i posted the same in the WA section..

He is a total F wit regardless of his experience....

what a winner.

What a tool. How the hell did he get to that point anyway? The number of trees he must have dodged is unbelievable!

Well done Matt.....I went for a swim at Cott. today and all I saw was sad people flying kites....no wind, no swell.......pathetic.

I think I saw the kite in question as he started south of the Cott. groin, I had left by the time he really stuffed up.................I am sure none of the pathetic crowd today were WAKSA members.....which they need to be to kite there........rant over.

he was just running around up and down the path, thats when the other bloke approached him, (before i got there) so we didn't bother intervening

Not Kite Control, just not a Cabrinha.

that looks more like a ufo .someone call seti and send them the photos as proof

^ I can't see how any story can justify walking up off the beach and across a busy road with a kite in the air, he obviously wasn't an out of control beginner and even if he wasn't from WA (which is my guess) and isn't familiar with local protocol, common sense should prevail.
IMO AE, NoBS and toolman are on the money, the guy is a first class tool.

I was also there this afternoon when this fella was in trouble. I was probably only a few cars in front of the car from where the photos were taken. BUT the difference was that I stopped my car to assist.

By the time I got to the kiter, another guy had landed his kite on the golf course for him. I do not necessarily agree with what the kiter did but I stopped as this was blatantly dangerous for everyone involved and either he needed some educating or some help!! This situation, he needed some help.

After a chat, I ended up giving him a lift back to his downwinder rendezvous point in Swanbourne. Nice bloke and seemed like an experienced kiter.

So theres a guy doing a downwinder. for some reason he has to land in an unknown spot, lost board perhaps?. presumably theres not enough beach to land on? so he goes looking for a suitable inland landing spot.

I don't see a problem in that if the wind was suitably steady enough to keep the kite in control.

though even if there was only a thin slither of beach i'd be landing on the beach first before negotiating traffic.

I heard there were no swimmers or poledancers in the water, but he spotted some in the carpark across the road so he walked over to kite next to them.

I don't know the details however I would have thought if he made it to some small section of beach or rock then wouldn't the best option be to drop your kite in the water, flag to safety and then pull the kite in?

Maybe that wasn't possible.

Maybe he was on his way to do some extreme kiting - round of golf boosting his way around the course!

yeah right, in trouble my ass
guy's an outright tool.
what's next taking your kite for a walk into freo, stop off and have a coffee on cap strip. unlikely, the ultimate in being LAZY.

saw this peanut launch from leighton, was on struggle street pretty much all the way on his 9m.. When most people were on 12's....

He misjudged the wind shadow at cott sth, got caught and ended up locked in behind the breakwall where the wind sucks even on a good day.

Natural selection at it's finest... No excuse for walking the kite through trees,park residential and the road

Hope the council doesn't see the pics...