Jet Skis face a bleak future and more surfers are trading in the conventional methods for dropping them in to big waves.

Pioneering Merimbula kitesurfer Ben Wilson says kites allow more surfers to participate in big wave riding.

"Kites are much cheaper than jet skis, you can travel much more easily with a kite and you don't need to rely on anyone else.'' Wilson said:

Sailing into 35 foot sets is the ``the best feeling in the world'' and if there is a limit for wave riding with a kite it is "as big as Mother Nature can produce.'' he said.

"You can put yourself into different positions on a wave and you have two forms of power (kite and waves) to play with, you're in total control of how deep you want to go."

Wilson, 28, recently returned from a kitesurfing trip in Indonesia, off remote islands that he wants to keep secret and uncrowded.

``Indonesia has the best waves in the world and is my favourite place to travel for a surfing/kitesurfing trip,'' he said.

 "Good luck with the magazine, also check out www.benwilsonsurf.com.''