G'day well after seeing the coming week of red arrows, i think its safe to say this is the end of my first season of kiting, and first summer in WA. so the question goes....what does one do now? what do you people do in winter for a bit of a buzz? theres only so much beer you can drink during the day and im not game to venture out into the winter fronts. after kiting, everything else i used to do is now pretty boring
I agree everything else does seem boring ! Plan a kiting holiday, the trick is to book somewhere two - three months away. Then you will have something to look forward to during the start of winter then when you return just 3 months untill summer again. If you can afford, go more than once.
Surf its the perfect compliment to kiting, completely different rush and feel, no rigging up or derigging, real chilled out atmosphere. Only worth doing when theres no wind. Take it up I did it last season and it kept me fit and happy. In fact I went for a surf today
Go get a dirtsurfer(www.dirtsurfer.com). You can even use it with a kite when there's not enough wind to kite on water. Just watch the jumps they hurt alot more on land. If that fails grow snails.
As the desperation for a kite increases, as the local graphs show and produce bugger all, as the weather starts to cool dramatically.... need to get away......at least for a few days.... Been watching the graphs up north for a few weeks now... this is probably the worst I've seen....If those buggers up there ever complain....... www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=4201
get into triathlons. did the brw corporate triathlon in march and now i'm hooked! keeps you real fit and is a kind of cross training that you don't have to do in a gym (i hate gyms). ironman triathlon is the 2nd of december in busselton, get training!
haha yeah this sux. its my first offseason for kiting too i 4got wat i did b4 kiting! i had a fullon kite from september to march, new zealand was gr8, season starts round spring but u get good winds from april onwards neway and in offseason(summer) you get seabreezes i moved right into your season from the end of nz season its gr8
Can anyone name a few spots near to the Asia-Pacific region where you can go kiting during the Oz winter ? I know Nth Qld and I think Mauritius - anywhere else ?