so , all excited to get into the sport and learn the ropes ( so to speak) , i meet a few local guys and get a heads up for the days spot to go , the wind is really gusty and im struggling , all is ok a couple guys offer and help me sort my mess out but this older guy comes, and proceeds to tell me " its obvious you havent done much kiting, .... well derr mate i would be struggling if i was good right.. and then walks away, now to me this isnt how you encourage " newbies" into learning the apprenticeship i hear of, all im saying is, drop the attitude dude, you had to learn at some stage and if you were in my position im sure a helping hand would be appreciated, after all we are only as good as the conditions allow and so far i suck!!
to the rest of the guys who offered help hats off, its appreciated!

cheers! ginger

thanks for that, sav, there are tossers in every sport... i can from a sport with the majority being that way due to too much $$ and not enough sense!

now... where is the wind!!!

ginger1 said...

so , all excited to get into the sport and learn the ropes ( so to speak) , i meet a few local guys and get a heads up for the days spot to go , the wind is really gusty and im struggling , all is ok a couple guys offer and help me sort my mess out but this older guy comes, and proceeds to tell me " its obvious you havent done much kiting, .... well derr mate i would be struggling if i was good right.. and then walks away, now to me this isnt how you encourage " newbies" into learning the apprenticeship i hear of, all im saying is, drop the attitude dude, you had to learn at some stage and if you were in my position im sure a helping hand would be appreciated, after all we are only as good as the conditions allow and so far i suck!!
to the rest of the guys who offered help hats off, its appreciated!

cheers! ginger

When and where did this happen????

hey ginger 1,
remember the person you burn to day could be the one saving your arsse tomorrow.
try not to make ememy`s in this sport,its a long swim back to the beach when your lines break.
was this older guy a kiter????
have you been for a lesson??


cheers
daz

Did the snobby old hat kiter offer any advice at all?

I have on a few occasions suggested that guys leave their kites in the bag because of very gusty, offshore conditions. Unfortunately they never do and everything ends up **** for them (or even worse for bystanders on the beach as happened today).

You also have guys telling you that they know what they are doing when they clearly have no idea at all. (Kiter standing dead downwind of the kite and mate trying to throw it up in the air, or trying to launch a 10 year old, under inflated kite with families with small children and infants in range of their kites.)

Just about anybody who kites will help, especially if you ask nicely ... but you can only help so much.

@bellevue:
yeah ive had some lessons, and im not " burning " anybody, just a little peeved that this guy didnt want to offer positive advice rather he just wanted to tell me i was hopeless.. its water off a ducks back but just wanted to put it out there that if experienced kiters want to go that way then maybe it will be them who swim to shore with broken lines... as i said, we all have to learn and advice given today will be advice given tommorow!!
any way im smiling as im slowly getting it sorted ..


@gordo,
i understand that some people do not take critism/opinions/experience offered to them, and when i asked this guy for his "opinions" he just turned his back and got his own gear set up,
in having said all of this, its not a direct slander , its more a "pull ya head in you make new friends by helping" kind of post!! its also for all of us who tend to take things a little seriously!
relax we are all there to have fun!!
ginger1

warwickl,
when, and where isnt relevant, as i mentioned, its just a generalisation of some who forget where they started... there is nobody who starts at the top.

but no, it wasnt you , keep those sunnies on my friend, !!

ginger1

sorry no....

Im Craig66 as I was born in 1966, im not the 666 devil

come on meggsy tell us where did it happen at blackys or hams give use a hint.
666 how was the downwinder

maybee it's not because you're a newb but because you're a ginger.

@ aorta........ i lovre the ranga calls .. keep em comin,
@ sandrash... mate ,i was onshore, and its all taken out of context, it was meant as a back hand that if asked for advice u dont ( usually) turn your back on somebody,,
jeeez, and i thought rangas had a bad temper!!! relax, and go play in the wind!

ginger;)

hi ginger1 - do we get a hint as to where these unfriendly folks kite?

Might be worth finding a friendlier spot...

bellevue said...

hey ginger 1,
remember the person you burn to day could be the one saving your arsse tomorrow.
try not to make ememy`s in this sport,its a long swim back to the beach when your lines break.
was this older guy a kiter????
have you been for a lesson??


cheers
daz

If the tosser was helpful to start with, maybe ginger would not need a rescue

kyteryder said...

Don't worry about them Ginger. Every break has a bunch of tossers, some show offs, and some rude pricks. I saw one each category at my local yesterday. Watch the state of play at your local spot. It wont take long to pick them. I have laughed a few of the morons that stir the pot, and get into trouble, and wonder why people dont oblige when they have to perform a self rescue. - Karma is a great thing.

At your local...........What time did the wind get up that anyone could get out down here....I'll be gutted if I missed the first good wind in 3 weeks....

kitegirl21 said...

ginger1 said...

thanks for that, sav, there are tossers in every sport... i can from a sport with the majority being that way due to too much $$ and not enough sense!

now... where is the wind!!!

let me guess which sport, sailing???

HAHAHA!!! was just thinking the same thing.....

haha didnt no that was u alex... didnt mean to brand u with tosser label... lol