you use the dial up work computer and watch the kiteboarding vids frame by frame... This minute is taking for ever

when you're cruising home on the train at about 5:30, going past leighton beach and see people out on big kites that are falling out of the sky, flying backwards, stalling, folding and are generally not doing the things that kites should be doing because there might be a gusty 14 knots if they're lucky and you find yourself thinking "you know what... I reckon there could still be time to go home, get my gear and get back to the beach for a good 15 minutes of not-quite-kitesurfing before it gets dark..."

When the school takes away your internet access because ur on seabeeze too much

Your doing the atkins diet to jump higher

Sjd said...

When you drive 300kms to ur closest beach only to find the wind is about six knotts :(

...but you still pump up anyway, just in case.....

When you listen to songs and contemplate whether they have the right "tude" for your kiting video they are gonna make when you go pro....(as soon as I get good enough that is!)

bananas27 said...

This poses another question for me. How soon is too soon to be addicted?

I only got up on the board for the first time last weekend and I already find myself looking at the wind every 10 minutes and wishing I wasn't at work.

Welcome to the rest of your life :)

enicao said...

bananas27 said...

This poses another question for me. How soon is too soon to be addicted?

I only got up on the board for the first time last weekend and I already find myself looking at the wind every 10 minutes and wishing I wasn't at work.

most people get addicted after doing the first 20 meters on the board

Oh, I'm not weird then (in terms of Kiteboarding anyway).. good stuff!

bananas27 said...



Oh, I'm not weird then (in terms of Kiteboarding anyway).. good stuff!

Yeah, no weirder than the rest of us.

.....you've been out 3 times ever, just got the hang of body dragging and already identify with half the posts in here!





This addiction is so fast! and all encompassing! I love it!!!!!!!!!!!

when you get home at 4 in the morning at get up at 5 30 that mornig to go spend the next 7 hours non stop kiten

You accidently end up on seabreeze every time your trying to check you truckin emai Damn my one track mind

When your GF always seems to walk in when your checkin the wind but you "Honestly" have been workin, or you just got back from the beach and "just want to check your wind sense" to see if you could have been flying bigger!

your all ready to go out on a date, your hair n make up is all done, your driving out to go on your date, you drive past the beach on the way to your date, you notice the breeze is up all of a sudden, and then u call ur date to cancel due to unforeseen circumstances...

You also know your addicted when u cant make it to work on a 30knt day bcos 'grandma has an appointment with the specialist and no body else can take her as ur aunty who was supposed to take her has pulled out, again due to unforeseen circumstances'....

damn unforeseen circumstances!!!

when you check the wind and seabreeze regularly even though you've never even been on the water yet... Bring on those lessons