well maybe the truth is stranger than fiction

surfing left handers, crisp offshore, 4-6, breaking off the bubble
you and 2 mates and a couple of friendly locals

boating to strikko's, no one out, 6 ft a frames, glassy offshore

kiting contacios you and a mate, no one to be seen, apart frm the start of the pack at brighton in the distance


nostalgia or the way it was?

Not kiting over this limit. Well forget 80 percent of summer days lancelin up and 70 percent south of this. The figures are made up but they are probably close.

I suppose we should be thankful there's 1000's of strange kooks kiting. It should deter the 10's of 1000's of surfers from starting.

king of the point said...

I laugh
Kiting is for kiters your a special bread

Ive listened to countless crew blert there bleter, about kiting when it started out how good it is and how i had to do it and windsurfing was finished. blar blar blar

Ive watched crew convert to kiting to return and or do both watched new crew start with out a back ground ,,,,but always laughed as youve promoted, raved and ranted as if yous were first on the moon.

I new there would be a saturation point at most locations and yous would curse the day you told other doods about a place no one goes ..........and to get into kiting.

The the second prodiction was kiters would turn on kiters for dropping in crossing tampon strings and jumping to close etc etc etc (the list of **** goes on).

The greatest thing is now you got other kiters to play with you can leave us windsurfers in the line up alone to slash, shread,carve, smack out arials and slaye the dragon in peace.

Ps Open your mind dragon slayers yous aint the GOLDEN BREAD and or KELLY SLATER so fk off

Hey "dood"

I'll leave you to your "arials" while you "slaye" some **** and leave me to my "special bread"

KOP = Nostradamus

king of the point said...

I laugh
Kiting is for kiters your a special bread

Ive listened to countless crew blert there bleter, about kiting when it started out how good it is and how i had to do it and windsurfing was finished. blar blar blar

Ive watched crew convert to kiting to return and or do both watched new crew start with out a back ground ,,,,but always laughed as youve promoted, raved and ranted as if yous were first on the moon.

I new there would be a saturation point at most locations and yous would curse the day you told other doods about a place no one goes ..........and to get into kiting.

The the second prodiction was kiters would turn on kiters for dropping in crossing tampon strings and jumping to close etc etc etc (the list of **** goes on).

The greatest thing is now you got other kiters to play with you can leave us windsurfers in the line up alone to slash, shread,carve, smack out arials and slaye the dragon in peace.

Ps Open your mind dragon slayers yous aint the GOLDEN BREAD and or KELLY SLATER so fk off

now now,just because you gave it a go and couldn't cut it crawl back under your rock you baldy old dinasaur

The windsurfing forums have been a bit quiet lately.

no worries some swell coming, by the way your bro is a well balanced young man and is not prone to violent outbursts, even if busloads of crew arrive at "your" spot and proceed to f**k everything up for you!

king of the point said...

I laugh
Kiting is for kiters your a special bread

Ive listened to countless crew blert there bleter, about kiting when it started out how good it is and how i had to do it and windsurfing was finished. blar blar blar

Ive watched crew convert to kiting to return and or do both watched new crew start with out a back ground ,,,,but always laughed as youve promoted, raved and ranted as if yous were first on the moon.

I new there would be a saturation point at most locations and yous would curse the day you told other doods about a place no one goes ..........and to get into kiting.

The the second prodiction was kiters would turn on kiters for dropping in crossing tampon strings and jumping to close etc etc etc (the list of **** goes on).

The greatest thing is now you got other kiters to play with you can leave us windsurfers in the line up alone to slash, shread,carve, smack out arials and slaye the dragon in peace.

Ps Open your mind dragon slayers yous aint the GOLDEN BREAD and or KELLY SLATER so fk off

my god . Please learn some basic spelling and then come back and post something that doesn't make my head almost explode .

kitasaurus said...

You all may remember what windsurfing was like in Perth during the late 80's and early 90's, if not due to the fact that many may not have been born or aware it was awash with sails. All the boys reckoned it would be banned but a funny thing happened.... people got bored with setting up, being ripped off for gear, got married had kids etc kiting will go exactly the same way in a few years so don't stress. The truly committed will stay and continue to enjoy it forever just like the small band of windsurfers you see dotted amongst the kites. For many this is the cool thing at the moment but they will soon fade away. bring on the winter swell I say and we can enjoy the real thing.

