Any POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS of kitesufing???

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Fooosh
Fooosh
WA
563 posts
WA, 563 posts
14 Dec 2008 6:50am
All this talk about limiting impact, securing beach access, danger....

Funny how you don't think about all that when the wind is up, the sun is out and you're cruising along! So I thought I'd make a list of GOOD things kiting brings to all our lives (including council members and fishermen).

1. Keeps me sane(r) and peaceful,
2. Makes me smile
3. Burns off my excess energy
4. Keeps me healthy (debatable)
5. Tourism benefits to local communities
6. Colourful, great to watch
7. Talking point with other people on the beach
8. Can be combined with fishing, child minding, photography, nasal flushing, etc etc (see other posts)
9. Surf rescue
10. Low environmental impact: Quiet (except for the frequent whoo-hoos), non-polluting - at the beach anyway.

NB: TO KEEP THIS THREAD PURELY POSITIVE, POSTS ARE ONLY ALLOWED AFTER GREAT SESSIONS OUT ON THE WATER (WE'LL BE CHECKING YOUR POSTING TIME AGAINST THE WIND REPORT!)
Manny
Manny
WA
89 posts
WA, 89 posts
14 Dec 2008 12:12pm
I know I haven`t been out yet. But It`s put me in a good mood knowing I will be out on the water getting the adrenalin pumping. Promised to do the house work for her and some gardening before I go.
So it`s possitive all the way.
Mr float
Mr float
NSW
3452 posts
NSW, 3452 posts
14 Dec 2008 4:30pm
Ok I've been out and am back . >Hungry jacks doesn't taste so bad after a session and beer tastes better than usual for sure (particularly home brew)
Andrash
Andrash
WA
637 posts
WA, 637 posts
14 Dec 2008 3:50pm
Fooosh said...

So I thought I'd make a list of GOOD things kiting brings to all our lives (including council members and fishermen).

1. Keeps me sane(r) and peaceful,
2. Makes me smile
3. Burns off my excess energy
4. Keeps me healthy (debatable)
5. Tourism benefits to local communities
6. Colourful, great to watch
7. Talking point with other people on the beach
8. Can be combined with fishing, child minding, photography, nasal flushing, etc etc (see other posts)
9. Surf rescue
10. Low environmental impact: Quiet (except for the frequent whoo-hoos), non-polluting - at the beach anyway.


11. It gives me an intense sense of aliveness (just avoid those rocks)
12. It gives me a sense of freedom: I not only "walk on water", but also fly like a bird.
13. It gives me a certain sensual experience riding those big swells (you guessed right: I am a man).
14. It gives me a great excuse to sit in my spa for an hour or so with a drink doing absolutely nothing (because I am so exhausted and sore after a 3 hours session)

...more expected to come after my session today...
Cal
Cal
QLD
1003 posts
Cal Cal
QLD, 1003 posts
14 Dec 2008 6:16pm
Totally chemically free endorphin rush
Environmentally friendly (I know it is already in the list, but a massive point considering we aren’t all out wakeboarding behind V8 speed boats)
Minimises reliance on drugs, maximises healthy lifestyle.
Super effective beer belly removal technique (even though most of us maximise the minimisation of the effect)
phrase
phrase
WA
228 posts
WA, 228 posts
16 Dec 2008 1:18am
Before kite boarding a windy beach was an uncomfortable place to be. Now it`s the best place to be. So now I enjoy the outdoors even more.
nickloop
nickloop
WA
138 posts
WA, 138 posts
16 Dec 2008 5:12am
It sure does make you feel good after a good session. Went out Sunday first time after getting back from Oz in November, just couldnt get up the will till now after kiting at Cotton tree in Qld. Here it was 4c water 8c. Shortie under my winter steamer, gloves, big boots and hat. But it was great, 35knots onshore.On 7m. Still cant wait to get back to Oz.


The woodern stucture on the right is the water outlet from a nuclear power station. Not quite as nice as your beaches.
Fooosh
Fooosh
WA
563 posts
WA, 563 posts
5 Feb 2009 1:03am
Think we're up to 15.

