No joke.
Every time a photographer pops out to the water's edge to take photos of kite surfers, suddenly everyone is a "star" and try and do ridiculous moves and jumps. Most of course look like wack jobs and some jumps are even stupid altogether to the point of kites hitting each other. Seems to be worse when cameraman has a zoom lense!

Please!

If you see a photographer out there, mind your own bloody business and stay safe!

We never have this problem in WA , but I might be posting this in the wrong section ; )

lol nice kite positioning

Stupidity is in our genome , deal with it!! I boost on the beach over the trees when the cameras are flickering( I own a cab) so technically not my fault

TurtleHunter said...
lol nice kite positioning

Not bad after 3 months. IMO.

Underoath said..

TurtleHunter said...
lol nice kite positioning

Not bad after 3 months. IMO.

yes it is...

Underoath said...
Kazan, isnt there a turtle out there that needs your saving? Lets not turn seabreeze into a winge feast.

I'm the biggest show off there is, I boost 5m, from shore, yep, thats me.

Something to look back on when im old and gray.

BOOST ON!

My mistake, I have broken my own 5m rule. This photo was over a sand bar.....back when I first started kiting.

Looks like it's going to hurt a little.

stamp said...

Underoath said..

TurtleHunter said...
lol nice kite positioning

Not bad after 3 months. IMO.

yes it is...

Oh well I'm **** in your opinion, I'll take it on the chin.

But I'm still having fun.

I knew this thread would bring out the show offs from the wood work.



.oO (here's me the biggest poser when a camera is around! HA)

If the photographer has a decent zoom, then feel free to go wild. If the photographer doesn't, then you are honestly wasting your (and their) time because they are probably there to get snapshots of a friend/husband/wife and they don't give a **** about you. They probably won't take photos of you and if they do, you'll never see them.

If the guy does have a big lens, the next time you are going wild next to a photographer, try stopping to chat to him about position. Chances are your positioning/take off of tricks is wrong for that particular photo. Here are some examples of how positioning can affect a photo. Same photographer, same lens, similar riding position and 10 minutes apart. The only difference between the two was one rider had the sun behind him.

Bad positioning


Good positioning

Underoath that's a cool pic man! Looks like your having a blast

Saffer said..

If the photographer has a decent zoom, then feel free to go wild.

Oh yeah. I forgot you're the one out there with that massive zoom lens at Altona. Should have come to you, but then again if you knew who I was, you'd delete the pics no doubt!

dusta said..

take it to the qld thread where there might be a slightly remote chance someone might care

lukekiter said..

We never have this problem in WA , but I might be posting this in the wrong section ; )

He might have worded his original post a bit poorly but he was on the money. If it's an Aussie forum (not a WA forum that the rest of us are allowed in) then you guys need to learn to keep your local posts in the WA section - we don't need to hear about another bl@@dy break in at scarbs or woodies, or poleys & kiters having touchy feely sessions in the flags in front of the nudie beach or whatever.

Kazan said..

Saffer said..

If the photographer has a decent zoom, then feel free to go wild.

Oh yeah. I forgot you're the one out there with that massive zoom lens at Altona. Should have come to you, but then again if you knew who I was, you'd delete the pics no doubt!

Honestly couldn't give a **** who you are on the beach. If I am there taking photos, I'm looking for the best photo, not the photo of the person I like the most.

There are generally a couple of things you look for as a photographer:

1. Position relative to the sun including position of take off and landing
2. Positon of kite relative to rider (some tricks position the kite better)
3. The rider actually looking at the photographer during the trick (pictures of the back of someone's head generally look crap 90% of the time)

Saffer said..
Honestly couldn't give a **** who you are on the beach. If I am there taking photos, I'm looking for the best photo, not the photo of the person I like the most.

Can you ever take a joke Saf?

Yesterday arvo, two monkeys in action...me iPhone in one hand, beer in the other....oooooohhh ooh aaaaaaaaahahaha (monkey sounds)....

(my monkey son in the morning, starting him early.....).