With a few people stating that we are just experiencing a kiting craze and things will settle down once it becomes less fashionable, I was wondering if you guys actually know anyone who got into kiting, manage to get to his feet, go back and forth then decided it was all too hard and threw it all away, sold their gear and decided to go back to their pc.
It certainly doesn't look like any of my mates is considering the option of flagging kiting for good to get some quality time with the misses so I thought I should ask.
If no-one on seabreeze has even heard of someone quiting, we are screwed and our local will be soon busier than a one arm brickie in Baghdad
Or maybe we could burn the schools to stop the increase in crowd.
Yes a properly trained student is less dangerous than someone trained by your dodgy mate but 95% of the new crew would not attempt kiting if they didn't have access to a school
^^^^ônly because they didnt want to be anywhere near you two.
They actually still kite,,
they just didnt want to hurt your feelings when you rang and asked them to come for a kite........."ummmmmmm,I cant come for a kite cause....ummmmm....I dont kite anymore???"
Take the hint.
But seriously,,,,,,,I couldnt imagine life without kiteing,,,,,,,how boring.
Nice try, but I don't think we even asked each other whether we were going kiting. You just showed up at the beach and knew everyone else would to. Those were the days.
I have spoken to a few people through work who have all the gear but due to kitemares have fallen off the horse and haven't got back on.
Guess getting dragged along the beach at a rate of knots or towards a main road can have a detrimental effect on some people.
In all cases they have had lessons from a certified school.
I encourage them to give it another go but aknowledge that you really have to want to kite to get through the learning process. Kitemares. Walk of shame. Wrong kite. Wrong location. Wrong kite buddies. Wrong kite holiday destinations. Wrong boardies over the wettie. Serving the wrong beer to your mates after an epic downwinder (nah all beer tastes good after an epic session :).
Thankfully kiting isn't for everyone.
Im dreading the days when Im over the hill and well past it and start saying oldies stuff like...."" ahhh,,,those were the days"
Must suck when you start thinking life was better back then.
The world,life, has changed. Enjoy today, not be angry cause life was,in your mind ,better 20 years ago.
Better to realise that life gets better as you age,
then bang on and be grumpy cause you live in the past.
My life is awesome everyday. Surely you can't deny you miss friends when they go their separate ways?... What is wrong with living in the past for a bit anyway? Memories are the catalyst for dreams in my opinion.
. Those were the days.
Very prophetic Lotofwind
It wasn't age that discouraged the people i spoke to but i guess the fear factor from a bad kitemare.
1 of the girls had just completed the Rotto swim solo in a good time which in my estimation takes a bit of ticker.
I think out of the ten or so original Yeppoon guys that started around the same time as me there are only two of the guys and me left, the rest have quit for more wife/family time.. As Rowdy said, we used to all just turn up to the same beach at the same time everytime it was windy because it was guaranteed everyone else would already be there or be on there.. Such good memories from the old days of kiting
As rowdy has said, 95% of the guys I started kiting with have now quit I reckon, most of which actually got to a pretty decent level for the time.
i quit -
kiting got a bit same same after a while.
and i got bored of how draggy the canopies feel in winds under 15 knots
and just couldnt relate to the epifit handlepass thing
am open to the idea of going kiting again one day though .. probably surfboard style.
Yeah because you know waveriding never gets boring... Everything gets stale, you just gotta mix it up.
The good thing about waves is they are all different and always changing,no two waves are the same,
While flat water is,,,,,well,,,,,always flat water,,and all that changes is how many flickie spinnie things you do to get dizzie.yawn
Cool,,good to see your open to learn.I will be glad to help you get past the learners rook stage of only knowing how to do the same turn over and over.
You might prove that,,,You can teach old dogs new tricks.
Im always keen to help the newbies,,let me know when you want some lessons.
Can you also teach me how to suck at foruming? I'm trying hard but you appear to be winning at it, maybe even bi-winning. Do you have tiger blood?
Dont jump ahead of yourself,,,learn one thing at a time,
Your legend at foruming anyway. To be good at foruming you must
(a) Tell everyone how they should kite
(b) Bag anyone that rides a different style to you,, and
(c) Tell everyone how kiteing was better in the olden days.
I need some lessons from the master.
Why the sarcasm,,,Im offering to help you learn how to kite better and get past the stage your stuck at?
Oh well,,,your loss.
I'm doing all that stuff double time though, what's my problem? Am I just trying to hard at it? It's like you don't try at all and just say seriously lame obvious trolls but somehow you are winning hard out... It's not fair, it's like you are a natural at it.
I'm not being sarcastic at all I genuinely need your help, you are exceeding even the creator now at sucking hard out and I need to know your secrets.
How is that helping me? Some offer to help.
It's like your trolls just get better each post, I think I've got you sussed "Like there's no way he can get lamer" But then you go and just copying something I would say... It's so obvious that it's not obvious, pure genius.
I was offering to hep you with some free kite lessons,but you dont want any help.
