I just got back from a week kiting/surfing Fiji with 4 mates from the Sunny Coast. We scored Cloudbreak 6-8 ft and Restaraunts half that, a couple of glassy paddling sessions and also got to kite Swimming Pools and Namotu lefts on a couple of windy 20-25 kt days. We stayed on Tavarua-awesome place-awesome people and great setup for kiting!
I hate to dwell on the negatives, but the only downer of the trip was our brief encounter with the bloke who runs Namotu which I thought was worth sharing...
When I booked our group I tried to get us on Namotu as I had kited Namotu lefts the year before with Malolosurf and wanted to take my mates over to share the experience. Namotu was full so we stayed at Tavarua. On the 3rd day of the trip we got a howling SE'er so we told the crew at Tavarua we would do a downwinder to Namotu and kite Namotu Lefts. They said no dramas, they would follow us in a boat and wait at Namotu where we could land and pack up when we'd finished. We had a great session on 6ft Namotu lefts - just us and a couple of other windsurfers and kiters. Will and I were on 10m Reo's which have great top end but Mark was on a 10m Noise so was overpowered and came in early to land at Namotu.
Mark asked if someone could land his kite and Scotty said "Where are you from?", upon hearing he was from Tavarua he just said "F*** Off!" and walked off. Mark was luckily able to self land but it was pretty sketchy and getting up to 30 kts. When Will and I came in we went to find Scotty to have a chat but he had dissappeared.
I just think that attitude is pretty dissappointing for what could potentially be a world class kiting destination. The guys back on Tavarua were dumbfounded and said there shouldn't be a problem. I've seen you posting on here before Scotty so if you're out there, it'd be great to hear what your policy is?
Cheers
Tim
Probably having a bad day with his gout,or alcoholism....especially strange not grabbing a BW kite
Good to have you back Tim. Sounds like you had an awesome trip. Didn't miss any wind on the Sunshine Coast. Always a big downer when you have such a negative experience after such a good session. Hopefully as Keilani said he was just having a bad day.
If I had an Island full of guests and some guy kites up and say's grab me kite, I'd say F@uk off too.
I've been to Fiji too and every man and his dog wants to land on Namotu and own it for their brief period of time.
Why didn't go back upwind to Tav. It's not that far!!!
This is not my style to comment like this on a forum but mate take a chill pill.
Sounds like a pretty reasonable thing to ask if you want some help to land your kite if you've been over powered. A bit hard to kite back if your overpowered. Tony Armstrong: Truly a grub move to want to tell someone to f**k off if they were in this situation
So, bloke goes to paradise, has an awesome time, comes back to Oz and has to whinge on a forum cause some other bloke wouldn't land his mates kite.
Bummer.
Wish I could get told to f off after kiting Namotu
Little of topic tim..or anyone else than know but do on Namotu do they support a standar 240V Australia wall charger?
Marcel
Bro if someone wouldn't catch my kite and told me to **** off I would land it myself then punch him out. Disgraceful!!!!
. Great to be back in Mudjimba, just need some wind and waves to cure the post Fiji blues!
Fair enough to tell you to F - off if you are just wanting to land on the island...it is private afterall.
But not helping if someone needs it is a dog act........ ( No1 Rule of the Ocean is to help someone who needs it ) I wonder how he would feel if something had of happened to the guy who needed his kite landed and had to face some sort of inquest and admit he told him to F off.
He is probably still pissed that he doesnt have exclusivity over the breaks anymore.
Struth, there's a lot of drama kiting in Fiji it sounds. It has to be the most controversial kiting holiday destination by far. I'd love to see the ratio of rant threads vs normal threads for all the different kite spots, I'm sure Fiji would be the highest off mainland Australia.
We stayed at Tavarua and kited downwind to Nomotu. We phoned ahead out of courtesy and were greeted by Scotty who bought us some beers at the bar. Then when it was our shout, he bought us some more beers!! He coudn't have been more inviting. I think he appreciated the phone call ahead of our arrival as a lot of boats pull up and want to kite and surf his patch. If i paid his bills and saw people staying at the mainland resorts and motor out to kite Nomotu's reefs, I would want to tell them to piss off too.[}:)][}:)]
Namotu Resort doesn't own Namotu Reef, below the high water mark is available to everyone. I'm currently living in Fiji, and I don't intend staying in a resort just to kite and surf the local breaks.
mmmmmmmmmmmmm very interesting !!!!!!!
old Scotty will be at Mambo if any one wants a catch up 
