Got a mate thats a keen surfer, hooked up with a surfer girl and was the envy of all.
Fast forward a few years and a couple of tin lids and now he has to share water time/ daddy daycare so the misses gets her waves too, while the rest of us do our day care when the weather suits- proceed with caution.

Not to mention the girlfriend is there to help launch and land kites and also provide you with a cold beer when you have finished. If you even train her properly you may be able to get her to pump up your kites for you.

Not only girlfriends-in my case non-kiting boyfriend has been expressing an interest in learning to kite. I even bought him a trainer kite for Christmas so we can see if he is serious.

Also not sure if this interest is good or not, as I quite like having my personal assistant (aka KiteBitch) sitting on the beach for said help with kite pumping, board changovers, beer handups and launch/lands and he quite likes hanging out with the numerous female personal assistants usually there .

punchy said...

Not to mention the girlfriend is there to help launch and land kites and also provide you with a cold beer when you have finished. If you even train her properly you may be able to get her to pump up your kites for you.

Yeah too true, my GF occaisionaly comes along and has food, and beer ready at the end of a session and also helps launch when no-one else around.
Was very handy when wind was light the other day, I did a decent down winder and she drove down to collect me rather than letting me walk back along the road.

But at least if you're partner is into kiting you can agree on holiday destinations and the right season.

Ozoned said...

punchy said...

Not to mention the girlfriend is there to help launch and land kites and also provide you with a cold beer when you have finished. If you even train her properly you may be able to get her to pump up your kites for you.

Yeah too true, my GF occaisionaly comes along and has food, and beer ready at the end of a session and also helps launch when no-one else around.
Was very handy when wind was light the other day, I did a decent down winder and she drove down to collect me rather than letting me walk back along the road.

But at least if you're partner is into kiting you can agree on holiday destinations and the right season.

I'm starting to think that I need to trade in my current model given the feedback on this thread.

Got her a trainer kite for Christmas. well, actually i just wanted a trainer kite to play with waiting for the seabreeze at the beach... so i got her one for Christmas.

She thought it was sooooo sweet that i wanted her to join in my fun/obsession.

it has worked so far with the snow boarding thing... except that i want to go 'over there!! (points at black run balls deep powder), while she wants to go 'over there' (points at smooth groomed runs near the lifts, toilets and food and crowds).

thankfully she gets passionate about this type of thing, and organises/researches and generally obsesses over every detail (meaning i dont miss a single powder dump all winter).

zanzibar in july it is then! (yep, she has already found the cheapest/flatest/sandiest bottomest lagoonest/warmest place mentioned on the internet to do her 'learning week').

the biggest problem is going to be explaining why the 'pretty one' is not the ideal kite for her

stabber said...

Who wants stabber to teach them kiting?



But I can only do one lesson at a time!.... Fluck it!...I'll improvise.

Prawnhead said...

ok if you are flat water kiter ..be prepared for some long swims/rescues and some tears if you like the waves......

Honestly Prawn. Are you still crying about that time you lent me your surfboard and I let it float out to sea?


Edited to say: whoops, my bad.

and the north shore swim

see original post

ezza said...
[br]Remember that time we drove all the way to the spot and we realized I'd forgotten my board? So you drove me back to get it.

And there was the time I left your safety on the island so you paddled over and got it.

More recently when my kite was floating seaward heading towards the deadly cungee in big swell and you paddled out and untangled it from the rocks.

Craggers - exercise caution; I can now kite pretty well, but Prawn nearly killed me on a number of occasions and I've spent a fortune on penalty cases of beer

awww cute, i want one

He pretends it was a pain in the arse but I know he really enjoyed giving up all those days with great waves and NE'sters watching me body drag in the river and then dragging me back upwind by my harness. Good times

kitegirl21 said...

ezza said...
[br]Remember that time we drove all the way to the spot and we realized I'd forgotten my board? So you drove me back to get it.

And there was the time I left your safety on the island so you paddled over and got it.

More recently when my kite was floating seaward heading towards the deadly cungee in big swell and you paddled out and untangled it from the rocks.

Craggers - exercise caution; I can now kite pretty well, but Prawn nearly killed me on a number of occasions and I've spent a fortune on penalty cases of beer

awww cute, i want one

I'd love to apply for the position Holly!
Got all the qualifications needed (awarded with honours by kitemum49) but struggle to find a true meaning to my life on those crowded Sydney beaches. And I have a funny French accent too.
Where's your favorite spot?

Tanos ur application is being considered! So long as u hav a heart beat n can kite Id b stoked. We may hav initial issues with ur French accent but I believe if u pump my kite n lay my lines out each time we would get past that!

Smithy ur life is awesome!!! Love it

ezza said...

craggers said...

Ezza, Prawn.... are you two sitting next to each other having a talk over a forum!?!!?!

Sheeeeeeez. Share a kite, and it all gets awkward at home!? having doubts now....

Haha nope Craggers we broke up over a year ago but we still kite together.

Really!!! Theres an exit clause!?!?! Ha ha!!! this might just work!!! you still get to use her kites on a howling day right?? any other "benefits" persist? this might just be the golden ticket!