When you can

Go upwind ?
Transition ?
Jump ?
Avoid the newbies still in the water ?
Or all the above ?

when you grow balls and start kitelooping

Maybe when you can confidently do everything alone. No more needing someone to keep a constant eye on you.
Also, when people aren't scarred when you go past.

When you recognise other newbies and cringe saying "did I do that once?"

when you can knowingly reply to this thread...

when you realise that your no-longer scared of the little green arrows, instead they put a lovely grin on your face

Flux said...

When you finally decide to wear your boardies over your wettie.

dude your still getting it wrong... it noo boardies over wettie

i point you to this >>> www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=42328

When you grow the Mo !

kite un hooked

Fark de power off

stop drinking water

Start drinking Jacks

& Harden the Fark up

without piss weak posts like this MF

--------- Or -----------

When you can just hook in - Cruze - enjoying great days of aimless wandering on the beautiful beaches we call home.

Not needing any labels to live by - only the wind, whispering your name - setting you freee

Have fun
Cheers

- When you no longer have ball chafe from your boardies due to having to walk back up the beach with your kite.

- When your advice works

- When you are tired from kiting rather than swimming.

Dawn Patrol said...

when people aren't scarred when you go past.

GOLD!

Nothin worse than cruising past a newbies kite, praying to god they dont crash it ontop of you.

stop asking stupid questions on the forums?

O.K then when you can put on your favourite boardies and harness only, grab your unstrapped surfboard and 9m kite then ride 3 km off shore to your favourite reef break, shred it up for a couple of hours through to low tide and ride back again with a massive grin on your face and memories pictured only yours and your mates heads. No need for cameras, stinky boats and technology apart from the gear your using and the boardies / harness you wear. Sound familiar, if not your still got some distance to go.

Skill and experience come with a life on the water and understanding the enviroment we are living in through the seasons that past.

Enjoy

Glen

I think you stop being a newbie, when you can answer that very question.

When your kite, bar and lines, and board become an extension of your body and you no longer need to consciously think to ride and jump, carve and kite in any direction you choose.

It's like driving a manual shift car, you never think about using the clutch, accelerator and gear stick all at once and in perfect synchronicity, you just shift and then before you know it, you're in the next gear. Same with kiting, when you kite like that, you are no longer a noob.

Yep, that's it. You get it from flying your kite ......... a lot!

Good winds,

theDoctor said...

SaveTheWhales said...



When you can just hook in - Cruze - enjoying great days of aimless wandering on the beautiful beaches we call home.

Not needing any labels to live by - only the wind, whispering your name - setting you freee

Have fun
Cheers

the topic was when do you stop being a newbie.......
...... not when do you start becoming a homo fairy

hahahaha, nearly wet myself when I read that LOL

Dawn Patrol said...

Maybe when you can confidently do everything alone. No more needing someone to keep a constant eye on you.
Also, when people aren't scarred when you go past.

This one.

And for the record, you do not need balls to kiteloop. In fact, I have it on good authority that they can be quite a hindrance.