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Originally posted by Missy

Us kite chicks are a special bred! And should be showered with gifts and praise... even if that jump I did was 2 feet high

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Originally posted by silviu

Hey Elizabethb

You girls (for some reason I dont quite like the word ch...), have all my admiration and support.
And Missy, if the jump was only 2ft, next one may be higher, so keep trying "girl". That's the spirit!!!
And about the colour, one of my kite is... RED. So what, red kites fly FAST, and give some colour to the sport!!

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Originally posted by gruezi

1. Being a "boy scout"...this is a gear intensive sport. It takes a certain type of brain, I call it the "boy scout brain." A brain that likes to know how and why things work.

Ok I feel like I am in the 1950's. I am interested in how things work, and inferring that women don't have the brain for understanding how things work results in more girls stranded on the side of road wondering if a clutch might in fact be more than an entertaining dance move. Also, what about all those men with techie brains who hate going outside - without these people the internet may never have ever happened, not to mention playstation?

2. Going to beaches that are crowded with middle aged men boy scouts reliving their childhood....and many of whom are ADD.

Yes but we can live with it.

3. Not having any "fun" for a while...spending countless hours walking, being tired, waiting for the right wind, and overall really not being sure of what you are doing. Having to ask for help, etc. etc.

Hello? We are the ones who end up getting pregnant and having the babies - you think waiting ages for wind is bad, those babies take 9 months to cook.

4. Time & Money. Regardless of what people think, this sport requires time and committment before you are happening.

We could have more money if only we could get those high paying technological jobs that our silly womens' brains preclude us from. Bugger.

I believe it is the rare exception where women really can learn from men as this is still a male dominated sport.

I don't really see this as such an issue - we learnt how to do other things from men, like voting and bombing stuff (Ms. Condi Rice)and seem to have got the hang of it.

Finally, my daughter is a kiter, but when asked why she does it...has said "because my dad keeps buying me all this gear." Even though not at all addicted, she loves it after a good kite and is becoming a little addicted. However, to get her to the beach is tricky because of even more hurdles:

1. Boys

2. Social life

3. School work

4. Earning money

5. I'de rather be somewhere else, rather than wait around for the wind.

You've got to have your priorities and I'm afraid there are more male "boy scouts" out there than female ones.

Women will take to this sport big time soon.......because today's modern woman want's to become a boy scout.

Not to labour the point but women can do things that were traditionally thought of as men's pursuits without rendering themselves 'less of a woman'. We can do these things on our own terms. When I left school I worked as a mechanic (mostly diesel stuff) for a couple of years, and it drove me crazy that people expected me to be a beer swilling lesbian just because I wore overalls to work. People very quickly get co-opted into stereotypes.

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