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stanhalen

187 posts

stanhalen

WA, 187 posts

29 Dec 2007 8:50pm

Ok,

Hypothetical, I've got a spare 10-15 grand

live way out west
can't swim and hate the water
have to launch and retrive the thing
have to insure it
have to put petrol in
And guess what, by gingo it's totally boring

I guess I'd be a tossa on the water if I had all that going on in my head.

Apart from worring about being empaled by one of these tossa,s, at speed, the buggers park in front of me, to watch, not a clue. Never been out with so many jetskis, might of well set up on the freeway, smelt and sounded like it. Tax em out of existence

Does anyone that kites own one of these things?

If I had one I'd do a major exursion STkilda to Rye, etc, yet to see one further than 200meters out, absolute fairys.

skiddz

237 posts

skiddz

NT, 237 posts

29 Dec 2007 9:46pm

Jetskis are fun! for, what, the first 5 minutes. I don't understand why people buy jetskis just to go cruising on a river... BORING!

kilo513

VIC

31 posts

kilo513

VIC, 31 posts

29 Dec 2007 11:39pm

i will give someone 50 bucks if you can make it out through a break after 5minutes on a stand up ski.

beats the hell out of paddling for a wave when there is no wind.

For memory Australia is a really big island? hence plenty off water for all no?

So why bitch about jet skiers, turn the tables for a second think how many people winge about our sport ( kite boarding ) and how many places are getting smaller and smaller or worse yet getting closed from people like you that moan about other peoples choices?

I do agree there are a lot ( millions in fact ) of jet skiers that do high speed runs inches from the beach, but not all, let the police deal with them. ( i have no doubt the police will catch them cause i cant make it 2m of the boat ramp and already i have a police asking for all the necessary)

I play by all the rules and i still have windsurfers, kite boarders, surfers , mums and rangers calling the police about ' pests on the water ' i don't get fined cause i am doing / carrying everything right all that happens is it becomes a no boating zone down the track for everyone including kiters so bitch all you want.

quote - 'the buggers park in front of me' notice to all pclarky owns all the water so next time you want to go out, drop him a email just to make sure you wont be getting in his way.

hay i have a good i idea lets make Australia one big nature reserve where you cant do anything cause you might annoy some like pclarky.

i am not angry just disappointed that you said something like that

kitecrazzzy

2184 posts

kitecrazzzy

WA, 2184 posts

29 Dec 2007 9:59pm

smell and noise VS 30m long limb removing lines...

didi

QLD

44 posts

didi

QLD, 44 posts

29 Dec 2007 11:41pm

kilo513 said...

For memory Australia is a really big island? hence plenty off water for all no?

So why bitch about jet skiers, turn the tables for a second think how many people winge about our sport ( kite boarding ) and how many places are getting smaller and smaller or worse yet getting closed from people like you that moan about other peoples choices?

Agree with kilo513 - why whinge about jet skiis? Just acknowledge that they aren't for you and let it go. I personally prefer kitesurfing - 10kgs of elegantly designed technology vs 250kgs plus dry weight for a jetski (plus trailer plus fuel etc). As a sustainable leisure activity with low environmental footprint, the kitesurfer is the winner for me. But it isn't for everyone - very few of my regular friends kite and few are even willing to attempt it, but many have been out on a jetski. Look at the positive aspects of jetski use in surf rescue and tow-in surfing. Allow people the freedom to make their own choices.

Kalavas

146 posts

Kalavas

WA, 146 posts

29 Dec 2007 11:02pm

Can someone fill me in on the right of way rules for jetskis vs kitesurfers and windsurfers? I saw a couple of heated exchanges up at Pinaroo today.

fozzy

501 posts

fozzy

SA, 501 posts

30 Dec 2007 12:39am

Kalavas said...

Can someone fill me in on the right of way rules for jetskis vs kitesurfers and windsurfers? I saw a couple of heated exchanges up at Pinaroo today.

Basic rules: Power gives way to sail.

As for the rest of the post, I'll stay out of it.

Kalavas

146 posts

Kalavas

WA, 146 posts

29 Dec 2007 11:11pm

I knew that rule, I was just unsure whether a kite was considered a sail...

Also, do jetski owners need to get their recreational skippers ticket?

moon waxing

312 posts

moon waxing

WA, 312 posts

30 Dec 2007 12:27am

My friends got one and when there’s no wind its good for wakeboarding behind practising raileys, S bends and handle pass stuff.

Yeah bit boring after 5 minutes just motoring around.

What ever floats your boat.

kitecrazzzy

2184 posts

kitecrazzzy

WA, 2184 posts

30 Dec 2007 12:39am

moon waxing said...

My friends got one and when there’s no wind its good for wakeboarding behind practising raileys, S bends and handle pass stuff.

Yeah bit boring after 5 minutes just motoring around.

What ever floats your boat.

