Paul1 said...



Looks more like he is handing him his phone number, even guys in uniform have a soft spot for guys on skis.

jds said...

the guy asked for some advice not for you to all act like a bunch of little girls and give your stupid opinion

dirtyharry said...

I'll preface this by saying that I've never ridden a jet ski and they've never really appealed to me, but...

There's a lot of holier-than-thou folk around here! Might be time to take a step down from the moral high ground people.

The "we're environmentally aware folk who ride wind powered toys so it's fine that we hang sh1t on jet skiers" attitude is a bit of a crock isn't it? Kites are generally made in a less developed country by people paid considerably less than those who buy them, are made of oil derived materials and (with the exception of Dojo who is one step holier than the rest of us because he takes public transport to the beach) are generally driven to the beach.

I just took a visit to my favorite "paddling in boats made from locally sourced, renewable materials with no carbon footprint and taken to the beach on foot" forum and they're all saying pretty much the same stuff about kiters there. I.e they are environmental vandals who are dangerous, noisy, show-offs who clog up the beaches.

Then I took a visit to my favorite jet skiers forum, and they're hanging sh1t on private motor yacht users, again for the same reasons.

djdojo said...



Back from surreality land to say excellent post! I realise that we're all hypocrites in various ways and I ponder these issues seriously. I guess it's a fine line sometimes between advocating for slightly lower levels of pollution and/or hypocrisy and just being another part of the problem. Work to change the system from within or try to step outside it and start fresh? Of course as soon as we're born into an affluent economy the whole system is set up to push consumption.

Kiting is for me a minimal (one twintip and two kites) way to escape the concrete jungle, and support my own sanity now and then. Does this just feed the system I want to escape? Yes and no. It also supports my general wellbeing so that I can healthily pursue other perhaps more meaningful projects.

It's the middle way that I have at the moment. Dialogue such as this keeps it evolving.

Kitepower Australia said...



You know someone now.
I may or may not have made it back to shore, but it was almost dark and I was completely tangled in a lynn waterfoil after the bridle partially came to bits, and one of those hoons at brighton saved my ar$e.

@ the haters - jetski owners and riders are not all complete idiots.

Saffer said...

i honestly don't think kiters have any room to talk on this topic. The average kiter has the same look at me attitude and jumps close to shore just so people can see them. They don't seem to give a **** about other water users and also conveniently don't seem to know the water laws until the police pitch up.

Kitehard said...

Hi guys,

Unfortunately, no one has nice things to say about jet ski's because of the irresponsible behaviour exhibited by 90% of the owners.

At Pinnaroo Point, they have a space several hundred metres downwind reserved for them, but no one uses that space because there is no one there to see them do there 100th spin and fall off.

With no crowd in their designated spot, they move up to the point in amongst the windsurfing and kitesurfing designated areas and then proceed to do 50mph 30 feet from the waters edge. The speed limits are posted as you enter the beach. 8 knots within 200m of the beach, 8 knots within 45m of a person or other vessel in the water, and yet we have had them use body dragging students as slalom marks.

Almost every Sunday we have to call the water police to come and bust these ar$eholes for dangerous riding amongst the kiters and kiddies swimming in the shallows, and usually the cops turn up and bust a dozen of them. Funny how they all obey the rules when the cops are on site which proves they know the law, but choose to ignore it so everyone can admire their talent up close when the cops leave.

Jet Ski's are a blight on an otherwise beautiful beach landscape on the weekend, destroying the natural ambiance of stunning Perth beaches for everyone else to enjoy. Every weekend 2-3 of these noisy, smelly, obnoxious ski's break down and need to be dragged away.

The owners tend to be hilux or commodore driving boguns, drinkers of cheap wife beater p1ss, that leave their empties all over the beach for others to clean up. They also tend to be aggressive if approached, probably due to a skin full of cheap p1ss and all their chest beating testosterone filled mates all watching.

I hate jet skiers and it's a pity that a potentially useful tool is so badly mis-used. It's not the ski's, it's the owners. If used responsibly ie, 1/2 kilometer off shore where they can't be heard or in the way of other beach goers, then they aren't a problem.

I also would be happy if they all disappeared tomorrow.

KH