Quote "Seriously, I thought I took the piss when I parked there, but would have really appreciated it if you voiced your concerns to me directly instead of publicly.
Sorry again for any inconveniences to the pole surfers."

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=47759

This is the kind of kite-idiot we have to deal with, great to know he was just taking the piss Intersting sense of humour

Worst still anyone of us would have helped him with his trailier moving it into an adjacent bay, but hey then the advertising would not have been so obvious.
What a w****r

Whats the problem? Just park him in and go out for a sail till twilight. Leave a note under the car's wiper if there is a problem, you will move out around 8pm.

Looks like its a white Delica parked behind the trailer. I could have parked my white Delica infront of the car. Would have been a classic.

Don't worry he was parked in

I think he didn't realise just how busy it gets there after work.

The naming and shaming has been done, and one strike allocated.

Now the kiters can troll along about the story

Too right that is out of context- it is used to highlight the fact that people need to chill out and just enjoy what they are doing instead of worrying about everyone else...... I have seen a windsurfing school do a similar thing and countless others - stupid thing to do but no reason to tarnish all kiters as selfish pricks

Did you guys actually see that the guy with the trailer does windsurfing lessons as well ????????????

So...all this abuse aimed at kiters is totally unnecessary.

I have respect for windsurfers that I know and alot of them are good blokes but like with anything there are a few bad apples....

Dunno - probably giving kiting lessons cos nobody learns to windsurf anymore........

KitingCasey said...
1. They're lines not strings
and 2. Where the f**K have you seen 40 meters of lines taking up a beach, beens though 90% of kite lines in the industry range from 20-25 meters in length?


Once again a know it all poley expressing his shear ignorance of the great sport.

Pretty sure that's what you meant - although I have no clue what 'beens though' could mean, and I'm sure there was a more creative word you could have used instead of f**k?

20-25 meters x four lines (or is that five in most cases these days?) would seem to be at least 80 meters, probably closer to 100 in most cases. 40 meters was being generous I think.

40m of space on the water is easy.. a 20 meter line length either side of the rider (either side of the wind window).

SOME kiters are unpredictable, and SOME windsurfers are frightened of the flying cheese slicer which can change direction very rapidly.

By the way, while we're correcting ignorance - it's a mast, not a pole.

lol, this thread is getting epic.

The reason kiters get so defensive when you talk to them about being a public nuisance/danger is because deep down they know that their sport is going to be banned in 90% of spots, especially as its popularity grows.

Sure there are a large majority of sensible kiters (my father in law is one of them), but as more and more kooks, try-hards and tossers swell the kiting ranks, the inevitable is bound to happen. While windsurfing also has its fair share of kooks, etc, at least with a windsurfer, the carnage you can create is largely limited to a 430cm radius around yourself.

If kiters were smart, they wouldn't talk up their sport so much. The less people that kite, the less chance of it getting outright banned.

Kiters try to argue that windsurfing is a dying sport... I'd suggest that it is kiting which is unsustainable. Which is sad, because anything which gets the masses off the couch, away from the TV and into the fresh air is usually a Good Thing.

Just hope that windsurfing doesn't get dragged down with it.

KitingCasey said...

Kitesurfing is one of the fastest growing sports in australia

Which is exactly the problem. Without regulation, it is doomed to be made as illegal as base jumping.

edit: don't get me wrong, I have nothing against kiters, in fact I am related to a kiter. I surf the same breaks as kiters with no problems. I just think that it is a sport which suffers a lot from di*kheads. If I was a kiter, I'd be angry and defensive also.

I am amazed at how many gays on trays actually frequent the windsurfing forums. I thought they had their own forum section. More proof that deep down they all really want to be part of the windsurfing crew. But as we all know because windsurfing actually requires some skill they will never be able to make the transition.

I'm not like you and can only do one blo*dy sport i also base jump and know the rules and regulations for both base jumping and kitesurfing like the back of my hand, so unless you blatently want to be shut down again i'd keep quiet because you've proven that you chat a lot of ** even when your wrong

KitingCasey said...

