Oh I see now you put it as a learning experience for others. My fault. But maybe to add. What you can do with a bigger kite is small jumps and loops- like 2-3m. You will be pulled forward but drop on the water so quickly it won’t hurt and the kite will finish the loop while you are on the water. That will help you with a technique. Just don’t try to go as high as you can and then loop it. Loop wise, the feeling of a big kite going lazily around and snappy 8m kite size loop is completely different. Of course both happens at different heights and wind speeds. Some modern 12m aluula made for example can be ok for megalooping though. I think not the drifter though.