S bend behind a jet ski... respect

Fitzy

QLD

617 posts

Fitzy

QLD, 617 posts

30 Dec 2007 1:44am

Bought my first Jet Ski in 1991

First Kite in 1999

Still do both.

The ski is useful to get to favourite uncrowded kiting spots and for tow in surfing.

WIll be put to good use Sunday and Monday in the predicted 6 meter swell we are expecting here on the Goldie

Fitzy - Gold Coast OZ

Shannon

489 posts

Shannon

WA, 489 posts

30 Dec 2007 12:49am

pclarky said...

Does anyone that kites own one of these things?

Yes

Kalavas said...

Also, do jetski owners need to get their recreational skippers ticket?

Yes

YoMoFo

NSW

240 posts

YoMoFo

NSW, 240 posts

30 Dec 2007 10:54am

I have recently bought myself a jetski 4 the sole purpose of recovering students and as a teaching tool. Before that i was never a fan of jetski's, i had the same missconception that all jetski's are loud and stink. My yami is far from that. Its a 4 stroke motor similar to a motorbike engine and is that quite that u acn't hear 15m off the beach. As for fumes....nothing.

I still can't see why they are so popular as i get bored after 10m on flatwater. But at my local kite spot the waves r perfect for it! Doing big cutbacks and just plain surfing with em is great fun and to top it off dolphins bowriding on the way back out. I guess what i'm saying is I hate country music, so i don't listen 2 it. The same should go for jetski haters

Dawn Patrol

1991 posts

Dawn Patrol

WA, 1991 posts

30 Dec 2007 10:52am

In my opinion they are good for two things.
Tow ins and rescuing people.
Often see them at the dog beach, on a crowded day, doing cutbacks <1m from the beach spraying dogs, weaving through swimmers at mach 2, and doing 360's.

rfw1

NSW

120 posts

rfw1

NSW, 120 posts

30 Dec 2007 4:28pm

well said yomofo, as you said go the 4 stroke no noise or smell good for no wind days just as many dick heads in boats if not more.

westsurf

2 posts

westsurf

WA, 2 posts

30 Dec 2007 5:23pm

Jetskis = saving people and tow ins

hirschausen

422 posts

hirschausen

WA, 422 posts

30 Dec 2007 7:10pm

Ah yes, Jetskis.

The new emerging upper class, suddenly find themselves making a whole heap of cash and want that new toy for the water. As they scream closer and closer to the shore with a "look at me!, look at ME!" attitude to their throttle and riding style. Beer gut and KFC funded body image oozing all over the colour of the water bike....ooooh, so sexy.

CUBS (Cashed up Bogans) are reaching plague proportions in the West and the department of environment is monitoring numbers. A culling program has been suggested in the form of a couple of sudden interest rate rises. Further study is continuing, as the possibility of this extreme measure has humanitarian groups concerned as many major breeding habitats (the suburbs) will be adversely effected by such a measure.

Although lobby groups have evidence that such a measure will reduce the number of ATV's which seem to be another favoured mode of transport when away from the mines for the locally exploding population of CUBS.

Unfortunately most of WA doesn't seem to give a toss about the environment, just making money so the trend will continue.

Of course I would like to think that my attitude towards most jetski owners will change when I eat my words and get rescued by one. Although I doubt that this will happen as most CUBS I have met who own one, can't actually swim too well and would NEVER venture far enough from the coast to warrant having the confidence to rescue me.

BUT I am generalising, and I do like being towed into waves behind them, and some people who own them are responsible type people. If I had more money than a bull could ****e then I'd probably own one too!.

Kind regards,
Bitter under paid, non-jetski owning school teacher, who usuallly has to paddle for his waves.

desmond

72 posts

desmond

WA, 72 posts

30 Dec 2007 7:48pm

Just thought i would put in my 2 cents

Personally i think jet skis are a waste of money and boring but thats my opinion not all of them are retards who suck up our lines and have beer guts and are rich bogans, just like not all kitesurfers are showoffs and put kids in danger by jumping to close to shore.

just becareful when you stereotype as kilp said theres plenty of water for us all to get along

YoMoFo

NSW

240 posts

YoMoFo

NSW, 240 posts

30 Dec 2007 11:56pm

I would really like to see an S bend behind a jetski! Do u have footage?

spot1

1588 posts

spot1

WA, 1588 posts

30 Dec 2007 10:20pm

westsurf said...

Jetskis = saving people and tow ins

waveslave

4263 posts

waveslave

WA, 4263 posts

30 Dec 2007 10:33pm

spot1 said...

westsurf said...

Jetskis = saving people and tow ins

Jetskis = doin' donuts and pollutin'.
lol.

Charl dv

2485 posts

Charl dv

WA, 2485 posts

31 Dec 2007 2:24am

omg.. dont even get me started with flippen jetskis after today at lancelin..

this douche comes in and rides between all the kiters and gettin pretty close.. then stops Right in the middle of the flat section where myself and a couple of other guys wer throwing some pretty powered up **** and i myself was unhooking in more power than im used to so at first the kite was hittin the water alot.. everytime i look wher my kite is the jetski dude decides to be 10m away from it circlin round like a complet and utter F*ck head.

