who doesn't? If it wasn't for daylight savings being voted down, there'd be a lot more time to kite after work.
ah we live in a backward old place.
I had a chat with my boss and I changed my working hours;
I'm working 2 weeks till 4:00 pm and one week till 5:00 pm and I kite surf almost every day.
Not good enougth.
Asuming you have a regular job from 9-5 or even if its a 12h shift you should still be able to go out for a kite if you really wanted to, when the wind is up.
I work a roster 7 on 7 off leaving for work at 5.30 am and getting home at 8.00pm. kite all week on my week of and if its not windy where i live i travel down the coast to kite normaly, and i normaly kite 2-3 times a week when im rostered on i only get around 1 hr on the watter and have to pack up in the dark but who cares i still get to kite as much as i can.
Show some dedication and get out there.
yeah, it's when you get truly addicted, that you loose sense of rational judgement on when it's ok to leave work to go kiting... and when you see the leaves moving on trees and the adrenaline kicks in you loose sense of responsibility towards keeping your job... i just hope there aren't any addicted Surgeon kiters, or Pilots...
but if you are not at that stage yet, you can always try
"i've got family emergency gotta leave early", or
"my wife is ill, gotta pickup kids from school", or
"i have terrible headache, gotta go", or
"got appointment with a trady to install new A/C",
and the list goes on...
(just keep a log of which excuses you already used 
)
I work during the week 8-4:30 Mon-Thurs and 12 finish on Fridays. I kite a minimum of 2 days during the week Mon-Thurs if there's wind.
yep, you're not the only one 
. I tend to work back when there's no wind and get off earlier when it's on, only prob is there always seems to be something come up when it's pumping.
Checking the wind now on the east coast ENE 14knts, what a tease! For those with a desk job swellnet has a pretty good task bar app for current wind/swell and customisable alerts when certain conditions are reached.
Yep, work full time and live in a state without daylight savings. Further, some fool put Brisbane so close, yet so far from the beach.
Try being able to see it from your desk at work.....Yeah yeah I know its a bit of a whinge since I can see the water from the office but when the kites come out its murder!
welder/gate/balustrade worker wanted good hours 7am-3pm wangara area
air con factory for the hot days
www.impactwroughtiron.com.au
too busy today to kite
whole body sore from last three days of 15-30knot winds on da pole
surfing tomorrow morning if the swell picks up then kite arvo
try and fit work in for tonight and in between
28 days on and 9 days off has done wonders for my progression
3 year plateau and counting 
the upside is i can afford new kites [}:)]
I hear ya honey. It's been ball busting lately and I had to verbally biatch slap my boss today (really).
Still didn't get to kite tho so it wasn't even enjoyable taking the tossbag apart.
One kn powerball and I am following the breezes forever.
Still seems tres flaky on the west coast most day to me tho so hopefully chrissy hols will be crankin.
Jeesoos Crikey allmighty - do I miss DLS. I'd love to kick every tool that voted it down right in the jewels.[}:)]
Best of luck gettin some breeze fellas.
Still didn't get to kite tho so it wasn't even enjoyable taking the tossbag apart.
Sorry Slacko, this thread is for working kiters only.. You have no validity here.
I want your job.. Or whatever passes for a job anyway.
If there is some wind I will be tryin to get out. Had some major stacks early in the DW the other day. Just too cream-crackered from overwork. Dropped my kite 3 times in the 1st 1-2 kms!! Haven't dropped it that many times in a year!?
Got it together eventually and smashed it a bit. Great stress relief.
You goin out tomoz? Could be 12m weather?
so if there's wind I can get a kite session in.
Start work at 8:00 am. There's less traffic and the drive in is quicker.
Finish at 4:00 pm
Arrive at the beach at 5:00
On the water by 5:30
Finish whenever you want. Usually by about 7:00.
Home at 7:30.
Bed by 10:00
Repeat
The days are long enough to start this in October.
Our record is 10 consecutive days kiting.
I've tried the pre-work sessions in winter but it's all a bit of an effort. Better to just take a day off when it's good.
Work nights like me lads....that way i kite whenever there is wind....been kiting 4yrs...i'm more addicted now than at the start...if thats possible 
the fox
thanks for the apology
I drive in to gridlock at around 07:30 for a 08:00 start, then spend all day counting down the hours to 16:00hrs gridlock. Pay tolls every couple Kms to wait in gridlock.
Average speed = 12kmh
Average cost per 1km = $0.20
If I get to the beach (17:20) and there's no wind, I'm about ready to slit my wrists.
If there's wind, all is good and I take the gamble another day.
I take no lunch break and say I'm working from home when I leave.
BoneDoc: It's looking good today.
I've been driving between 30min and 1 hour a day depending where I stay to work. 5 days a week teaching and then marking and all of that after school.
Next year I'll be driving 5min to Wello High to teach and 5min to the beach!!!!
6 weeks holidays as we speak... mMmm =] yay
mobile service available on top of the hill, a few calls, then check the surf and wait for the wind
hey benz
when I spoke to you on the phone on friday morning, it cut out as I was going to the bottom of the sandhill, mobile range cut out.
I'm paying for having friday off by working saturday. fortunately no wind today
I used to work & kite but kiting got seriously in the way.
Something had to give..........
Im still kiting
but even when you dont have to work everday no DLS still sucks.
I work temp as a labourer. I will work for about three weeks, save a couple grand then just dedicate a month or two to kiting. That's the plan at the moment anyway.
FlySurfer, not where I am at. So much more relaxed at work when there is no wind!
i start work anytime between 12 and 2 in the arvo and dont finish til 11pm at the earliest so i got no luck getting a kite in during the week
but weekends are dedicated to "me" time so i still get it when it counts
