If you are serious about kiteboarding and plan on spending more than just one day every so often on the water, you should look for a kite of appropriate size that has a reliable safety release, a good amount of on-demand depower, easy relaunch, a wide wind range and stability.
The most important things you need to take into consideration when choosing your first kite are:
- Adequate size
- Large wind range
- Easy to use safety system
- Good stability
- Easy relaunch
- Good depower
You can check our store at Wind Addict for the best Kiteboarding equipment for beginners available. Here are a few models to have in mind if you are going to buy your first Kite and Board:
Kiteboarding Kites
Taina Kite V9 2020
All in all, the Taina is a perfect all-terrain kite with special performance for the waves, using this kite will keep you stoked during your endless sessions.
KEYPOINTS
School / All-round / Wave riding
New School Hybrid
Clean and Simple Bridle System
Heavy duty one-pump System
Customizable bar pressure
Direct on-demand steering
WAVERIDING
The Taina reacts very well to bar input, can be steered one-handed, and has a very precise feel allowing riders to position the kite anywhere in an instant. The kite’s excellent depower gives riders the option to surf with or without kite power. There is no need to look at the kite to know where it is allowing riders to completely focus on the wave.
FREERIDE/OLDSCHOOL
This all-round beast turns sharp, jumps high, has incredible grunt, and catches well during mega-loops. Due to its great depower, sending the kite in overpowered conditions without losing your edge is easily achieved. Its power delivery is exponential giving the kite a superb vertical lift.
RACING/SPEED
The Taina has incredible upwind performance and the ability to fly on all points of sail. With small wingtips, a big projected area, and only 3 struts, it has achieved the highest power to drag ratio making the Taina a top competitor for racing on water and snow.
BEGINNERS/KITESCHOOLS
The Taina’s performance also excels in its user-friendly characteristics. Its profile is shaped in a way that makes the kite virtually impossible to stall and re-launches effortlessly. Due to the Taina’s total depower ability; this kite is very safe and easy to use.
LIGHT WIND (T14 & T17 ONLY)
The Taina 14 and 17 kite have a complete different shape. Is been added another strut to keep the kite rigid and bring more stability. We opted for a non-pulley connection for a more direct feeling and more reactivity.
Taina V10 2021
After nine years of refinements they have created the ultimate wind machine to satisfy all styles, all levels, in all conditions.
KEYPOINTS
New School / All-round / Wave riding
New School Hybrid
Clean and Simple Bridle System
Heavy duty one-pump System
Customizable bar pressure / kite feel
Direct on-demand steering
WAVERIDING
The Taina reacts very well to bar input, can be steered one-handed, and has a very precise feel allowing riders to position the kite anywhere in an instant. The kite’s excellent depower gives riders the option to surf with or without kite power. There is no need to look at the kite to know where it is allowing riders to completely focus on the wave.
RACING/SPEED
The Taina has incredible upwind performance and the ability to fly on all points of sail. With small wingtips, a big projected area, and only 3 struts, it achieved the highest power to drag ratio making the Taina a top competitor for racing on water and snow.
BEGINNERS/KITESCHOOLS
The Tania’s performance also excels in its user-friendly characteristics. Its profile is shaped in a way that makes the kite virtually impossible to stall and re-launches effortlessly. Due to the Taina’s total depower ability; this kite is very safe and easy to use.
The 10th generation TAINA 2021 comes in 4 color options, kite bag, and repair kit.
Kiteboarding Boards
Edge Board V3
BUILT FOR:
Freeride conditions
Big Air
Choppy Water
High Wind
FEATURES:
Wide Range of Adjustment
Multistance option
Simple Mount
Modeled Internal Structure
One Size fits all
Cruz Board V3
FEATURES:
Hard Flex
3D Top Control Flex
Double deep channels
Continue Rocker Line
More Square Tips
Unidirectional/Biaxial layers
Double Unidirectional Carbon Beam
Massive Grip
Extreme Pop
There are many brands like Cabrinha, Duotone and Slingshot kites to name a few but all of these kites we mentioned before are user friendly and have all the attributes that you’ll want as a beginner and remember always to ask your certified IKO Instructor first what gear you should get, what kind of budget you have and he will guide you and suggest what kite and board would suit you.