Kitebeach is under attack... show a bit of solidarity and don't let the psycho win! Copied from KF...

Kiting, windsurfing, SUP'ing, outrigger paddling, kayaking, surfing and anything else that uses a "vessel" may soon be actively banned from launching or landing along a 3000 ft. section of Kanaha State Park (Kitebeach) also known as Ka???a Point in Maui. A vessel exclusion zone has been on the books for the last 25 years but has never been enforced, until perhaps now.



The area of the vessel exclusion zone which may soon be enforced.
actionkiteboarding.net/


Largely due to the lobbying efforts of one parent, perhaps others disturbed about kiting activities in the Pro Point/fish pond area, this may come to pass. Recall the one disaffected windsurfer who managed to get kiting banned for two years off the North Shore and skegged Flash Austin. In short, this is a real threat.

More background on the current threat at: mauinow.com/2013/05/10/swim-zones-to-be-enforced-at-kaa-point-over-safety-concerns/


This is serious and should be of concern to any waterperson who has or wants to visit Maui at sometime in the future. Use zones can be created and enforced, there is no need for a blanket prohibition. First you need to get government's attention to take things to the point of starting negotiations hence this petition.


For now there is a petition campaign to be submitted to the Hawaiian State DIVISION OF BOATING AND OCEAN RECREATION (DOBOR) organized by Ocean Safety Alliance, www.facebook.com/oceansafetyalliance

Titled: "State DOBOR Hawaii: Please protect ocean access at Kanaha Beach. Change the outdated rules to reflect the current use."

and is located at:

*** CLICK HERE TO SIGN PETITION ***
www.change.org/p/state-dobor-hawaii-please-protect-ocean-access-at-kanaha-beach-change-the-outdated-rules-to-reflect-the-current-use

It takes very little time to sign the petition, please help to keep this unique spot open to all these water interests now and into the future. Chris Levins of Adventure Sports Maui gave me a heads up on this, it is legitimate and a current threat to continued use of this area.


Thank you!

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Of course, some are tossers, but the issue isn't the tossers, it's the petty, small-minded bastard who's pushing for a ban which'll close the beach where tossers aren't the problem.

The tossers can be dealt with by the proper authorities for violating a rule - which isn't related to the beach in question! Imagine getting your beach closed to all sports except swimming, because at the next beach over some tossers are breaking rules that nobody - except one wanker with an axe to grind - cares about.

This all being driven by the exaggerated claims of a guy who says kiters are endangering kids - when it's him making his kid go out and play around all the kiters! The guy is a troll... he videotapes people then makes up stories about "confrontations" and "harassment", claims to have mountains of evidence of people being threatened or put in danger... but the following is as much as we've seen.

mauinow.com/2013/05/03/letter-kite-surfers-endanger-kids-at-kaa-point/

The funny thing is he's pushing for a law to be upheld which will mean, technically, his kid won't be able to boogieboard there either /rolleyes

Kamikuza said..
Imagine getting your beach closed to all sports except swimming, because at the next beach over some tossers are breaking rules that nobody - except one wanker with an axe to grind - cares about.

or because one particular sport came along........

If it is just one bloke stirring then I feel for them, but sounds like they are giving him plenty of ammo. Groundhog day - just like the talk of bans here

From the first pic posted on this thread, there appears to be a lot of beach other than the fish pond.
Why do some kiters want to push the boundaries of tolerance by launching or beaching inside this very small pond?
Isn't it obvious to all that by simply avoiding this pond that the whole conflict would be avoided?

It's a bit similar on most metro beaches in Western Australia.
There are very small areas of beach set aside for swimming but for some reason kiters like to swoop in and do a big boost through the middle of the swimming area.
It doesn't actually bother me because I know I only need to dive 1 metre to get out of the way when things go wrong, as they sometimes do, but I often see the look of horror go over the faces of others as they look for a rapid escape path to safety.
Be aware, that unless you have done kitiing yourself, people have no idea whether their safety is threatened or not, so the usual reaction is to assume that it is, even when the kiter is a little downwind of them.

