Weta said...Number said...
Maybe I'm looking at the wrong places but I hardly see all any results of the hard work that WAKSA puts in.
There is Kitestock, L2L and this downwinder.
The only way I take advantage of WAKSA is that I got the insurance.. I've kited in WA for 3 seasons and if it weren't for the fact that I checked the seabreeze forum now and then I wouldn't be aware that there existed such an organisation. And looking at the comments here there might be to much mutually admiration and not enough efforts to reach the people outside the inner circle.
Mate IMHO WAKSA do a great job with a limited number of volunteers that benefits our sport which benefits you & I.
I heard about WAKSA through my instructor & see their pamphlets at some of the kite shops & i see the postings here on Seabreeze and very occasionally i'll go onto their website to check for info + there's emails.
I'm interested to hear your ideas on how WAKSA & KSA can let more kiters know that they are there and what they do for our sport & most importantly what they do for us as individual kiters.
I used to work as instructor and contacted WAKSA and asked if they could provide me with some kind of pamphets that I could hand out to my students, they never bothered to answer. So I'll say that is number 1, make sure that everyone that get's a kite lesson in WA is made aware about the benefits(I still told my students to check it out but I doubt that the majority of them actually remembered to check it out.
Signs that informs what have been negotiated and where to kite and where not to kite for newcomers. Things like the windsurfing/kitesurfing separation at the pond and at Melville.
It could also be great with a freestyle competition to reach the younger crowd, the current activities aim more for kiters in their 40ties...
seems only the 40+ crowd care enough to enter and participate and organise events.... which is my personal experience also with organising kiting activities.
