Never thought I'd say this but after 5yrs of kiting I think I'm getting over it.
Might be the poor season Perth has had, might be the same old metro slop who knows.

Has anyone one else had a " change of heart" only to find the stoke again one day?
Heaps keener to travel south for a paddle these days when I used to love charging down wind over paddling any day before hand.

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Just get married Graceful.

The value you attribute to that 2 hours of freedom on the water will go up exponentially.

Oris said...


Like jump a pier, remove your safety gear, kite in thunderstorms etc.

I've seen his gear, I don't think any of it is safe.

Elroy Jetson said...

Just get married Graceful.

The value you attribute to that 2 hours of freedom on the water will go up exponentially.

This is so true.... A few of my mates now married absolutely froth at the prospect of having a kite even when it's marginal wind and sloppy chop.

Not feeling like I have to mate, just wondering if other people have hit a "flat spot" with kiting.
Got plenty of other hobbies, motocross , road bikes and just signed up for my accelerated free fall course :))

Freddofrog said...

graceful said...

Never thought I'd say this but after 5yrs of kiting I think I'm getting over it.
Might be the poor season Perth has had, might be the same old metro slop who knows.

Has anyone one else had a " change of heart" only to find the stoke again one day?
Heaps keener to travel south for a paddle these days when I used to love charging down wind over paddling any day before hand.

um, why do you feel you have to stick with kiting?

Of course everyone on a kiting forum will tell you otherwise but there are heaps of other things to try. imho life is too short. Go try something totally new. The other weekend I tried downhill mountain biking for the first time, and it was AWESOME!!! . Not saying you should also give it a go but go try something different, you might find something even better.

yes the others are correct. its all about the learning curve. once you have pushed as hard as you care to. then you stagnate and get bored. You need to push a new limit. find a new style. theres plenty of different styles to choose from.

try some land kiting perhaps? get a buggy or board and skid around on the sand. the extra fear factor of smashing yourself into the hard sand may give you extra zing.

also you can't beat new kite speed for extra stoke. buy a new kite!...

mix it up with other sports. i also mountain bike and longboard skate. you may want to leave the kiting to the supreme days and do something else on the cropola days.

Lousy kiting summer, lucky to have had a handful of sessions.

I'm finding it's difficult to remain enthusiastic about something that I'm not getting the opportunity to do often.

Maybe that's contributing to your current mindset also.

.... accelerated free fall course :))

Very nice....now that would be a serious buzz.

I've found myself going through the same sort of thing.......mainly due to the shocking busy beach's in Perth, choppy slop, lack of swell and a series of two bad years. My advice would be just leave the city mate, Perth's enough to get anybody down, everytime i go back up north im frothing all over it . Once relocated back to G-Town i'll be killing it again

Im still keen to do the run out to rotto and back one afternoon to lighten it up a little. done solo adds that element of excitment.

Forget the leighton ----> trigg DW'er.....why would you want to do that??? short boring and unexciting. Try Rockingham to pinnaroo then your talking. spice it up with scabs to lancelin if your feeling brave.

I had far more fun in the winter down here, nothing like braving the biggest squally storm, taking massive drops, looping or going massive or throwing huge slow rotations off of a 6m swell. Not the best conditions NO, but its all about the isolation real man vs water. Winter has SO much to offer.

Just a few of the things i have on the boil to keep the light alive

Its not you losing the passion, its that theres no passion in a souless city

12 years later, still keen. I might get a bit jaded after kiting 5-10 days straight but after missing a day I'm good to go again.

My basic skills are excellent but I am nowhere near close to mastering all the things I want to do.

I am currently loving my Sector 60 raceboard. Blasting fast upwind is a hoot. On the return downwinder, riding along in gently powered conditions, carving off waves all the way back is a beautiful way to finish the day.

NR said...

With risk to be shot down in flames, what about learning windsurfing as well. ...

Ok, now fire away.

He could do that, but everything you can do windsurfing you can do kiting and all the gear fits in the boot of your car.

I can think of only a few things you can only do windsurfing:
- launch where there's no beach or the beach is crowded.
- bob around on a floaty boaty board in ultra-light winds.
- ride in mega storm conditions where launching a kite would be potentially suicidal (sort of on this one)
- errrm????

Feel free to do other stuff but you need to go to the other stuff forum to ask about that.

As well as kiting I paraglide, cycle (road and mountain), surf (badly), play music (piano and guitar), hang out with the missus.

Paragliding is awesome but you have to be very committed to do it, especially if you don't live near a decent mountain or tow strip.

Cycling is pleasant but not exactly fun (compared to kiting etc)

Stuff like motocross can be fun but you've got to go somewhere to do and deal with motors and fuel and ****.

In terms of bang for buck kiteboarding wins hands down. I can do it almost every night of the week through spring, summer, autumn and every weekend in winter. I don't have to travel more than 10 minutes from my home.

Get another hobby.
Between dirt bikes, surfing and kitesurfing I am never bored on the weekend.



It doesn't look this new anymore!!!

I think safe to say we all go through it at some stage.

I've been kiting for 12 years and pretty much full on with lessons teaching and working in the industry. Gets real hard some days particularly if the weather is bad..

Best thing is to take a little break, I took nearly a year off to hit the snow and do something different, came back better then ever.
In the last twelve months I've never ranked so highly in competition so much happier in the water and trying to relearn some of the old stuff I'd lost.
Old school is fun to try again :)

I think the secret mix it up and make sure your having fun, and nothing beats a good ride and brag session with your mates ..

Try this... Should keep you interested:

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