeze to keep the clouds afloat.
There has been some discussion on the light wind day my two lads Steven and Justin were kiting in, we are new to the kiting game and we purchased the hydra kites from a mate to get us out on the water and learn,a solid consistant wind of about 8-10 knots got my younger son going well with the 14m he's about 50kg without full balls.
my older son got going with an 06 hydra in 8-12knots at 67kg, great spot for learning with good winds and SW on the day in question.
l have observed them sailing with the hydras and they really rip in light wind and strong wind, coming from a windsurfing background l am amazed at how little wind you need for kiteboarding to get out and have some fun, and in this case learn the ropes in safe conditions Pete.
Ive been out loads of times in sub 10knots and i reckon its entirely possible, in fact i reckon its great!! so many positives, for example... you carry less gear, only one board a vest and a helmet is required! its called cable.
myusernam said....
I'd be interested to see more photos...
Can you put some heavier riders on but- average adult size 75kilos or heavier. Then you would have something
myusernam,
Thats easy, all that the heavier guys need is a bigger board!!
It's that simple, but you would all know that.
