Hi there.. - kitesurfing questions-

[number2]

welcome wouter, what is kitesurfing, how big does the kite have to be to lift someone up if you weigh 13 stone, hell of a size & will it fitt in the plane

[WouterKiter]

PeteM:
Thanks for the update! 3/4 Bfrt is fine by me, I just use my 15m2 kite   No problem there..

I'm planning to go to Calis Beach in March since my girlfriends parents have a house that is almost on the beach  

Is the wind steady on Calis Beach around March?
PeteM: I'll visit the Surf Bar when I'm there and I'll drink a beer for you (or will buy you one if you're there  ).

Number2:
I am not totally familiar with the whole stone/kilogram conversion so I'll just use kilograms. I use a 15m2 kite when there is a 3-4 bfrt wind and when the wind is harder (like 5-6 bfrt) i'll use a 12m2 kite. I weigh around 95kg (it's all muscle... yeah right..  ).

Yeah it'll fit in the plaine. There are very good bags that you can use for brining kitesurfing equipment.

Wouter.

[PeteM]

Hope to be there 3rd and 4th week in March, I'll cycle down to surf bar and look for a crazy guy (German/Dutch?)(obviously Dutch as your profile says Netherlands -durrrrh) with his own kitesurfing stuff, I'll be interested to have a chat. The guys that run it live there but it may only just be opening up as a bar at end of March for the new season.  Wind is fairly steady normally on-shore or slight cross onshore, for 3 hours most days, there generally seems to be a breeze, if they had F5-6 regularly I'd bring my w'surf kit out!!

[teresa321]

Thanks Sinbad but I would need a bloody big kite!

Teresa X

[WouterKiter]

Pete, ask for Wouter from Holland (Amsterdam)  
I am not sure yet when I will be there exactly but I hope somewhere in febr/march.

Can't wait to kite on Calis Beach!

[xanadu]

I can't wait to watch you all. I 's getting exciting now this thread.
I'll be there with my flask of coffee and hot bacon butties.
Game ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WouterKiter]

The most imporant thing is that I know that I can kitesurf on Calis Beach. And when the wind isn't there, i'll just swim, sunbath or do something else  

Wouter.

[PeteM]

Wouter, when it warms up a bit you might also want a go at ParaGliding, Olu Deniz offers some of the best paragliding about, in the summer the thermals are incredible, any something to think about on those non-windy days!!!  Today is no wind, no sun, no heat in UK, apart from that it's perfect!
Pete

[WouterKiter]

Yeah I definatelly want to try that. But on the contrary i prefer to be kiting every day on my vacation