So after a while im gettin irritated n i tell him 2 f*ck off and stop riding around the kiters.. this dumb prick decides to rock up and start circling me like in one of them stupid movies with the bullie kids on their bikes.. so he comes up likea big man n asks me wat i said.. again i reply the same way and tell him he should be giving us atleast a 50m birth at all times and he sould be giving way to us at all times.. and hes like what makes u all special n ****.. to wich i replied.. a sailing craft ie ME has right of way.. b its stupidly dangerous and you can get pretty ****d up by a kite if your in the way of it.. C your getting in my way.. and after all that your ment to stay away from swimmers etc. then i said.. especially down wind of us.. i suggest you stay well clear of the down wind area.. and he goes ah yeah.. n stops right in front of mee to continue this discussion.. n he was workin me up pretty well.. then he blasts off like a prick after picking up some more of his stupid family. i mean there are a million places he could of done the pick ups and drop offs in lancelin.. back beach, further down the bay.. just infront of the point.. but no.. he has to do it right where the flattest kite water is so not only do i get pissd.. but his family has to swim through all that dirty bog and seaweed that lancelin is so famous for.. i kinda enjoyed that... luky he took my advice after that beacuse five mor minutes of that i wuda pinged the quick release n drownd the stupid arse.. then parked his jetski up in the dunes .

MartyJ

QLD

95 posts

MartyJ

QLD, 95 posts

31 Dec 2007 10:08am

Hey ppl ..... saw your gripes and sure .... everyone bugs someone BUT

There is approx 36000 km of coastline wrapping around Australia and in the vicinity of 360 000 000 sq km of ocean you can wander off into ,,,,, Hope you can find you own space there somewhere

Happy Days and Happy New Year

rattman

QLD

49 posts

rattman

QLD, 49 posts

31 Dec 2007 10:33am

I see Jetski as the 4wd of the sea.

Most people who have them dont need and dont put them to practical use.

I worked worked with Jetski's at airlie beach and they were much more effective than tinnies and other sorts of small boats.

My only real story about them was at magnetic island in townsville. There was a few jetski tearing around near moored yachts and swimmers. 1 phone called solved it and the water police came around and breath tested them. Apparently got 4 people for DUI. Bye Bye licenses (car as well)

Jetski are like every other bit of society, there a responsible owners/riders and well as tossers

rooey

QLD

498 posts

rooey

QLD, 498 posts

31 Dec 2007 10:45am

It's the same in all sport's,a few stuffing it up for the majority,every sport has it's scozzer mentality,usually ego driven,with that 'look at me doin my thing happening in the head'.Safe to say that the majority in the kiteing community are 'self conscious' of public safety other water users and the like....we have to be,with the equipment used does stand out for all to see,especially in Noosa at the present,with the outcome of our behavior determining the future of the sport on the Sunshine Coast.Same goes for Jet Ski's.I know plenty of JS rider's who enjoy what they do,tow-in's,etc some very experienced in the water, some not.If everyone practiced a little 'self consciousness' in the true text everyone would get along a lot better...

nebbian

6277 posts

nebbian

WA, 6277 posts

31 Dec 2007 9:56am

rattman said...

1 phone called solved it and the water police came around and breath tested them. Apparently got 4 people for DUI. Bye Bye licenses (car as well)

Is that right? Seriously? Man, I'm going to put the number for the water police in my phone right now [}:)]

meerkat

644 posts

meerkat

WA, 644 posts

31 Dec 2007 1:52pm

I think jetski's are sexy and everytime i see a jetski going round and round and round and round it makes me horny, like those guys who do burnouts in car parks, so skillfull and just wicked man!

Conundrum: Should i spend the 10k on a bigger penis or buy a jetski?

AB_USER!

NSW

47 posts

AB_USER!

NSW, 47 posts

31 Dec 2007 3:53pm

gotta love humanity!

harrysurfer

254 posts

harrysurfer

WA, 254 posts

31 Dec 2007 2:07pm

i don't like jetskis however my mate got brought back to shore by a friendly jetskier the other day after crashing is kite so that was cool and much appreciated. what i dont like about them is when they do figure 8 in the surf chop up all the waves and are bloody noisy.

rooey

QLD

498 posts

rooey

QLD, 498 posts

31 Dec 2007 3:11pm

You very sexy animal Meekat!,those bwig bwown eyes,cute widle ears,fury tail...and on a Jet Ski....just wonderful....you dont need 'that' operation...p.s,where ya shakin at, new yrs eave

flemboyant

VIC

375 posts

flemboyant

VIC, 375 posts

31 Dec 2007 8:59pm

s bend behind a jeski??? sick!

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