sometime I touch myself

I think windsurfers are too busy concentrating on what they are doing.

This thread explains a lot....

Kiters........... another breedind experiment that went wrong!!!!????

Gorgo said...

Mark _australia said...
I think windsurfers are too busy concentrating on what they are doing.

This thread explains a lot....

It does explain a lot. That would explain why a windsurfer almost ran into the back of me because I turned before running up on the beach. He was so busy concentrating on trying to ride, and had no concept of a person turning before hitting the beach and not falling off.

Hmm, a kiter that has no concept of looking before turning. I have to admit, I knew about that one already........

Lets be honest here people:
Q: if you get smacked in the head by your rig, do you?
a: say gently "silly me, that kind of hurt"
b: "Jesus Christ, how much of a dumb arse can I be"
c: "you do that again mother***** and Ill smash you"

Q: You drop your brand new board on the only rock on the beach and hear the crunch of epoxy, do you?
a: drop to your knees and apologise to your new baby whilst stroking the deck?
b: look for something to bash the **** out of?
c: run into the water and spend an inordinate time under water swearing like a wharfie so the whole beach doesnt witness your frustration?

Q: A sweet wave comes through, you are in perfect position and nobody else is in drop in mode, do you?
a: sheet in and simply fall in from sheer excitement?
b: pray to an ultimate being who just goes "sucker" and makes you dig a rail?
c: think, I have this thing about giving a sacrifice to Huey for my good luck and fall in from sheer excitement?

Yeah right!!!!!!!!!!

So you guys sneak up behind a happy kiter, singing his heart out with the joy of blasting around in the ocean, you sit in a blind spot behind and slightly downwind blocking the exit to his gybe (which is inevitable), you tailgate all the way into the shore break, the kiter drops into a wave and turns out, has to avoid you because you can't stop or turn (and you are sitting in the exit to his turn), and it's the kiter's fault?

Short answer: Yep, thats what Im saying. Your post makes it sound like you were the one not paying attention.

It's pretty simple, look before you turn. Like Marks situation he probably thought you were heading in to land if you were that close to the beach.

What do you mean by blind spot? If you were windsurfing I'd understand, but kiting?

Gorgo said...

Subsonic said...
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It's pretty simple, look before you turn. Like Marks situation he probably thought you were heading in to land if you were that close to the beach.

What do you mean by blind spot? If you were windsurfing I'd understand, but kiting?

It's even simpler than that. Don't tailgate people.

The looking part is irrelevant. 9 times out of 10 you see and avoid. Sometimes you don't see. (You can imagine all the scenarios of people and waves and sun and speed and waves to contrive a situation where you can't see someone.) You still have to stop or crash or ride up on the beach or avoid the boof head who is sitting on your tail and blocking the most likely exit for your turn.

Why would you deliberately tailgate somebody on the water? And block the exit to their turn? And offer the lame excuse of "I thought you were finishing for the day."

Perhaps we should wear red and green gloves and do hand signals so you can tell then we're going to turn (when there's a beach in the way). They might clash with my yellow and red spotted boardies.

How can they be tailgating you if they're downwind of you? Its a fair call to say they were in the wrong if they were right on your backside, and slammed straight into you. If they're downwind where youre going to end up if you turn, you cant just turn into their path and then offer the lame excuses of "they shouldve known I was going to turn there, I shouldnt have to look behind me before I turn".

Whatever.

I could go on, but I can see your line of thinking ain't gonna change any time soon, I just hope I never end up on the same patch of water as you.

Happy Sailing.

so I guess I am the only one who thinks I wish I had someone else out here with me wether it's a kiter or poley

dorothyinste said...

What is your individual quirkiness?

Will have a sesh and for those three hours I'll have two lines of lyrics to the song last on the radio going through my head. Land a good punt and you start to sing them...