One of my kitesurfing buddies sent me a link to this article on a new type of kite that has been designed for Stand Up Paddleboards. Its a very large kite; 17m, and is a 2 line design. Apparently its meant for low winds in the 5-15 mph range.
Edit, Make that NO depower hmm I would like to own one though It would have to be cheap as its very limited, And i would nned to have a real crap day to even consider taking a 17m kite out.
ya, ive tried it, with my old two line foils.. it works, sort of, and its kinda fun to try, a little, on desperate days... but cant see why anyone would spend that kind of money on a kite like that, for doing that. ??
Kiting with a big board is loads of fun. I learned on a 9' mal with a 4m foil. I have a 7'3" quad superfish and that thing can match a raceboard for upwind and is way more fun downwind.
Dunno if I would spend $1500 on a purpose built 17m kite for SUP kiting. A small kite is easy to fly and I've already got one.
I would be a bit worried about getting powered up with a kite and a SUP. Not sure the board would handle the edging load. Think of the load of doing a hard bottom turn and maintaining that position for 10-15 minutes at a time.
