Fellow W.A kiters as safety is the number one issuse for us all and as the sport is becoming more and more popular and crowded in certain areas I think it is very important that people have a f#*#*n look before they turn or boost to see if somebody is behind or sailing just downwind of them. The last thing you want to experience is getting tangled up with someone in 25knts and both your kites start to power up or someone boosts through your lines it aint very pleasant situation to find yourself in thanks to some tool who does not look. Increasingly I find people just don't look and it's starting to piss me and other kiters off so please look then turn or boost.

yes & to the guy at woodies with the bandana on your head dont hogg the zone near the shore , you have been spoken to afair bit lattley about this
by at least four different people, be respect full & share

Hey Duncan did you still want those directions to Wedge? I pmd you twice already.

And yeah, tailgating isn't cool. But nor is jumping when you're being tailgated. If this were the car accident I saw on the way to work the other day and the dispute ended up in court, the court would have ruled that both persons shared the blame. I'd say that most of the blame would have been apportioned to the tailgating party, based on the info provided so far, but still 10 or 20% to the person boosting.

I personally choose to keep an awareness of every kiter around me, be they in front or behind, and kite accordingly.

Where did this happen? Scarbs? My mental picture of what you describe fits neatly with what I saw there this afternoon between an orange and a black kite. I'd definitely call shared blame on that one, but I'll keep the proportions to myself.

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Originally posted by DuncanB

Increasingly I find people just don't look and it's starting to piss me and other kiters off so please look then turn or boost.

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Uhm sorry, very strange attitude, the right to tailgate? Why would you happen to be riding in someone's blind spot? Go upwind or turn around! For goodness sake, spread out a bit, it's a big ocean.

Bo

when you turn, GYBE, ie turn DOWNWIND and carve around.

don't just stop going one direction and start going the opposite direction on the same line

if you don't have room to do this, your too close to the beach

Hi guys,

The trick is just to look around you and have a little respect for other riders before executing any kind of course alteration whether it be a jump or a carve.

If you're not quite sure you can make it, or there is a slight element of doubt, just don't do it . Self centredness in kiteboarding leads to collisions and a negetive vibe. Karma's a bitch too! [}:)]

Good winds,

This happens a lot in Sydney too..

* Kiters riding the same tack....the person turning doesn't look before executing the move, the person behind doesn't think that "Oh I should turn before this guy does or else we will get tangled" and it takes quick thinking to avoid.
I've see three people riding on the same tack and neither of the two following turned so the person about to turn had to stop and walk onto the beach to avoid a situation.

* Kiters generally not looking before they do something

* Jumping with enough clearance on take off but the wind takes you further than anticipated and you land right into someones path and they have to make a quick diversion move

* Turning / doing tricks less than 30m from shore. I've even witnessed several kiters turning less than 5-10m from swimmers - they have a right to swim in a safe area......I don't care if the water there is flat...that's why they're swimming there, so kite further downwind of them.

This is an EXTREME SPORT...it can KILL YOU & OTHERS.......so use your common sense before something happens.

For goodness sake be adult enough to approach someone and have a polite friendly conversation with the guilty party if you see them doing such things on the beach.

Use common sense, It gets crowded these days and there is not always room to do what you want. dont boost when people are behind even behind and 50-80m downwind particularly when riding bow kites, i have seen several people carry a lot lot further than they expected. If you are riding a C kite and boost that far you are probably looping and as such have enough experience to know how much room you need. new bow kite users are often caught out by the hang time.

Tailgaters- turn early, change tack and importantly do not keep pushing people towards the beach, pier or groyne . you are forcing the person in front into a dangerous position if they are forced to turn and your lines tangle together in 25knt+ then the kites power up you can be in big **** Once this happens once i guarantee you will never want to do it again ( never mind the fact they other person will probably punch your lights out back on the beach ) and rightly so .

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ahh... " common sense "

Signals suck... it's easy someone misenterprets them... Had that many times when you do a "signal" to someone and they do the direct opposite of what you wanted them to do... Just get all the kooks of the water.. problem solved

I agree, being new to the sport, a read heaps of horror stories, and heaps of instructional 'keep safe' stuff, and think that i have been safe. At least i have seen near misses but never been involved. Might be a little luck there, but i'm fairly cautious by nature, i like solid progression.

So, i for one would welcome a licencing arrangement, token cost, could be included in the membership of KBV or AKSA or the local group.

My 2 cents... and three dots