Massive prizes are up for grabs like a 10 day Cocos Islands winter kite holiday or a complete North Kite and board package! (plus a Cabrinha Wakeskate & Slingshot Trainer kites).

We want to know how many of you are out there, where you kite, whats the proportion of males to females, whats ridden, whats read and where you like to travel to etc...

www.kitesurfsurvey.com

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Girls kite surfing?? Wow!!

Mr float said...

sebol said...

That sounds like the right ratio at my local

yep seems an accurate ratio from what I've seen around oz .Maybe a little on the high side and yes why aren't more women into kitesurfing?

Perhaps certain kiting magazine covers - so popular among many male kiters - send a message that puts some women off, or lets them know that their expected role in our community is to loll about in bikinis, not be part of the action?

zephyr said...

Where are all the female kiters?
So far out of all the kiters that have completed our survey, only 13% are female!

hard to get board on a plain with all those white goods chained to your ankle

^^^

Hey Mr Float, I was being somewhat facetious, but only somewhat.

I agree about the finesse. Back before the dawn of time when I taught windsurfing, I often found that girls (yes, as in school girls) learned better technique than boys (in early stages at least) because they were less likely to try to muscle things into place, and instead learned to balance and work with the forces of wind, water and gravity.

kitegirl21 said...

Mr float said...

djdojo said...

Mr float said...

sebol said...

That sounds like the right ratio at my local

yep seems an accurate ratio from what I've seen around oz .Maybe a little on the high side and yes why aren't more women into kitesurfing?

Perhaps certain kiting magazine covers - so popular among many male kiters - send a message that puts some women off, or lets them know that their expected role in our community is to loll about in bikinis, not be part of the action?

I don't think women are that fickle .Is it a strength or "too extreme too wild for me" perception ?Tis a shame tho I have found that women are actually better kite fliers with better finesse in the early stages of their kiting.There must be women kiters here with friends that don't do it what do they say about your kiting?

Hi Lach, yer all my girlfriends dont kite... (so ive had to make some new one ha)... they say oh wow that must be fun...i say u shud get a lesson n hav a go, see if u like it... they follow "oh na thats (either) too crazy, too hard, looks scary, i couldnt do that (lots of self limiting/negative thoughts/beliefs); list goes on...
I find alot of girls just dont like to try things out of their comfort zone...
sitting on the beach in a bikini is boring...

Hey, I’ve been kiting for a few years and have met some awesome women through the sport. I was lucky enough to go on two CMIOs – an all girl’s trip organised by Cindy Mosey. There were at least 7 aussie girls there each time (who all ripped) – I reckon there might be more girls out there than people realise (especially in WA). I have also heard of some great events (such as Kristin Boeses’ kiteboard4 girls and the girls kite weekend recently in NSW) and there was even a well put together girl’s e-kiting mag floating around at one point. I just don’t think many girls read these forums (hopefully because they are out there ripping!).

Haha, Dojo , what are you on about?– those kiting magazines send excellent messages to the girls out there –eg, those giant fake breast implants I saw on the cover of one would be a good way to protect from those big BL Kiteloop stacks and provide some extra buoyancy in the waves !!

Righto, I’m off to fill out one of these surveys, select my bikini to stand around in on the beach tomorrow and find some god damn bolt cutters for the white goods (I think it’s possibly the fridge that’s been cramping my progression lately!!)

well,
since i last informed you guys that 13% of chicks have filled out the survey, its droped to 12%! which means most of you that are reading this are blokes!

My opinoin is that there a few more girls out there than we see on the water at once, they just tend to have other things to do as well as kite.

In my opinion girls are easier to teach than guys. Dudes have to be amped down, and I generally teach with only 1 finger at each end of the bar (especially wakeboarders, windsurfers etc.) for the first 2 lessons.
Girls/women/ladies... you have to amp up...... Teach them in the mindset of aware but without apprehension and you have the perfect student.

There are plenty of women who rip in WA..... but NO waverider............................ Girls, who wants to get sponsored.....?

dave...... said...

In my opinion girls are easier to teach than guys. Dudes have to be amped down, and I generally teach with only 1 finger at each end of the bar (especially wakeboarders, windsurfers etc.) for the first 2 lessons.
Girls/women/ladies... you have to amp up...... Teach them in the mindset of aware but without apprehension and you have the perfect student.

There are plenty of women who rip in WA..... but NO waverider............................ Girls, who wants to get sponsored.....?

by the way - 14 wave riding chicks have filled out the survey so far - 7 are in NSW, 3 in WA, 2 in QLD and 1 in TAz! We're are out there (me included), you just have to look!