blade Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 i am going to Learn to kitesurf in the next few weeks, and was wondering if the 148 is a good begginners board? I weigh 11stone and probably be using it with a 11 or 13m Bomba in average wind conditions cheers for your help Blade Quote
BigKahuna Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 i am going to Learn to kitesurf in the next few weeks, and was wondering if the 148 is a good begginners board? I weigh 11stone and probably be using it with a 11 or 13m Bomba in average wind conditions cheers for your help Blade Not sure what 11 stone is in pounds (hey, I live in Hawaii), but the Litewaves are great boards. Super durable. I suspect that a 148 may be a bit too small to start, and you might want to borrow a big board for a while to get started. For my weight (240 lbs, 110 kg, a whole bunch of big stones), the 148 is my "fully powered" board. For my wife (105 lbs, 45 kg, a couple of little stones), a 148 is a "underpowered, lightwind board". BTW, the 2003's are great boards too. The camber is a bit less and they weight a small amount more, but if you can find one for a good deal they're worth a try. All the best, Paul Quote
8015 Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 14 pounds in a stone, 112 pounds in a hundredweight. Blade is 154 pounds, 70kg, you are 17stone 2, it's not polite to mention a womans weight (or so I'm told) so I'll let you calculate your wifes for yourself So presumably as Blade fits in the middle, it will be somewhere between an overpowered day and an underpowered day board, or maybe about right???? Personally I'm around 100kg and I'm trying to learn on a 170 (or 1700 in proper units) and find it sinks quite easily in light winds, reckon it should be OK when I can match good wind strength and direction with a day I can get to the coast! Do you get many brits learning to kitesurf in Hawaii???? JIM Quote
the_lone_wolf Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 i weight 10st and i'm learning just fine (upwind and jumps on 3rd session) on a 141/41cm board:) Quote
spooky Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 Theres a nice 03 158 Litewave on here which will be more than up to teh job, nice large planing surface for light winds/novice yet due to wake edges and flex of deck it will handle alot more wind than a traditional contructed same size board. Oh yes and tehy are bomb proof Jon Quote
BigKahuna Posted June 16, 2004 Report Posted June 16, 2004 14 pounds in a stone, 112 pounds in a hundredweight. Stones, kilo grams, and now hundredweight? Jeez, you need a college degree just to figure out how much you weigh over there! Do you get many brits learning to kitesurf in Hawaii???? Not many come here to learn. Most of the beginners are from the US mainland. The Euro tourists here have kind of a bad rep here. Don't know where they learned to kite, but they have a rep for being amongst the most reckless and least respectful. As for brits, there are several transplants who now call this place home, but most of the tourists are Euros and US mainlanders. Theres a nice 03 158 Litewave on here which will be more than up to teh job Yeah, it'd be better in the beginning than the 148, and would make a great lightwind board later on. Personally, I like the 03's better than the 04's. I don't buy into this "deep camber" baloney, the boards I make for myself have flat bottoms, 4 fins and work great. Plus the 03 is blue while the 04 is purple (yuch...). Still, I'd borrow a -really- big board for your first couple of sessions. A surfboard with some footstraps will work fine. You don't want to buy something like this, since you'll outgrow it after a couple of sessions, it just makes coordinating the kite stuff with the board stuff easier... JMHO. Paul Quote
blade Posted June 16, 2004 Author Report Posted June 16, 2004 thanks for the advice, i am going to borrow a friends board at first, ones of thoses real big ones ie 200cm, that should get me going, then after a few weeks, i probably get a shorter board, neither the 148 or 158 twin tip which should keep me going for a bit, hopefully get me jumping and riding upwind etc. If anyone knows of any good beginner boards around 150 - 160, please let me know. Quote
Tom S1599968609 Posted June 17, 2004 Report Posted June 17, 2004 Hi Blade, I have a 6 month old litewave 158 (2003) board for sale. It's in very good condition and has only had light use and would be a perfect first board for you. Looking for £300 ono. The board includes butterfly pro bindings. Mail me t.slater@shu.ac.uk if you want some pictures of the board! Tom Quote
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