Just spent the weekend kiting main break, logo to mast high 10m Friday and Sunday. There were a few kiters out. I saw DICK [the fattest guy out there , dark hair, 50ish... AVOID any one matching that description] arguing with a French kiter, whose kite was down in the channel. As far as I could see Dick had to stop and fall in to avoid going over his lines, which in Dick's blinkered world is a punchable offence, and punch him he did [straight in the gob].

I had a big chat with the local windsurf crew [blair simpson, john marshall, chris partington, dwayne] in the pub on Friday. They seemed seriously rattled by kiters and were questioning whether it should be allowed there. Disturbingly, few could see to condemn Dick's behaviour, even though he used to punch out winsurfers long before kiting was invented. Most of them are pretty reasonable mellow guys and were prepared to listen to the kiter's perspective. Aaron Cockman kites there all the time and keeps his head down and his kite up and rides well and seems to get some respect.

A lot of people who turn up out their don't seem to know what they are doing and just get in the way and fall in the water. They have no idea about wave rules and start getting aggressive when they are in fact dropping in according to Margie's very strict 'furthest out first on wave possession rule'.

The place has had a lot of overseas exposure and visitors naturally want to make a bee line for the place to try and find out about kiting in waves. In my opinion, this is not a place you should be learning to surf on a kite, there are numerous better places up and down the coast. There are very few guys who possess the skill level to utilise the wave. Unfortunately because of a deep channel, easy launch and distinct peak, a complete kook can think he is riding waves in one easy lesson. The windsurfers are of the opinion kites don't work in waves, because that is largely what they are seeing.

The price of going down in those waves is a major and often scary wipe out. The full on 'slack lines, end over end tumbling, **** your pants' kind of experience. It is none the less a termendous wave to kite.

Anne Marie [dutch windsurfer] actually retrieved my board from the channel---RESPECT!

I would like to hear other's views, and foster peace with the windsurfers and surfers so access remains.

Stay clear of all other water uses. Let all the surfers and wind surfers get there fill, and sneak the occasional unridden wave to show other water users we do not have to use our speed and quick turning abilities to hog all the waves. THe only exception is other kiters (they are mad anyway_)and snake any kiter onto any wave you can. They are my rules.