I am looking for a kite to use primarily for land boarding with the occasional trip to the water. I am looking for a closed cell SIK and all I can find is ratings for people around 75-80 kg (165-185 lbs). Problem is that I am around 95 kg (210 lbs). Also, where I live wind speed average for the year is around 8-9 mph. I was thinking that 12 m would be the right size, but after further research, I was leaning toward a 15 m. Now I'm looking at 19 m kites. I want something that will move me in 8-10 mph winds but won't kill me in the occasional 15-20 mph winds and will be versatile for both water and land (considering the extra drag in water). Does anyone have any suggestions or experience with this?

I'm not sure what SIK is. Can you help me out?

Quote: Originally posted by BeamerBob

I'm not sure what SIK is. Can you help me out?

Self Inflatable Kite.

I've got a Psycho4 19 going cheap..

In those windspeeds it will be hard for anyone to get moving. lol in 9mph youre looking at at an 18m foil. I think 9-10mph is the minimum to get going on the water in an decent way. but I'm sure those are just average windspeeds for your area so there will be lots of days with more wind than that. there is no one kite quiver in my opinion unless u get same seed winds every day so there will always be opposites either strong or light. I don't believe in a kite bigger than 18m as it just gets to slow .but kamikuzas 19m may be perfect for u as I'm a little bit lighter than u . I would say 18/19m and 12m would be a perfect combo for the water. the other issue is that landboarding uses a lot less power than on the water . my biggest landboarding kite on beach sand is 15m and on asphalt a 10m, any bigger and its no point to kite as the wind is too lowand kite too slow so choose wisely if u want to do both land and water as u may definitely have a hard time choosing a kite size for both.

oh le me clear something up , the 15m I use on beach sand is a closed cell foil and the 10m is a open cell for my biggest kite on asphalt. you need to go up 1 or 2 sizes for a closed cell as its a little less power. so lets say a 15m speed is equal to a similar type 13/14m open cell foil.

Thanks for all of the good advice.