Hey Jordan,
Cj is right about surfboards. Josh Molcoy is a pro surfer turned kiteboarder. He uses the exact same surfboad for kiting that he uses for surfing all the time. He might get his shaper to put some thicker glass on it. But he says the dimentions are the same. I have done the same thing ...

I was there last year for the last two weeks of march. I had a 16m C-kite and a 9m OR-one. Out of 8 days kiting I used the 9m only once, so big kites is the go. Buserrios just north of PV is where most people kite. The wind is side onshore(almost onshore) and flat water. There is a beach 5-10km ...

I would like to try snowkiting. I am from Parksville and kite at Columbia Beach. I snowkited on the field by the skatepark in Parksville when it snowed 10 inches last year. Just thought I would give it a try . It was really fun for how little snow there was. I really want to find an area to go ...