I'm not like you and can only do one blo*dy sport i also base jump and know the rules and regulations for both base jumping and kitesurfing like the back of my hand, so unless you blatently want to be shut down again i'd keep quiet because you've proven that you chat a lot of ** even when your wrong

Are you allowed to jump off a CBD building onto a crowded street? No.
Are you allowed to kite on a crowded beach, across from a busy street? Yes.

If you get over your emotions, you might see that there is actually a problem here.

Stop attacking me, and attack the issue.

KitingCasey, besides literacy and numeracy issues, you seem also to have comprehension difficulties too. All these difficulties may be affecting your higher order thinking abilities. Please consider enrolling in an Adult Community Education (ACE) course for your own good.

I never said the strings are 40 meters long. All I know is that a kitesurfer does take up a hell of a lot more room on the water than a windsurfer. I also know kiters lay their strings out on the beach and expect everyone else to hop over them. My guessimate is they probably take up around 40 meters or so of space out on the water, how the kite goes up and down without any real apparent control by the kiter.

Windsurfing is a dying sport? Well it has another 50 years before its dead as my 14 year old nephew is into it and loves it. There are plenty of other kids doing it too. If either sport is in danger of dying it is unfortunately kiting for a number of reasons.

Firstly it takes up too much room which is an growing factor on our overcrowded planet.

Secondly its dangerous and its only a matter of time before an injured kiter, bystander or their family litigates someone in the industry due to the inherent dangers of the sport. Councils will start banning kiting the way they ban other dangerous activities.

Thirdly kiting is a fad sport, just like windsurfing was in the 80s. Like any fad it attracts more than its fair share of d!ckheads and posers. Windsurfing survived the inevitable crash once the sport became unfashionable. Its debatable whether kiting will survive its crash once the next new craze comes along.

If you love your kiting then good on you. We really don't mind you getting out there and having fun. However you seem to not enjoy it that much as you keep running windsurfing down. Why is that?

You don't like kiting lines referred to as strings? Whats the difference? You keep calling masts poles. There are many differences between masts and poles. Probably the main difference is you usually find a pole used on firm ground while mast is used on a vessel or vehicle to support a sail.

If you keep trolling here you posts will keep getting deleted. We have all read your opinions and still nothing has changed; most people here probably think you'd be better off washing the dishes than writing your opinions here.

Calling me a f***head is clearly violating forum rules so you better watch it.

lol! no wind today then? or is everybody still stuck at work :)

When I was a boy...

When I started windsurfing in the 80's we were then new kids on the block - young brash, cool - it was so obvious that all the other water sports did not know what they were missing. I would often have arguements with my surfing mates that surfing will be overtaken by this new cool sport. If only they could see the light..

Fast forward 20 years and things haven't changed - the kitesurfers have invented cool - we are all old dinosaurs. There now telling us to see the light - And like windsurfing in the 80's it will eventually self-implode and leave the a few of the faithful to keep doing what they love - having fun on the water..

KitingCasey - I don't give a rats about kitesurfing - it look like a great sport for those how enjoy it - i enjoy windsurfing and always will.I've talked to my local kiteboarders on what I can do to help them and occassionally have helped launch and retrieve kites. I've got no anomosity towards them and so far theres been none towards me but when kitesurfing starts interfering with my ability to windsurf then I'll be peeved. You enjoy your sport and I enjoy mine. If you want to call us names go ahead, in the time i've been windsurfing I've seen your type come and go (love kitesurfing until the next cool extreme sport comes along). Unfortuately - it that small minority in kitesurfing AND windsurfing who stuffs it up for everyone...

And being old beard stroking dinosaurs were hopefully mature enough to have enough wisdom and communication to sort out our windsurfing problems...

Maybe you should try that - communication with other kiteboarders rather than childish slanging and bitching towards other water users

laurie said...

This is all getting a bit exciting isn't it?

Can someone show me where the sheep station that's up for grabs is?

We're all here for a good time, and arguing over who's sport is better is pointless. May as well argue over what colour shoes you wear. (I wear thongs)

Loz, you said shoes not undies

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