Finding the best kiteboarding kites for your riding style
Finding the best kiteboarding kites for your setup is usually a mix of excitement and total frustration. You look at the market and see a hundred different shapes, colors, and promises of "more lift" or "better drift," but at the end of the day, you just want something that doesn't fall out of the sky when the wind gets weird. I've spent way too many hours sitting on the beach waiting for a breeze and even more hours researching gear, and I can tell you that the "best" kite is entirely subjective. It depends on whether you want to go to the moon, surf a wave, or just stay upwind without doing a "walk of shame" down the beach. ...