Kite surfboard

[gabrielb]

I remember a guy in Kauai surfing (or trying) with one of those boards (Tomo boards for kitesurfing), I looked at it and it looked so small, never thought you could surf on it.
He was finishing surfing in Tunnels Beach (surf breaks were 400 meters away from beach). Those wave are reef waves, fast closeouts and with that board you would not be able to outrun the wave if you want to escape it (very low volume board), also the popup (standing on board) has to be dead on balance and center ... there is no margin for error.
but I didn't see the guy surfing with it

you don't want to end up like this guy:

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[kieran]

I definitely don't think anyone should learn to surf on a modern planing hull. That would be a terrible decision.

You can't kite the same board that you learn to surf on, totally different beasts.

[Jack1587]

It has arrived. It's taunting me. Can't open it till my birthday on the 18th