Anyone see the slot on the storms in WA and QLD - showed guys in QLD surfing and then showed a kiter getting ready.

I was thinking cool we will see some kiting on the news - unfortunately it wasnt what we wanted as this guy gets teabagged from the beach towards the carpark nearly taking out the cameraman - cant work out how he didnt take him out!

Just sat there with my head in my hands going here we go....

yeh, that guy pulls a massive air. then you see him get kicked BONDI style.
ohh god

When he was interviewed he said "its only us crazy guys out here"

Sure was - no kite control no idea... had he taken the Channel 7 Cameraman out it would have been huge news Im sure...

I saw it [}:)] Another fine example.....ROFL!!!!

All you clowns bagging the guy.... pull your heads in

He's out there in 30 kts and doing it up for the camera

He puts the kite into a loop as he exits the water... so what. Thats how they do it in Ireland

My post or smack as you put it is in response to a person who you point out as being competent doing some

crazy ****

for the media.

If he was competent he would have done his tricks on the water where Im sure it would have looked a lot better than him being teabagged across the beach.

Common sense and safety are required and people to learn from actions of others who should have known better - especially jumping kite on the beach in 30Kts of wind. Im sure if safety was a consideration these actions wouldnt have been attempted and lessons would have outlined why not to do so.

I concur. Just get out there and kitesurf and stop making up rules telling people what they can and can't do . Just chill out. Where were you anyway Lance when all this was going down?

yeeaaahhh, i was wondering if i was the only one a bit sick of the safety police.
So what if you get dragged on the beach?
we 've all done it
did you forget to have fun?
Sorry to burst the bubble on our "extreme sport" but there is way more people waisting themselves riding a pushbike than kiting
Get out there, have fun, push your limit, scare the #$%^ out of yourself once in a while for an adrenalin boost and make sure you don't injure any third party

I seen it, i think there are are better things you could do to impress the camera man like show some skill, it takes no skill to go up the beach backwards. To me looks like he was trying to show off to much ****ed up and now he looks like a bit off dick.

We have all done it but maybe not all of us would do it for a tv Camera. All i can say is lucky DK wasn't there.

Paul.j

drew1234 said...

ok
theres always some kite police knob telling people what they shouldn't be doing from behind there ****ing keyboard.

Don't worry drew1234.... you'll never meet any of these police. They are KK (Keyboard Kiters), they never stray too far from the computer and have the BEST AND MOST CORRECT opinion on anything.

mike

Kite Police suck !!!!
True that !!!!
I am sure that the guy didn't mean to do what he did.
Leave the rest of us alone to enjoy ourselves. If you don't wipeout, you arn't pushing your limits!

Do all those guys who put poo poo on the guy getting dragged know that he is actually mildly retarded and I say good on him for having a go

Just a reminder - there's no need to abuse others because they have a different point of view - it's only a forum. Many of the "newbie" posts have been edited to remove abuse .. also creating multiple logins to do the abuse from - it doesn't make you anonymous either.

The issue in not one of how skilled someone is or good they are at flying a 12m in 35kts. It is about the warped perception of our sport by the public and the very real possibility of bannings by that same public due to safety concerns.

I did not see the footage, and from what I have heard there seems to be nothing the guy did wrong (assuming the cameraman or others were not in fact in danger of being taken out) - but unfortunately a drag up the beach looks like a kite out of control to the public, no matter who did it and what they had done immediately prior to or after it. It seems a lot of good stuff was filmed including comments on safety, and some good skilled riding....and what did the media show? - the "out of control bit". They will do it every time....and keep it on file for next time when no one will "perform" for them.

There is not much we can do about it, although I would suggest that anyone who knows they are being filmed by the media resist the urge to push their limits, and above all be safe. It is a great chance to show off and you might pull stuff you have never done before, and the temptation of getting that on the news is high. But the only thing that will get on the TV is the huge stack you or someone else did. Sad but true.

That said - I saw a 2sec shot on the news last night of a kite going out through the surf with Old Woman Island in the background. Nothing fancy or hard, but looked good....so maybe they aren't all bad!

Paradox said...

The issue in not one of how skilled someone is or good they are at flying a 12m in 35kts. It is about the warped perception of our sport by the public and the very real possibility of bannings by that same public due to safety concerns.

The footage was about the beach being closed due to storms and how some people can turn this into a good time. They showed surfers in big waves and kiters in big winds.

There was no members of 'joe public' on the beach. The article was positive.

BTW, showing someone drag up the beach is a good thing! It shows what CAN happen and may teach Joe Public not to set up his picnic rug 10m down wind of someone launching. This could prevent accidents in the future.

mike

Spacemonkey! said...


Councils see this and think that what if the beach was crowded and this happened--> injury--> sue so to cover their arses they ban us. Nice spin on it I wish it worked like that though. Even though the report may have been positive it showed a negative aspect of the sport.

So that is my spin, the above is your spin, the stuff on the TV channel 7's spin. It's all spin. Unless you are mind reader then how do you know what a councilors spin is to watching that particular article? Maybe they are thinking of a clubbie drowning while rescuing a surfer... or about a road washing away or can the storm water system handle the rain. Are we that self important that everything is about us?

mike