In the case of Ka'a Point fish pond, it's up to other kiters to give those who kite through the pond a 'heads up' on the consequences.
Once they stop, the problem will go away by itself, without any need for new rules and prohibitions.
Put up a sign in the car park, and arrange for one on the beach so when some dimwit carves through the pond you can point to the sign.
If the pond is empty then no problem, but if there is so much as one person in the pond the launch outside the pond area.

And no. I didn't sign the petition.
Do the right thing and you wont need one.

First thoughts, whatever couldn't care less about their beach.

2nd thoughts, well it is a famous kitebeach, I don't think there's all much going for it (airport, sewerage plant round the corner, etc) except the big name locals and the quality of riders, particularly in the early days, but certainly a lot of history has happened there.

3rd thoughts, read your link, it is a real example of one toolbag doing his utmost to ruin things for a whole lot of kiters, who have a very limited choice of locations over there, not like here. For no good reason other than his own sense of entitlement. What a clown.

Kamikuza said..
There is ONE location on our lake here in Japan suitable for safe kiteboarding... and where do you think people come and park their kids for a swim? Right in the middle of our launching spot. Not 100m down the beach, not on any of the well-designed public holiday spots, or any other place in the 235km of coast line. Nope, right where we try to ride out from our 200m long beach

But this being Asia...

I would dearly love that twat from Maui to come over here, park his kid in the middle of the zone and then try and complain about it LOL

That's one good thing about this place - it's not a problem until it actually was a problem...

OK
So I then launch my jetski in that area and act like a tool, and f^ck up your kiting session.
Do you feel the same?
I mean when I complain that you decided to kite in my ketski spot?



The point is when they come and swim there, just make your inside turn 50m from the beach not 2m. Then they will not complain.

Mark _australia said..


I mean when I complain

You do this a lot

Jetski and kite, same mentality..... what is the point to be a hero 200 m offshore if noone sees you been a hero! Look at the dicks at Pelican point they come as close as possible from the beach and scream as loud as possible b4 they do a trick for every body to witness! jetwankers do that to us when we sail our yachts as well............ some time too close for comfort..... shame shot guns rust too close to sea water, but then again what about stainless steel shot guns?

Mark _australia said..

OK
So I then launch my jetski in that area and act like a tool, and f^ck up your kiting session.
Do you feel the same?
I mean when I complain that you decided to kite in my ketski spot?



The point is when they come and swim there, just make your inside turn 50m from the beach not 2m. Then they will not complain.

You had me agreeing (depending on the law) until the last sentence.

If you look at his video and letters, he's complaining about launching and landing putting people "at risk" and kiters being unable to control their dangerous strings...

If you read the responses to the MauiNews letters, they're primarily from the OP and his wife with a few half-hearted agreements from people who probably don't even live on the island.

Historically, everyone got on well there with respect on both sides... it wasn't till this cock arrived that there was a stir-up.

Also keep in mind - NOBODY would be using this beach if the kiters hadn't cleared it of all the trash long along, then re-cleared it again recently...

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Kamikuza said..

Mark _australia said..



OK

So I then launch my jetski in that area and act like a tool, and f^ck up your kiting session.

Do you feel the same?

I mean when I complain that you decided to kite in my ketski spot?







The point is when they come and swim there, just make your inside turn 50m from the beach not 2m. Then they will not complain.

You had me agreeing (depending on the law) until the last sentence.

If you look at his video and letters, he's complaining about launching and landing putting people "at risk" and kiters being unable to control their dangerous strings...

If you read the responses to the MauiNews letters, they're primarily from the OP and his wife with a few half-hearted agreements from people who probably don't even live on the island.

Historically, everyone got on well there with respect on both sides... it wasn't till this cock arrived that there was a stir-up.

Also keep in mind - NOBODY would be using this beach if the kiters hadn't cleared it of all the trash long along, then re-cleared it again recently...

I was referring to your lake example where u kite