ok...i ordered a kite trike today. i'm not into the tricks an dtend to take care of my stuff so i'm hoping this thing will work for me. i really hoping my fiancee will try it and eventually get onto a kie board. anyway, ive got a venom 16, v19, and a phantom 12 and i've been kitesurfing for 9 years. but the buggy thing is new to me and i have no idea which kite to try. if the wind is ove 12 i plan to be on the water or off shore at all on the buggy. any advice?

As a newbie to the buggy scene I can attest that smaller IS better! I started with my beamer 1.8 meter for about an hour till I got the basics then moved on to my Bullet 2.5. Of course it all depends on the wind too but I am using a typical breeze as the norm. I have about 10 sessions with my Kite Trike and am not ready to move onto a bigger kite yet. I want to be totally confident and digging for power and speed before I upgrade.

My next size kite is a Pansh ace 5.0 and that is NOT going to be the ideal kite! I will probably get a 3.5 - 4 meter to try. A Beamer or a good steady kite is what I want.

Accelereration is incredible so you have to be prepared for it! Your first power slide in a turn is so addicting that you will not want to ride more then 50 feet without trying it again!!:duh:

And for God sakes, get a helmet!!! Enjoy!!!

I must admit I'm somewhat jealous of you guys with good steady winds. The smallest kite I fly on a regular basis is a 5m, normally on 7m kites. But our normal wind is 10-12mph.