You know you're addicted when:

You have read all 631...

and counting...

posts of this forum.

When your wife of 15 years wants a divorce, and the first thing up for discussion in the property settlement is the fact that she should pay half the cost of a new kite cos you were overdue to buy one anyway. (She only paid $500 though)

...when you think your home is where you kite is.

you tell your wife that while rolling up the electric chord on a charger, it felt like rolling up the lines...

and...

she replies that it is exactly the same for her when rolling up the chord on her hair drier every morning!!!

...when at the top of a long jump, you see a beautiful nasty sharky exactly where you are about to land

and you are thinking:

"Wouah! What a beautiful vision! Am so lucky to kite to see such thing!!!"

Fred

I am soo bloody addicted. hah and I am just learning.
i am the person who hits seabreeze 300+ a day PRAYING for wind.

plus nuthing is hotter then kitesurfers.

When you find yourself pushing a shopping trolley round the super market with both your hands close together in the middle....

day dreaming about popping a big railey across the frozen fish section

You drive three hours (six hours return) north to get some good wind for your daily session, when forecast in perth are not too good...

and

..you hurt one arm bad enough not to be able to use it and you realise that you are really addicted (the driving did not count too much) when you suddenly understand the main reason for humans to have TWO arms : TO KEEP KITING using the remaining arm when one is stuffed!!! Hehe!

Wave riding on reef upnorth can hurt!!!

Fred (still under adrenaline)

If you're addicted and there is no seabreeze forum to tell others about it... are you?

You dont work you just check for updates on the forums and plan your family holidays around those green arrows.

You know you are addicted when you kite till you can see the Southern Cross in the sky, on a daylight saving day!!!

Fred

when you're selling an awesome mtb you used to love on ebay to buy a second kite, whilst stuck at home due to a head injury from kite surfing

saffieboy

thats not addicted....

its weird

you know you are addicted when
- you were white now you are black
- there is a permanent salt layer on the surface of your skin
- you have naturally peroxided hair
- you've gone twice for an ear operation (& on the way to a 3rd) for "surfer's ear" due to excess wind and water

when you severley damage your 10 month old custom-shaped kiteboard jumping over Woodies outcrop of rocks (line snapped while 15ft in air, lots of fun heh) and then continue to ride it for a couple weeks until it completely delaminates, then snaps.
Thereafter, you take it to all local kiteshops (you all know who I am) to try get it fixed - 'cause its your baby, right? and each one answers "don't bother", "better in the bin" or "throw it away mate!"
soooo you end up riding your 6'1 surfboard for a looong period of time (till you can afford a new baby!).
On the odd occassion, you get to lend a mate's board (thanks Sarah!) or borrow a kiteschool's spare board...and then bribe/pay them for their generosity with a couple beers (thanks Australian Kitesurfing School!).
And for all of you who ride surfboards, you will know how many tricks/jumps/variations you can do on flatwater, without footstraps right?
yep, I'm almost surface passing! ... but mainly faceplanting
and i'm still enjoying every session!