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Originally posted by wdric

"Semi-secret spots and the internet"

with a topic like that I just had to look.
Here is what I done and most likley a lot of other users because of your post.

Read the post (found out that it is not that secret)
found the topic on kiteforum & read that
found the link on utube
watched a bit of it
found a link to save the file from utube directly to my pc
watched it a bit more
downloaded the other vids & watched them

All this only took about 1/2 hour after reading your post
Are you now thinking what the hell have I done

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[i]Originally posted by kiterdan

Is it too late for these locations?? Is there any point even worrying?

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Originally posted by Saffer

i know the feeling, in the middle of winter I found this secret spot called St Kilda, there was absolutely no one there, awesome rigging area. All of a sudden I go there yesterday afternoon and its packed with 50 kiters. How did these guys find out about the place so quickly

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Originally posted by Kitepower Australia

Its a bit a joke really eh, trying to hide anywhere on this planet anymore. Google Earth is there, so are other privately owned programs like that.

If you go to a spot, look at who is out there, if they are shredding (kiting, poleboarding or surfing) give them respect and stay off the waves they get on first. Simple.
Nothing has changed since I started surfing Bells, Winkie, RinCon and Southside 35 years ago, when the road in was a clay bog track, and only gay people wore leg ropes.

If you are not up to it, don't go out there, especially remote, reefy and sharky places like Gnarloo.

But just down the road there will be another much more suitable spot for less experienced riders, thats the great thing about a 28,000klm long coastline.

The rest of the angry local nonsense in this thread is grandstanding, and BS.

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve

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Originally posted by jl

Love the redneck comment, seems to be plenty here in Oz.
Never understood why people have a "locals" attitude? Do these people never go on holidays?
How are you meant to find great spots to kite if you dont hear it from someone else wanting to share their recent finds? Recently kited Coco's and Mauritius through recommendations and my life is better for it. Awesome spots especially Mauritius(except the 'locals' attitude is worse than here!). The wind is great here in WA , share and share alike I say.

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Originally posted by waveslave

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[i]Originally posted by kiterdan

Is it too late for these locations?? Is there any point even worrying?

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Six is maximum.
Half dozen tops.
Anymore kite**** and it's a total cluster-fuc.

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Originally posted by KAOS69

i keep my eyes closed all the time when iam at secert spots, so i dont even know where they are

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Originally posted by Kitepower Australia

The rest of the angry local nonsense in this thread is grandstanding, and BS.

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Originally posted by ADS

I've got a book called Surfing Wild Ausralia that was released about 1983 and featured The Bluff among other NW spots. Soon after this I noted the first shots of Gnaraloo starting to be published in the Aussie surf mags.
Surfed the Bluff, Turtles and Gnaraloo in 1989 along with quite a few others (plenty of Trawler fisho's)
My point is this: Gnaraloo was pretty well known back in those days by surfers at least, so how could it possibly be a secret spot in 2006?

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