WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT CRAP WINDS FOR MONTHS NOW WITH ONLY THE OCCASIONAL, SHORT GOOD WINDY PERIOD. I ORDERED ONE OF THESE FOR STOCK IN THE SHOP AND WHEN IT WAS DELIVERED IT WAS 8-12 MPH NNW. I BUILT IT UP AND WENT TO THE HO! COLIN WAS ALREADY OUT WITH HIS MASSIVE FLYSURFER AND BIG LOW WIND BOARD AND LOOKING GOOD. I PUMPED UP THE AIRUSH LITHIUM 12 M AND TOOK MY NORMAL 130 KITEMARE BOARD. I GOT GOING THEN THE WIND DIED SOME MORE. EVEN COLIN WAS NOT GOING TOO WELL (AND HE IS A LEGEND HERE WITH HIS BIG FLYSURFER!). I RAN TO THE VAN AND UNLEASHED THE "GLIDE" (NEED SOME DRAMATIC MUSIC AT THIS POINT!). I WAS STRAIGHT UP AND IT FELT VERY SMOOTH, THE KITE MADE ITS OWN WIND AND IN SECONDS I WAS CRUISING AT A REASONABLE SPEED. AFTER A FEW RUNS I GOT USED TO THE BOARD AND TRIED A FEW THINGS WITH IT. JUMPS WERE INTERESTING AS WITH SUCH SMALL FINS AT FIRST IT KEPT SKIPPING OUT FROM UNDER ME ON THE LANDINGS! IT HAD SUCH A BIG SURFACE AREA IT WAS LIKE LANDING A DOOR! BACK LOOPS WERE A NIGHTMARE, BOARD WAS BIG TO GET OVER THE HEAD AND WIND BY NOW WAS ONLY 8MPH! GAVE UP ON THE FREESTYLE THEN!
I LOVED THE BOARD THOUGH, IT GOT ME RIDING WHEN ALL AROUND HAD STOPPED (LIKE IT SAID IT WOULD!), GOT ME UP WIND REALLY EASILY EVEN IN 8 MPH BUT WAS RUBBISH FOR FREESTYLE AND WASN'T TOO GOOD IN THE WAVES. I GUESS THIS BOARD IS DESIGNED TO RIDE WHEN THE KITE CAN HARDLY FLY, THIS IT DOES EXTREMELY WELL BUT ITS NOT DESIGNED FOR FREESTYLE OR WAVES! I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO PLAYING WITH IT MORE AS IT IS A VERY LOOSE BOARD SO I GUESS OPENS A NEW CAN OF WORMS ON THE TRICKS SIDE OF THINGS!!
YOU WOULDN'T WANT THIS AS YOUR MAIN BOARD AS ITS LIMITED TO WHAT IT CAN DO AND DOES GET OVERPOWERED QUICKLY. AS A SECOND BOARD FOR THE LOW WIND DAYS, FANTASTIC. I INTEND TO CARRY ONE OF THESE IN THE VAN NOW JUST FOR DAYS LIKE YESTERDAY SO I CAN STILL GET MY KITEFIX TO SOOTH MY ADDICTION EVEN WHEN VERY LIGHT SEA BREEZES...

UPDATE-WITH SOME PRACTISE THIS BOARD JUMPS OKAY, SURFS WELL AND BACK LOOPS JUST FINE!! EVEN IN LIGHT WINDS!! SOME MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WANT TO BURN MY KITE AND BREAK THIS BOARD...ALL AROUND ARE STATIONARY AND IM STILL PULLING OFF TRICKS! SICK BOARD!!