Yeah those were the days, you could drive along the metro coast on a windy day and there were sails out just about everywhere. I think several factors are different this time, windsurfing just got too hard, because after learning the basics of going in and out, most crew started to chase waves, and you need a better wave than what we get around Perth to make it exiting.
The size and weight of the gear also can be off putting, setting it op is more work. you need more wind.
Kiting is just more dynamic, flat water can be fun for freestyle, remembering freestyle on windsurfers in the 80s makes my toenails curl up.
and I dont remember any one doing down winders on windsurfers.

Windsurfing is like owning an F1 car, super cool but not much fun for very long unless you live next to a race track or are a pro driver.

Your kiting gear is like owning a ute, it can be what ever you want.

I would have to agree with the last two comments. Kiting is not only easier to learn, and to progress much quicker, it is still evolving - although some might say the rate of increase has evened off, there is still room for technological advances.

Especially in the waves, where windsurfers still I believe, (unless you are a pro), actually surf the waves - even more so in large swells.

And one kiter has a planning 180 degree radial arc of 20-25 metre damage potential, and this arc of chaos can be transposed quickly through a trick or jump.
One kiter takes up far more space than a windsurfer. A windsurfer coming down the line takes up little space, a kiter needs to whole bloody wave to account for line lengths.

yes windsurfers pose less a hazardous potential (excuse the poor grammer).

And more to the point - how much damage can a learner do on a windsurfer - even when planning, easy to kill wind in the sail. A learner on a kite has great potential to incurr damage.


The guys in this industry who have been around for a while, have influence, including shop owners, event organisers etc may be the ones to prepare the sport for what will occur. Especially those with a financial interest or dependance on the sport. They ban kiting in certain spots, cost me a couple of thousand, ban kiting with drop in sales, peoplecould lose their entire business. Money talks, bull**** walks - these guys in my opinion need to step up - and many of them are, through their schools,

my suggestion: A group, even if ideas can be emailed etc at the start, with people who have their families financial interest based in the sport, need to put their heads together - and drive the changes needed (many of them pointed out in this post). A lot of these guys I know are extremely dedicated people, with wise heads on their shoulders and understand this sport and it's evolution better than anyone as a lot of them were their at the start.

Yep we can all hold hands a sing the ballad of 'local respect - community education' (which is needed), but in the end those with a long term economic interest in the sport - need to drive this...

maybe, just a thought really? Anyone agree?

Some interesting comments, especially from Eppo, but you need some help with your literacy skills- "grammer" hahaha!! not good mate. Anyway, what is with the lack of comps in this so called sport. A sport is generally defined by its competitive nature. The Euro's are up and running and I'm not sure about the east coast but in the west there is virtually no competitive edge to the "sport". All fledgeling sports that have established respect, regulation and honour have done this through competition. It seems to me that kiting will be sacrificed/crucified because it doesn't have clubs, comradery and good old Ozzie competitive spirit. I read somewhere that an Olympic bid was brewing or planned, good luck with that. Golf only just made it and this is the most popular and well organised sport in the world. Kiters in West Oz will need to get their s**t together, organise yourselves and you'll find that visiting awesome spots with some order will give you a sense of brotherhood/sisterhood and when councils start to regulate you may need to present a united front, rather than the loose band of poser/disrespectful mavericks than one may observe on any given windy Sunday, if one kid gets hurt you are screwed.It has worked for virtually every new "sport" so organise and compete!!

^ I'm guessing you are starting to have more fun now though Poida.

king of the point said...

I laugh
Kiting is for kiters your a special bread

Ive listened to countless crew blert there bleter, about kiting when it started out how good it is and how i had to do it and windsurfing was finished. blar blar blar

Ive watched crew convert to kiting to return and or do both watched new crew start with out a back ground ,,,,but always laughed as youve promoted, raved and ranted as if yous were first on the moon.

I new there would be a saturation point at most locations and yous would curse the day you told other doods about a place no one goes ..........and to get into kiting.

The the second prodiction was kiters would turn on kiters for dropping in crossing tampon strings and jumping to close etc etc etc (the list of **** goes on).

The greatest thing is now you got other kiters to play with you can leave us windsurfers in the line up alone to slash, shread,carve, smack out arials and slaye the dragon in peace.

Ps Open your mind dragon slayers yous aint the GOLDEN BREAD and or KELLY SLATER so fk off

can i have some treacle on my golden bread?

friggin knob

Good onya Pete sounds like you have got it covered, your right it's all good, I got some sweet waves today too.