Bored waiting for the wind to get its ass in gear so got to thinking of places that are hyped as great kiting spots but have failed to deliver..
my recent example was a trip to Corronations, Im new to WA and the way peeps from Europe talk about this place you'd think it was the best wave spot in the world, my experience was a sea weed swamp with feable waves and angry German windsurfers, I left feeling that I had wasted a session back at one of many quality Geraldton spots.......
Over Christmas, had the best kite of my life there. Double head sets, 300m rides.
Different days different expirences
Sandgate - the ****test kite spot ever yet everyone hypes it up as Brisbane's best place to go for a kite. Oh wait - it actually is. 
all the good bit's are inbetween (except the X, soooooooooooooooooo overated!)
When I was in Mui Ne last year, I found myself pining for Sandgate!!! Believe it or not, that's true. So I guess I must be saying I think Mui Ne is overrated!! But there were great spots over there to be had still... Oh but then when I got back to Sandgate it took me a few sessions before I could tolerate the brown water again - now what can I say, the mud works wonders for my skin!! (Except after a sewage spill) I love my local!!
Most overrated spot..
Has to be Botany Bay.
If you don't get killed by the stupid amounts of stupid people you'll surely die later from the water.
Most under-rated spot is a secret.. otherwise it wouldn't be under-rated.
No it is the best place to learn in Brisbane to kite.
most overrated- tarifa. but the nightlife and beach scenery make up for the crap riding conditions.
I will give Tarifa a vote for the most over rated, Ive heard so many peoples horror stories of going there for learn to kitesurf holidays...tere are some seriously underrated spots very neardy though ;-)
Had an awesome session at Seaford tonight racing in and out off the flat water over a sand bar and into the rolling waves ,and no one else in sight. Sublime. purge.
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Awesome, feck off somewhere else, one less tourist for the locals to deal with.
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But seriously, everywhere has some pros and cons. Surf up or down the coast? Great till you drop your kite in front of a decent wave and can't release cos you're under another wave being tumbled. Come thru and your kite's in two. Got a lift cos anything but a downwinder's unrealistic if there's any kind of sweep (9/10 times).
Sure is, 20Kts breeze, 15Kts sweep in the same direction 
Oh, and now bull sharks at Nobbys!
And if I'm gonna call Sandgate the most overrated spot (and wello is up there too) then the most underrated spot for SE QLDers would be Jumpinpin if you have the boat to get there. Clean blue water, butter flat on the inside, waves on the outside, plenty of space.
When the conditions are right, it's hard to beat Double Island Point. Flat huge lagoon and surf around the corner. Not far away and Inskip Point can be amazing. Little further north and you hit Hervey Bay and then Elliott Heads. It's all just a bit far for most Brissie kiters and the 4WD access to DI puts off many Sunny Coast kiters. Keeps the crowds away nicely
Most overrated spot has to be Seabreeze Kitesurfing General Forum.
Bunch of West Australians telling everyone to piss off because WA is awesome rad man dude, then in the next sentence (well if they could use sentence structure) moaning about noobs, crowding, licenses, schools, each other, the wind, thieves, euros, tourists, car drivers, bad grammer and just about everything else.
Most Underrated spot - under my bed, where I am now hiding to to avoid the wrath of the West Austrailians
