Never heard that term from 99.99% of all guys.
Windsurfing, kiting, to each his/her own.
Just don't hug the beach and waters with the lines, that's all.
....(or it could be the clothes)
Its just the general terminology for anything thing that looks like fun but you know its just wrong and your mother would never approve
LOL classic, My 8yrs old son asked why Darth vader and storm trooper were in a supermarket.
As its understood most kiters around here come from wakeboarding, skate background so dont understand or have experience in the ocean, lakes, bays etc.
Lots of windsurfers come from surfing background so see the "interlopers" as coming from the "darkside". Seeing that lots of kiters show no respect for local etiquette they get branded with the name. Luckily the kiters from a windsurfing background are aware and do the right thing. They also stick to the "known" kiting areas so there is no conflict.
Then again writing this, waiting for the family to get ready to go do the dreaded Xmas shopping so Im already in a bad mood. Not that theres anything wrong with that!!
Because windsurfing is God's gift to humanity. It is pure and wonderful, and is the proper order of things whereas kiting is the medium of dark satanic thrills, the way of lost souls, the work of Satan. The delights are fleeting. Soon you will be called to pay the piper....[}:)]
Oh and windsurfing is sexy. That's why they call us "poleys".
The words 'the dark side' came from a guy called simon back in 2000 when kiting was just takeing off as a sport in melbourne. Simon had alot of windsurf friends. Anyway one of them said to simon one windy afternoon at st. kilda beach ''i am going to take up kiting'' and next he became gothic and he loved the look and name of the mystic warrior kite harnesses so much he brought ten of em for all his gothic buddys. Then simons other mate took up kiting and he turned gay. Next his other mate mick took up kiting and he became Emos. Then his other mate phil got into kiting and just went plain mental. Then his other good mate got into kiting and turned into some kind of a greeny peace bro, dude. next mate jason then converted to kiting and became a she male.
so by this time simon was really ticked off, he had lost all his windsurf mates to kiting and seen what it had done to them. so the next guy that said to him i am thinking about taken up kiting, he replyed ''you take up kiting and you enter the dark side'' so the words stayed with his mate and he never did take it up. In fact those words 'the dark side' went all around the world from st kilda to maui and stopped thousands from converting to the dark side.
I always thought it was a tongue in check term used for Windsurfers who 'gave up' the challange of windsurfing and have taken the easy path to gratification of the wind and water elements through kitesurfing. Not kitesurfers in general - nothing worse than a ex-windsurfer bagging thier former passion.
Don't really care - each to their own, but I would rather see positive posts than this sort of troll.
COULDNT HELP IT
Well........Sorry to tell you ...........but the beer used to taste better before you converted , came out as a new born, and started to preech, rave and rant. about your failing bladders,strings, and pinis pumps. 
Mean time we blast past on better and better equipment
It's a compliment in some ways.
If someone leaves to take up golf, they just get called a wanker...
Kitesurfing at least has a draw to it - a short term easy fix sort of draw.
Star wars analogy is a bit strong - it won't help you save your friends (Empire Strikes back, Return of the jedi) nor will it stop Padame dying in childbirth (the third one). At most, it helps you to get air if you can't stick with windsurfing or get laid if you look a bit funny.
Piss off troll. Why are you reading two month old threads in the windsurfing forum anyway?
