With all the post about people doing stupid things, the one thing I have noticed is that a lot of the incidents have been with "holiday maker" kiters.
Rescued one floating in marginal winds one day and another time watched this one guy try self launch himself in 20+ knots with a rather large kite get double bounces and dragged up the dunes. Rushed in to grab his kite and he said to me in broken English that he pulled his safety but it did not depower enough - I wonder why.
People if you see twits on the beach tell the what they are doing wrong rather than rant on the forums as the fun police are watching!
Happy kiting
Rich
I get your point, but the main problem isn't with locals/regulars or ocean savvy people. It's tourists and local retards that don't have enough common sense to realise they actually may injure someone. I don't think a flyer or giving someone like this advice is really going to work. Maybe for a small minority. The only reason surfing doesn't have this problem is because if someone doesn't do the right thing, i.e not adhering to surfing etiquette, they will end up with a broken face. People tend to respond very well to violence. The only real option (other than smacking someone in the snoz) is to find a way of restricting who is on the beach/water with a kite. i.e compulsory license, in order to kite in WA, you must do a 2 day course, be registered with WAKSA and have a kitesurfing license number which you can give to a ranger if questioned. Crap. But these accidents and near misses and constant cock ups are not going to disappear. Imagine if some tard who had never set foot on the beach decided on a whim they wanted to take up kiting, then found out you had to a course and a test and pay for a license. You would have much fewer kiters out there and the ones out there would have had at least some training. Small price to pay.
Under stand what you are getting at but the repercussions of yesterday were just fists next it will be to Surfers/kite surfers rolling around on the beach with knifes.
The dimwits that are running the sport you mentioned
only have a limited budget and time as they are all volunteers so i would not be hard on them. [I am not a member]
With the sport growing at the pace it is we are all in trouble, however as it is great fun you cannot blame them for joining in, but you cannot get the information over to the masses as some people don't understand beach etiquette or have ever grown up with it.
Never got to pass Reading.
Lets all hope no crossed lines at KITE STOCK hate to hear of a beach brawl at Point Denison sorry Port Denison
Kitestock isn't normally a problem the "holiday makers" in most cases aren't WAKSA/AKSA members and don't like spending money so generally stay away.
I say you keep your complaining post in the WA section.
The majority of us couldnt give a **** what happens over in dumb dumb land.
Is anyone noticing an increasing trend of eastern states having a crack at WA and its inhabitants?
Starting annoy me slightly...well actually not really but thought it was a observation to point out.
Anyone else?
I will have to turn up and ride inapropriately!
Launch in front of babies, ride between the flags, do jumps in shallow water then land my kite in a tree.
careful of those bogan sandgropers...lol I mean the babies they already have a foul mouth and more cash than most eastern staters. Lol
careful of those bogan sandgropers...lol I mean the babies they already have a foul mouth and more cash than most eastern staters. Lol
careful of those bogan sandgropers...lol I mean the babies they already have a foul mouth and more cash than most eastern staters. Lol
Lol easy tiger, mining only account for 7.7% of GDP and WA only contributes a percentage of that. so you and Gina aren't quite keeping everyone in Rolexes and Wainmans. I'd be happy if they dropped mining entirely, get an economy based on something useful.
