Here is a snap poll....
1..Based on kiting in your area, is kiting popularity still on the increase, reached a plateau, or is on the decline (windsurfing lasted at least 15 years before the decline!!) ??

2..Have we become more spread out with fewer numbers at more locations, have we become more concerntrated with more kiters at less locations or there has been no real change??

3..Does your local beach only seem to attract certain brands of kites? (this question is open to the usual bagging of kites and kiters associated with brands, trees, wanna bes etc.)

There has been definite changes in some of my local areas so thought it was time to go to the masses.......

Smithy.

Way more people in Sydney all the time

Is Kiting popularity declining?

i hope so

greenleader said...

there aren't many weirdo's left are there?

arrrr SUPs

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What he said

I Hear Bob sledding Is much more fun to do then Kiting - Just watch "Cool Runnings"

So all you Wanda be kiters - here is a much more fun sport

why would anyone quit kiting so how could it be declining?

yes (and is it it wonder)and no (of course it isn't).It is too frikken frustrating for most people to organise time to deal with the inconvenience of having to develop suitable skills that fit around the fickle winds on the east coast and a mortgage ,a demanding job and boss ,a partner ,kids ,soccer coaching,piano lessons ,traffic ,earning enough to pay off the mortgage and so on when its so much easier to flop in front of the tele and play super mario ,whilst sukkin down a vodka, lime and soda whilst hoin down some low carb dominos .It wouldn't matter if kitesurf kit was 5 bucks it just aint gonna happen with all that crap goin on in your life ,anyway who wants to take up somethin new lookin like a complete dick while your doin it(however the lemmings still line up not realising that in order to succeed you have to put all the crap listed above aside!!)

Unless of course you live in WA where its windy and noonbie heaven just about every freakin day!!

Where i windsurf you see about 2-4 kiters and about 30+ windsurfers at a place called ricketts most the time.. I have even spoken to some windsurfers who told me they went from windsurfing to kiting, and then went back to windsurfing. I have met a few guys who have done this..

If you drive pass kite beach you will still see stacks of kiters, tho in melbourne

but i think windsurfing has really taken off this year in melbourne and at a rate that is unreal for the sport of windsurfing..

SUP with a sail attached !! Now there's an idea .

flipper said :
what a you on about mate? every one rides short boards at ricketts, do you want to see some pics? sups with a sail??? nice joke

this is a pic i took about a month ago, there were about 50 windsurfers out
www.seabreeze.com.au/Media/View/3447750/Windsurfing/?m=4&p=1

Ok smithy come and visit us at dawson st in elwood on a windy day then and you will find 30+ windsurfers out and thats not at ricketts point my friend..

If windsurfing is so great why dont you F&*k off back to your forum? I come to the kite surfing forum because I love kiting and want to read about my amazing sport and laugh with people who share my passion. I dont go in to the Polley forum because I think it is a pathetic sport and to be frank, I dont give a **** what any of you have to say about kiting. I appreciate that is my personal opinion and you prob feel the same towards us... so kindly, please stop trying to stir **** here and run along to your part of the world wide web

And for what its worth Flipper i personally do hope the numbers drop abit. selfish as it is the water is getting over crowded with both kites and sails and if it keeps getting worst its going to get to a point where we are permanently banned from the beast beaches.

Kiting is still gaining popularity in my opinion. Yeah sure there's guys you don't see around anymore, but I'm sure there's more people entering the sport than leaving it. Just ask the schools.