I am a novice, and while I enjoy a ride/test/stack session on my own, as soon as another kite is within 50m of me I lose my mind. I am so afraid of crashing into someone, or hurting someone I just come bloody unglued!

I've read through the kite right of way handbooks, and forums of stupid things noobs do, both to avoid doing it and to have some idea of how to get out of it if it happens to me. Seriously, I sometimes run ROW situations in my head before I sleep.

I want to kite, but I find myself in a catch22 of thinking I'd be more confident if I was more tuned in my skill(kite more), and then freaking out because every good kite day will draw the kites to the beach.

The idea that y'all will look out for the fledgling kiter, and keep away is all good, but what if there's a heap of us noobs dangling around thinking the same thing?

I took these photos on Friday 21 Feb at St Kilda. Still waiting for my broken leg to heal . . .











More photos here: www.peterskiteboarding.com/2014/02/good-wind-and-fun-kitesurfing-at-st.html