I live in S. Texas coast and am blessed with wind most of the year..... springtime its windy every day for 3 months... summer its usually only a push just before sunset... Winter its cold front kiting....

Mostly 12 and 10m wind with some big days here and there....( I love hurricane season, big wind and waves)

I average 100 - 150 days per year......

Just curious how often you all get to kite.....

Its never enough.........

I have never kited in my life

I'm scared of the wind

and the water

3 to 4 times per week on average. So 150 to 200 and about 100 to 150 surf/sups.

Ps I'm a teacher who lives 300m from the beach in WA.

Not really as all I have to enter is the hours and then pick the location, board and kite from drop down lists. Then excel updates those summary tables. So only takes a few seconds to update.

Once upon a time I came home with no job and some savings, bought 2 new kites (Naish aeros), had nothing better to spend my money on. I would sit at the beach for the whole day shooting the breeze with other addicts and waiting to catch that 1/2hr blow.

Then my time on water drastically reduced when I started working full time. Always at work, only weekends free.

Then I got a girlfriend. She was understanding about kiting, but still there were more social obligations, less time for kiting.

Then I bought a house. Always seemed to be work to do to make it right, but slowly it improved and grew in value. Still kited pretty often, 3 times per week.

Then I got married. Always seems to be more work to do to keep her happy.

Then I sold my lovely fixed up house (on a busy street) for a tidy profit and bought a run down one in better location (see kites from deck if it's on). Way more work to do, renovated entire upstairs and now considering starting downstairs.

Then I had a child. 27 times more work to do now. Sometimes I pause in my work and watch the kites from my deck. [}:)]

The end

(PS I got out yesterday, but that was first time in at least a month, but that's mainly due to endless rain we've been having...)

Young family and strict wife

Lucky to get a ride every 3weeks

kiteboy dave said...
Once upon a time I came home with no job and some savings, bought 2 new kites (Naish aeros), had nothing better to spend my money on. I would sit at the beach for the whole day shooting the breeze with other addicts and waiting to catch that 1/2hr blow.

Then my time on water drastically reduced when I started working full time. Always at work, only weekends free.

Then I got a girlfriend. She was understanding about kiting, but still there were more social obligations, less time for kiting.

Then I bought a house. Always seemed to be work to do to make it right, but slowly it improved and grew in value. Still kited pretty often, 3 times per week.

Then I got married. Always seems to be more work to do to keep her happy.

Then I sold my lovely fixed up house (on a busy street) for a tidy profit and bought a run down one in better location (see kites from deck if it's on). Way more work to do, renovated entire upstairs and now considering starting downstairs.

Then I had a child. 27 times more work to do now. Sometimes I pause in my work and watch the kites from my deck. [}:)]

The end

(PS I got out yesterday, but that was first time in at least a month, but that's mainly due to endless rain we've been having...)

Dude feel for ya.

Everyday the wind blows in WA over 15 knots a gang of us go kiting. Looks like seabreezes all this week :) This season rocks may it never end.

kitcho207 said...
Young family and strict wife

Lucky to get a ride every 3weeks

Ouch!!

Looking more closely at my logs - I have got around 70 sessions over the last three years.

Texas most windiest state?

Gee, the WA is loosing grounds:(

Slack said...

Not really as all I have to enter is the hours and then pick the location, board and kite from drop down lists. Then excel updates those summary tables. So only takes a few seconds to update.

Slack,

I just looooove your tight work schedule :)))


Me 16.5hrs in last 30 days on 9 and 12m...

5-6 days a week

Gotta love uni

Im at Boarding school..... all my life iv loved the ocean more than anything ! so what do the parental do ? send me to a farmer filled corn fed hillbilly School with a total of 1 kiter (me) and maybe 3 or 4 surfers. i live 5 mins from my kite spot and might get 3 weeks of kiting done in a year if im lucky ?

eppo said...

AndyEliotH said...
Im at Boarding school..... all my life iv loved the ocean more than anything ! so what do the parental do ? send me to a farmer filled corn fed hillbilly School with a total of 1 kiter (me) and maybe 3 or 4 surfers. i live 5 mins from my kite spot and might get 3 weeks of kiting done in a year if im lucky ?

Any give it a few years. Also at least you know what you will base your lifestyle around. Most of us don't have the luxury of young years to do this. Patience.

..........young grasshopper

Hello to you all,

i am new in this great forum.
I live in Germany 500 kilometer to the next coast and just 2 little lakes in my area.
So for kitesurfing it hard but possible. In a good year .... 40- 50 days per year.
But as borntokite says: its never enough.

My wife and me thinking about going to australia (Perth) In this case my average goes up.

However I wish you good time on the water.