Surf Connect.
It seems very obvious what the true motives are.
A bit of sour grapes
Not at all, it is all for safety of the sport, whether for each individual kiter, or for our school.
If you take a look at the coast (Sunshine or Gold), every beach has only ONE permit allowed for each school. No other schools are allowed to teach at the same beach. Why? For safety reasons. Right now, KP come all the way to teach at Sandgate where we are based and teach from. This cause extreme safety concerns as my instructors day in day out points out. Putting a regulation in place will ensure such risks is put at the lowest level.
Even though KP has only 2 instructors, one who mainly works week ends, and if it's blowing SE they more often than not use Brighton. How many instructors do you cram on the water on any given day again???
I am going to just say this issue is and should not be organised by any private enterprise for obvious reasons. End of story...
Regulating the schools is completely different to regulating competent kiters and should be discussed separately.
If you're taking money to teach an activity for sure there should be reasonable regulation depending on the spot.
I don't know the venue in question but the idea that I as an experienced kiter, would need a "locally" provided tag (in addition to an aksa tag) to kite at a given spot I may be visiting is flat out ridiculous. Will I need a local driver's license as well as my Vic license to drive there?
Mofo
As to who is going to police it, is not my decision or call. But whoever it is, they will hopefully have the power to do so. Whether it takes one year or ten years to put this in place, whether there is only one school, or 10 schools at the same beach, we need to find a solution to ensure no one, including guys like you who has been using the area well before anyone started kiting there, is put at risk, so everyone who use the water can do so in a safe manner.
Of course, at the same time, this is my business, and it is only natural that I do everything I need to to protect it too.
I have spent a lot of money in lawyers and town planners consultation fees to date, it could be money down the drain, but for what it is worth, it is worth spending.
Thanks for your concerns, our property is fully licensed and insured to conduct the activities we conduct. We just had a full council inspection 
Shouldnt have painted it green - its attracting too much attention!
Mate i posted it because of the direction this thread had taken. Sandgate beach is a big area. It is shallow and perfect for beginners. There are only three businesses in this area which 2 get along and work in together very well. If everyone worked together it could be a great kiting environment. We dont get the crowds to this beach like the north and south coast and there are plenty of older and experienced kiters to keep the incidents down. I think it is just a storm in a tea cup how this beach is made out to be so dangerous. I have seen people coming to all the beaches is this area with chairs just to watch the kiting. One old couple said to me a while ago i wish they had this when we where younger. Generally it has good support from the public.
Reset!
Sorry folks, but this topic went right off the rails with some commercial infighting.
Please can everybody keep on track (kite safety, beach preservation) please.
Play the ball, not the man, thanks.
Hopefully one day the party in question will see the light and realise everyone it not out to destroy his business. Everyone around here gets along just fine so it would be nice to see him do the same. This sport is getting more and more popular by the season and needs to have some sort of unity to keep it as professional and safe as possible but going down the path of pointing the finger at someone because there not wearing the right colour shirt is not going to help. When you go to a beach and feel like your constantly being watched in the in the chance you do something someone dosent like is crap. This is Australia not Belgim. And has anyone actually found anything to confirm this thread yet?
The solution is for them to all stop being children and arrange to sit around a table and have an open discussion, the behaviour in the posted video was the actions of a 5 year old.
After all the bickering has finished 
. I hope we can get back to banning Kitesurfing in Belgium or was it not banning kitesurfing in Belgium. I forget what the topic was about. But read below: Does anyone have any further information. Or are we going to call Brisbane "Little Belgium", and end the topic.
If you can't sit around a table and get it right do you honestly think the Internet is going to work where half the people are abusive and hide beyond anonymous logins? Guess again.
My interest in this thread:
1. It's in the general thread and had been sidetracked by people with an agenda. I don't see how Belgium is state specific to QLD?
2. I don't see how ganging up on a retailer is going to resolve anything other than forcing him to do whatever he is doing underground
3. It's clear there are multiple shops in Brisbane who seem to have an issue being civil
That said, I understand what Padi I'd trying to achieve. If I had a shop on a particular beach, I'd be doing my best to keep it open which includes trying to control the behavior of people on the beach. Most people would do the same.
Where do I start...
Some of the things that got this thread locked:
- Way off topic (again!)
- Posting of personal details
- Repeated personal abuse
Whilst it is certainly worth discussing the QLD beach issue, Seabeeze is far from the right place for this to happen. Saffer said it best:
