Yeah, I agree with this. Saturday (my first, and last time there), I saw like 5 or 6 kits get slammed down straight into the water, one nearly taking a windsufer out. I'll be damned if thats me that mad dog slaps on the head.

Please, stay down wind from the experienced. Its the right, and courteous thing to do.

i reckon all the newbie car drivers shouldnt drive on the roads i live near or use, in fact i'd like them to stay off the roads altogether.

Hey bro, the river is for us all, it gets packed on the weekends, thats just the way it is in the city. Sure some people wield their kites around a little more erratically than others due to their limited skills and understanding but that doesnt give you the right to dictate where they kite in a particular spot.

My suggestion would be perhaps the "advanced riders" should head off to an "advanced spot"

Oh and by the way where did you learn?

look the river is a big area. If your good you can head off upwind out towards the sand bar where the windsurfers go. On the other side of that, is nice flat shallow water. Or you can sail the gap between point walter and dalkeith.
Or you can sail out of majestic and go between there and pelican point, once you clear majestic point winds good, in the bay its a bit flukey.

Honestly if your "advanced" it shouldn't bother you, there are plenty of other places with better wind and flatter water.

Hey I learnt at luckybay four years ago and its a great place to laydown your skills. Now I only hit the spot if I'm up for a quick session and cant be bother'd driving to woodies.

Most of the guys I have ridden with at luckbay are experienced kiters and we tend to keep our line on a norwest run from the main beach. The newbies usually drift downwind of that run as they cant hold their lines. Never realy had a problem with newbies getting in the way, if you consider yourself a good rider this should not bother you as you should be able to spot riders and cruise up wind out of danger of them. I must admit most of the guys I have ridden there with, we all like to show off right in the main beach area.

The only thing at luckbay that realy pisses me off is the lack of courtesy shown when a rider is comming in and wishes to land his/her kite. I stood in the water one day (with kite low over water) while a rider upwind of me was attepting to land his kite. I saw three guys ****ing around acting as thow they were pro's on the beach to their friends and not one of them could kite very well and not one of them offered to help this guy out untill they were yelled at.

The rate at which new comers to the sport are flocking down to the water ways is amazing, however if the spot is your local then I think you DO NOT have the right to say who or what can go where but you do have the responcibility to advise newbies of the rules of the spot...

Remember it's not your personal spot but it is your responcibility to keep your local open and freindly...Too many guys think they own a spot just cause they kite there regularly. You dont but you do have a moral obligation to keep the pease and show newcommers the rules of the spot...

If you've never dropped your kite, your not trying hard enough !
To hear your knee go POP ruins a kite trip !
Sucide leash's and onshore conditions are a interesting combination !
Broken ribs SUCK !