15. Free dog exercise (when they chase the kite)
exarch
exarch
50 posts
50 posts
5 Feb 2009 8:49am
16. kids love them.... even us big kids
Kitesplosh
Kitesplosh
VIC
123 posts
VIC, 123 posts
5 Feb 2009 11:35am
When I'm having a bad day at work and there's no way I'll make it to the beach, just a quick peek at some photos/videos of a good kite session will put the insane grin back on my face.
jeff2
jeff2
WA
221 posts
WA, 221 posts
5 Feb 2009 10:12am
It makes GERALDTON look like the best place in Australia to live!
Buell
Buell
SA
89 posts
SA, 89 posts
5 Feb 2009 1:19pm

17. excellent exercise, after just 18 mths of kite boarding I'm back to my 1985 weight of 80kg
Morg
Morg
QLD
129 posts
QLD, 129 posts
5 Feb 2009 8:14pm
18. When it's to windy for a surf and the fishing is blown out I now have something to do other than sit on the couch watching my D!ck grow smaller and my gut grow bigger.
kiter zac
kiter zac
QLD
295 posts
QLD, 295 posts
5 Feb 2009 8:51pm
19. helps me tone up
20. gets all the hot chicks on the beach watching you
lotofwind
lotofwind
NSW
6451 posts
NSW, 6451 posts
5 Feb 2009 10:17pm
The lyrics of a Tool song goes through my head all the time when I think of kiting
"I just need it,to breath,to feel to know Im alive"
SmellySkater
SmellySkater
110 posts
110 posts
5 Feb 2009 8:46pm
It makes me laugh
stamp
stamp
QLD
2797 posts
QLD, 2797 posts
5 Feb 2009 9:48pm
lotofwind said...

The lyrics of a Tool song goes through my head all the time when I think of kiting
"I just need it,to breath,to feel to know Im alive"


until you remember that he is singing about smack

Leeds
Leeds
NSW
209 posts
NSW, 209 posts
5 Feb 2009 11:01pm
after nearly 7 weeks recovering from a kite accident, a downwinder with somemates with 20knts, temp in the mid 30's, lots of beautiful ladies struting up and down the beach life just cant get much better at the moment

after so much time off the water it makes you appreciate how good this sport is

i am now ditching my old religion of Jedi Knight to become a kitesurfer knight
T one
T one
NT
321 posts
NT, 321 posts
5 Feb 2009 10:17pm
great thread foooshi have nothing to add to the above except my huge grin from todays sesh...
ianmac
ianmac
WA
267 posts
WA, 267 posts
5 Feb 2009 10:07pm
hell yeah it was great in perth today as well it is a great blast it is such the great tension relief !!!! mmmh almost like an old girlfriend hahahaha only kidden kiten is soooo much better ,,, waiting for the kickers
phrase
phrase
WA
228 posts
WA, 228 posts
6 Feb 2009 3:25am
Keeps the heart pumping.
RobR
RobR
VIC
121 posts
VIC, 121 posts
7 Feb 2009 11:41pm
And as number 21 - Kiter and friends can add great value to the kiting and kiters beach community by participating in the Clean Up Australia Day activities at their local beach on Sunday 1st March. See www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=44711 for more information.
08KITERZ
08KITERZ
QLD
51 posts
QLD, 51 posts
7 Feb 2009 10:49pm
22. We have found a sport the two of us can hang out together and enjoy. We were just trying to work out how much kiting we can do in winter as we don't want to stop now.
Gorgo
Gorgo
VIC
5124 posts
VIC, 5124 posts
8 Feb 2009 12:10am
23. Staves off Alzheimer's disease.

The latest research says you have to do vigorous exercise combined with mental stimulus to keep your brain healthy. Trying to keep the kite speed and board speed and pop and rotation and kite angles to get tricks exactly right keeps my brain going for days. Even just riding along and getting the optimum power out of the kite in light conditions is a mental juggling trick.
SmellySkater
SmellySkater
110 posts
110 posts
8 Feb 2009 8:36pm
Ridiculous multi color board shorts and huge sun glass sales have gone up, also Honda civic's, turtle neck skivvies and cafe lattes are all up thanks to kite boarding
Morg
Morg
QLD
129 posts
QLD, 129 posts
8 Feb 2009 10:06pm
are you still here? Thought you were going to windsurf. Wrong forum mate.
Fooosh
Fooosh
WA
563 posts
WA, 563 posts
14 Feb 2009 12:13am
24. Makes 'Clean Up Oz Day' EVERYDAY when you clear the beach of seaweed, fishing line and other debris that somehow gets magnetised to your lines.
Blownaway
Blownaway
QLD
776 posts
QLD, 776 posts
10 Apr 2009 8:30am
the ultimate stress reliever

makes me knock off work early haa haa

Stops you working on the weekends

stops you from having to drive to crowded point breaks for waves on windy days
StormySeas
StormySeas
9 posts
9 posts
10 Apr 2009 6:32am
turns people homosexual
Blownaway
Blownaway
QLD
776 posts
QLD, 776 posts
10 Apr 2009 8:55am
StormySeas said...

turns people homosexual


Is that a positive for ya stormy ? haahaa

woteva floats ya boat You wish dont cha.
BMAN
BMAN
86 posts
86 posts
10 Apr 2009 9:09am
Memories............... rodies with the lads!
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