waveslave said...



Simple answer to that - a swimmer poses no threat to anyone else so why should they be moved along? The kites are the danger not the swimmer remember - look outside you own interests and try to see all the view points mate.

Obviously, if you a goofing around swimming in a spot with loads of kites in the air already, you are not the sharpest tool in the shed and a possible Darwin award candidate but why should SLS sluggos be asked to tell people where to swim? I imagine they'd have a fairly likely answer of go route ya boot mate.

It is up to us to attempt diplomacy and be prepared for at best a 50% strike rate.

The simple fact that keeps being ignored in this thread is that we are the most hazardous thing out there on the water. Not swimmers, not boogers, not poleys - US. No one else uses so much space or has the potential for so much damage (in a multiple of ways too - board, lines, kite)

Take responsibility and accept this and wear the fact that you might not always get to have a crack at your fav spot but having some level of choice where we go is better than none. Keep being selfish peanuts and we will be looking at widespread bans within a year or two I reckon.

The papers do distort the truth (never let fact get in the way of a good story) but the peception out there is that we are dangerous and selfish. Lets face it plenty of kiters are, so the peception is not far from the truth anyhoo. Ever noticed how many slagging and spitefull posts with kiters complaining about other kiters are on SB and other forums?

Wake up folks.