Swanbourne

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Stay south of the north groin

Coogee Beach

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There is a carpark there, watch out for theives.


other wise drive a bit

Pinnaro Point

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and

Safety Bay

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You will be lucky if you see someone else at Coogee, Leighton can have alot of people.

As for Swanbourne, just watch the swell if thats a problem.

Pinnaroo must be a good spot as kitehard teaches there.

Leighton is a bad spot to teach, it can get a nasty shore break, has lots of walkers, dogs (well known for attacking crashed kites) and kids.

Find a beach that's quiet, so when your mate crashes he doesn't take out people.

Last season I ended up in an argument with 2 noobs at leighton who managed to hit a guy smack bang on the head just as I got down the beach. He was extremely p!ssed. And it never should have happend when the wind was less than 10 knots and a 9m won't even stay in the air! I've seen quite a few learners come down big time at Leighton and been lucky not to hit any walkers or swimmers. Just make sure you find a quiet beach, where you are unlikely to hit someone and potentially cause damage. Make sure you have LOTS of room downwind.

There's heaps of quiet spots, use any of them. Safety Bay, towards the north end is a good spot away from Pengo's which gets very busy, but there's heaps of others.

Hi Kitehard

I was down at Pinnaroo last Friday after work, you're right about no beach and what there is of it is covered in seaweed and junk. Only one other guy out and he snagged and cut a line on some wire while launching.

Does anybody know what conditions we need to get for the beach to return? and how long does it take?

J-P

Hey Jquigley,

We need Sou Westers to blow all the sand from Whitfords back onto Pinnaroo. Last year the sand ended up covering a 1m deep bank of rotting weed to make the new beach.

Driving past today I noticed tonnes (literally) of weed in the water off North Beach and Sorrento which will probably end up at Pinnas after the big swells are gone.

Problem with the weed is that when the kelp dries, it hardens and creates oyster like shredders for feet and kite canopys. Beware people! I had dozens of small cuts on my feet from weed last year and we were putting small patches on kites every other day.

Come on Summer!

who ever you are and where ever you go, if you're a first timer at a beach talk to as many people as you can for the first hour to search all the little rules, laws and local preferences... Kite terrorists (tourists and noobys) are becoming a common hindrance in so many spots!

Are you an IKO or equivalent teacher? if so i'm sure shops are searching teachers for the summer season and would be stoked to talk to you...

if you're not a Qualified teacher... Just don't do it, send your mates to Darren M or SOS or Choice or Ian Young, s#!t there are a lot of good teachers that are in Perth and that will give you more time on the water and less time worrying about your mate breaking his neck or someone else's and then you being sued for it!!

imo