Show Pony Alert @ Brighton WA

LOL what a bunch of pen15, you people think too much, go out relax and have fun.

yay...10 Pages

Waiting for wind.....

14. Aircraft
Except in an emergency a person shall not without authority —
(a) land or touch-down an aircraft or helicopter on the
reserve; or
(b) take off or ascend from, or land or touch-down on, the
reserve in a glider, hand-glider, kite or balloon.
Penalty: $1 000.

Turns out it is strill illegal to fly a kite off the public parks at Burswood Casino

!!!!!!URGENT UPDATE!!!!!!!!

Intelligence Reveals a Photo update for RSC
Head of the kitesurfing legal sector.

to quote Stafford Beer...

"If I may be allowed one joke in a dignified discourse, it concerns three men who are about to be executed. The prison governor calls them to his office, and explains that each will be granted a last request. The first one confesses that he has led a sinful life, and would like to see a priest. The governor says he thinks he can arrange that. And the second man? The second man explains that he is a professor of cybernetics. His last request is to deliver a final and definitive answer to the question: what is cybernetics? The governor accedes to this request also.

And the third man? Well, he is a doctoral student of the professor -- his request is to be executed second."

pity ol' mate rsc doesn't have his idol's sense of humour

This thread is way too long, can someone please give me an executive summary with a few dot points and a recommendation

WAIT!!!!

Iv got an offer for rsc.


$2000 for all your kitesurfing kit .

Sight unseen.

Just need to sign a 20 page contract stating you will never buy,borrow,steal another kite as long as your arse points south.

With the money not only will the beaches be safer(hey its the point of this thread)

But you can go back to the spare room and play with your train set in your undies and forget about us. We're not worth it.

Like many, can't help myself - as can be seen from my number of posts, it takes a lot to drag a post out of me.

It's been an interesting read and (despite efforts to the contrary) remains on topic, only with 2 threads. On one hand we have the show ponies (not exclusive to kiting) and on the other we have out of control newcomers (again not exclusive to kiting).

While the difference between the 2 could be said to be arrogance vs ignorance, make no mistake that both reflect kiting to the rest of the world (which includes councils, rangers and insurance companies).

We are fortunate to have an unregulated sport in which to participate. There are no compulsory entry requirements (although perhaps there should be?) such as licensing or mandatory competencies which are required to be demonstrated prior to purchasing a kite.

The only group which stands to lose with increased regulation is ourselves, so trying to put the onus on lifesavers, rangers, councils etc means we are leaving our destiny to others. We do need to take collective responsiblity for our sport, otherwise it does end up in the hands of regulators. If this means approaching someone to inform them of safe kiting methods or intervening in an impending catastrophe, don't shy away from fear of retribution (either physical in case 1 or legal in case 2). If you can't (or won't) do anything, at least try to find someone on hand who is better equipped or more inclined to handle the situation.

I hope this thread continues with diminshed personal attacks or rebuttals (hey even I was tempted at times) and a renewed energy to tackling a real problem.

We (being anyone who kites - whether for the stoke, to relax, for exercise or any other reason) are all ambassadors for kiting, whether we like it or not.

Good winds and happy kiting

PS - looking forward to meeting many of the WA crew at my first Kitestock this year!

no, but there is some appeal.

Hmmm, I think you may be onto something here: right department, wrong monkey.

still unanswered???????

sounds all a bit suss rsc!
good on ya for puttin it out there thou!

Look to be honest, I think this is a bit of noise. But seeing as you are obviously in neeed of a bit of TLC attention then I will try to give you a useful answer to your very hypo-thetical question.

I would blame myself for taking a 6 y.o. into a dangerous place inhabited by show ponies and/or inexperienced learners who had not taken the precaution to make sure there was nobody around from the general public to be put in danger in the first place. As the old saying goes: I just would not be there -- in any of the roles in your imaginary scenario.

Satisfied?

In the case of the show pony scenario, I'd assume that the responsible adult would contact the appropriate authorities and sue the **** out of the professional association (and individuals) that let the clown out on the street/beach in their name. He/she would be a member of course. (hey, I just love the way this system makes certain four letter words into stars. Very cool. btw: it started with 'sh' and ended with 't' and rhymes with scatology.)

In either case I'd assume the adult would then work for the next ten years if necessary to make the accountable officers of the said association pay for their irresponsible behaviour and inaction by not having put in place appropriate guidelines, standards and monitoring systems. With the $$$compo he'd get, the official (and perhaps the show pony) would most likely be beggared for life! Then I'd assume he would work on innovative ways of getting the child out into the kiting fun by inventing a disabled kitesurfing set up for gentle sea breezes. Probably directly supervised by a couple of very poor highly trained ex-officials and show ponies who needed a bit of work in the disability sector to work off their community work obligation conditions imposed by the courts.

Now off to bed little Johny. Don't be scared, it is only a bad bedtime story!

Hey, I dig Bucky, but his influence was hardly that of a trimtab. He saw himself as something of an under-appreciated Messiah and imagined that sooner or later his visions would become widely valued and realised but that never happened and it ain't likely.

He got a few hippies and fashion-conscious corporations building geodesic domes in the 60s and 70s and has since been all but forgotten except by nerds like me. His visions were grand, some of his ideas were groundbreaking, but his influence was (sadly) negligible.

Hey russel, one of you're ex instructors here, I thought you were a ok kind of guy during you're lessons even if a little strange. But after the amount of garbage that you have spouted out in these ten pages, I have come to the conclusion that you are a complete loser and I would request that you cease all further contact with me personally.

Yours sincerely. Alex Trimtaboulie