With a few people stating that we are just experiencing a kiting craze and things will settle down once it becomes less fashionable, I was wondering if you guys actually know anyone who got into kiting, manage to get to his feet, go back and forth then decided it was all too hard and threw it all away, sold their gear and decided to go back to their pc.
It certainly doesn't look like any of my mates is considering the option of flagging kiting for good to get some quality time with the misses so I thought I should ask.
If no-one on seabreeze has even heard of someone quiting, we are screwed and our local will be soon busier than a one arm brickie in Baghdad
Or maybe we could burn the schools to stop the increase in crowd.
Yes a properly trained student is less dangerous than someone trained by your dodgy mate but 95% of the new crew would not attempt kiting if they didn't have access to a school
^^^^ônly because they didnt want to be anywhere near you two.
They actually still kite,, they just didnt want to hurt your feelings when you rang and asked them to come for a kite........."ummmmmmm,I cant come for a kite cause....ummmmm....I dont kite anymore???" Take the hint.
But seriously,,,,,,,I couldnt imagine life without kiteing,,,,,,,how boring.
Nice try, but I don't think we even asked each other whether we were going kiting. You just showed up at the beach and knew everyone else would to. Those were the days.
I have spoken to a few people through work who have all the gear but due to kitemares have fallen off the horse and haven't got back on.
Guess getting dragged along the beach at a rate of knots or towards a main road can have a detrimental effect on some people.
In all cases they have had lessons from a certified school.
I encourage them to give it another go but aknowledge that you really have to want to kite to get through the learning process. Kitemares. Walk of shame. Wrong kite. Wrong location. Wrong kite buddies. Wrong kite holiday destinations. Wrong boardies over the wettie. Serving the wrong beer to your mates after an epic downwinder (nah all beer tastes good after an epic session :).
Im dreading the days when Im over the hill and well past it and start saying oldies stuff like...."" ahhh,,,those were the days" Must suck when you start thinking life was better back then.
The world,life, has changed. Enjoy today, not be angry cause life was,in your mind ,better 20 years ago.
Better to realise that life gets better as you age, then bang on and be grumpy cause you live in the past.
My life is awesome everyday. Surely you can't deny you miss friends when they go their separate ways?... What is wrong with living in the past for a bit anyway? Memories are the catalyst for dreams in my opinion.
Nice try, but I don't think we even asked each other whether we were going kiting. You just showed up at the beach and knew everyone else would to. Those were the days.
Still happens in newy
But there has been a few come and go And some come back
Im dreading the days when Im over the hill and well past it and start saying oldies stuff like...."" ahhh,,,those were the days" Must suck when you start thinking life was better back then.
The world,life, has changed. Enjoy today, not be angry cause life was,in your mind ,better 20 years ago.
Better to realise that life gets better as you age, then bang on and be grumpy cause you live in the past.
Take a leaf out of Bob Dawson's book .The guy got more passionate and out there with age .Truly inspirational ,truly missed.
Im dreading the days when Im over the hill and well past it and start saying oldies stuff like...."" ahhh,,,those were the days" Must suck when you start thinking life was better back then.
The world,life, has changed. Enjoy today, not be angry cause life was,in your mind ,better 20 years ago.
Better to realise that life gets better as you age, then bang on and be grumpy cause you live in the past.
Take a leaf out of Bob Dawson's book .The guy got more passionate and out there with age .Truly inspirational ,truly missed.
Yep, totally agee Mr float, thats why I said,"life gets better as you age". I use to be in the mind of live fast die young,,,,dont want to live past 50 and not be able to enjoy the sports/life I live now,,,untill I met Bob, charging harder and enjoying life more than most half his age. He not only taught me to kite,,,much more than that,,,,changed the way I look at life and live day to day. He had that affect on alot of people.RIP.
I think out of the ten or so original Yeppoon guys that started around the same time as me there are only two of the guys and me left, the rest have quit for more wife/family time.. As Rowdy said, we used to all just turn up to the same beach at the same time everytime it was windy because it was guaranteed everyone else would already be there or be on there.. Such good memories from the old days of kiting
I think out of the ten or so original Yeppoon guys that started around the same time as me there are only two of the guys and me left, the rest have quit for more wife/family time.. As Rowdy said, we used to all just turn up to the same beach at the same time everytime it was windy because it was guaranteed everyone else would already be there or be on there.. Such good memories from the old days of kiting
Hey Jamie Lee
Good to see you are still getting into the kiting .Is Andrew still gettin out there .I had a great time when I visited and appeciated the spots ,the friendly people and the cammeradirie .Loved the downwinder we did when I was there .What a beautiful part of the world you guys have .
and i got bored of how draggy the canopies feel in winds under 15 knots
and just couldnt relate to the epifit handlepass thing
am open to the idea of going kiting again one day though .. probably surfboard style.
yep waveriding ,love it .I almost lost the stoke for the sport a cupla years back getting frustrated with ideal conditions not being that often .Now finding a new love for flat water riding in a beautiful part of the world we have here and enjoying the gift of life and being able to kite .
If you do every turn on a wave the same,,,thats your problem,,,,maybe time to mix it up and learn some new moves instead of repeating the same turn??? Can give you a few lessons and tips next time Im up your way if you like.I wont even charge you for it,,out of the goodness of my heart
With a few people stating that we are just experiencing a kiting craze and things will settle down once it becomes less fashionable, I was wondering if you guys actually know anyone who got into kiting, manage to get to his feet, go back and forth then decided it was all too hard and threw it all away, sold their gear and decided to go back to their pc.
If you do every turn on a wave the same,,,thats your problem,,,,maybe time to mix it up and learn some new moves instead of repeating the same turn??? Can give you a few lessons and tips next time Im up your way if you like.I wont even charge you for it,,out of the goodness of my heart
Cool,,good to see your open to learn.I will be glad to help you get past the learners rook stage of only knowing how to do the same turn over and over. You might prove that,,,You can teach old dogs new tricks. Im always keen to help the newbies,,let me know when you want some lessons.
Dont jump ahead of yourself,,,learn one thing at a time, Your legend at foruming anyway. To be good at foruming you must (a) Tell everyone how they should kite (b) Bag anyone that rides a different style to you,, and (c) Tell everyone how kiteing was better in the olden days. I need some lessons from the master.
Why the sarcasm,,,Im offering to help you learn how to kite better and get past the stage your stuck at?
I'm doing all that stuff double time though, what's my problem? Am I just trying to hard at it? It's like you don't try at all and just say seriously lame obvious trolls but somehow you are winning hard out... It's not fair, it's like you are a natural at it.
I'm not being sarcastic at all I genuinely need your help, you are exceeding even the creator now at sucking hard out and I need to know your secrets.
How is that helping me? Some offer to help. It's like your trolls just get better each post, I think I've got you sussed "Like there's no way he can get lamer" But then you go and just copying something I would say... It's so obvious that it's not obvious, pure genius.
