Hi folks,
I'm moving from Ireland to Perth this coming Oct for the next year and am so stoked I can't wait!!
I've read all about the spots in Perth and it sounds like a kiters and surfers paradise!
First of all a little background info:
195cm tall and 98KGS wet. Describe myself as intermediate kiter. Ride a 136x42cm board. Into flatwater freeriding but interested in getting into waves also.
My question however is what kite to bring with initially? I was thinking 10.5 08 Naish cult would do as a one kite quiver initially and maybe expand from there? Or I have a 07 Monkeykites griffen 12m also. Which of these do you think would be best to bring? I can hold to 12m Griffen down to about 25-27kts after that its survival.
Would I need the extra few meters of the Griffen over the Cult 10.5 or would the cult be enough to get me out riding reasonabe powered most days??
Sorry for the essay and thanks in advance for all replys.
Owen
You have posted in the wrong forum - Kitesurfing / General would get more responses. You should post there just in case someone has a different view to me.
We often get 25+ days, esp. at the start of the season but not enough to warrant the smaller kite only. The summer pattern is that by about 2pm the seabreeze is approx 15-18 knots. Where it goes from there depends on how hot it is and other variables. It can crank right up to 25knots sometimes it drops off. (Sometimes we get 15k easterlies for 2 weeks and everyone gets sh1tty 
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The best I can say is that the majority of days will be about 18-22 knots. Even if it really cranks up, there often will be some part of the day when you could get out. The river will be an option if the coast is going off too much.
The season usually starts with a bang and everyone runs out and gets smaller kites for XMAS only to find the wind strength not getting much above 20-22 knots in the New Year.
My advice would be to bring both kites if you could as you will get a longer season - maybe push it out to 7 months. Alternatively, there is a an active 2nd hand market and you can often get pristine kites a few years old for $500 or less, so, whatever you do decide, it wont be a do-or-die decision, you have plenty of fallbacks.
Good winds.
