WOW Kusu thats cool....
I'm 49% woman does that count??

MY girls loooove pink and all the girl stuff, and are mad keen to give kiting a go. I do think they'd be better with a female instructor because they are still young. I just hope they're just as keen after the lesson - lol. Hmmm, I'll see if they wanna have a go sooner rather than later. Think I'll talk to an instructor.

Hi All,

I am a girl and I chose Kitesurfing cause it looked like so much fun which it is! . I am becoming a adrenalin/adventure person but I wouldn't have classed myself one from childhood. In fact I hate hights/speed and not particularly keen on the water. But I love kitesurfing which involves all these things

Why did I decide to do it? I don't really know but I convinced my bf to come and do lessons with me which probably helped now we are both addicted!

I would like to have more girls out there, mainly so that when we have social events there are girls to talk to, otherwise there is no real difference out on the water guys or girls we are out there having fun and looking out for each other.

I think that if the girls are interested they will get the lessons and give it a try - there are always girls getting lessons at st kilda. One of the first questions I asked was how much strength you needed which I was told not that much but you will get a full body work out which s all true!

"protracted relationship",BLASPHEMER,you can be stoned to death for such utterance.

Originally posted by azza
.... a protracted relationship with a member of the opposite sex.



I have to admit. I'm puzzeled. Or is my english?
What is "a protracted relationship with a member of the opposite sex"?

stnky,
you're terrible... I so lurve that.

Silviu,
my fine foreign friend...
"
Adj. 1. protracted - relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from your mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations"
drawn-out, extended, lengthy, prolonged
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Commonly referred to, in the past, as marriage (or at least some legal resemblance of said). Seemingly not as common as it once was, perhaps another side-effect of global warming.

Carbine tried once, but he found the dress didnt fit and the bra couldnt support his ample bosom.

holy cow. What an unexpected surprise to see. Thanks for putting some air onto the coals- I would like to keep this little fire burning but have random time on the net (not having a desk job I guess).

Hers how I got into it: summer holls at brighton beach -syd I was hypnotised by these beautiful colourfull things floating and seeming to glide smoothly in the sky- and these little people with arms outstretched on a board in a froth of white water, getting generally spanked around. I actually started helping one of the guys untangle the biggest spagettie mess of his lines. I figured couldn’t be harder than undoing what the cats used to do to nans wool. 6 years later im still good mates with that old crew and have always felt respect and friendship from them. All my learning was by watching (watching what not to do in some cases) and borrowing gear. Id done ballet for 16 years prior to that – I had no board skills, upper body strength, or hint of a tan! I guess it was love at first sight complete with a stubbornness of nature that ignores little things like gender.

What I dig is that it draws people from all walks of life, mates that are mates through kiting would otherwise have no other reason to cross paths in life. We have got something good here, and it’s the community spirit that can help it get better.

nonikkers, caela, snowman I love your storys!
I wanna hear some others cause they are all unique.

Zephyr, I used to think like you too, till I experienced the friendship of a kindred kiterchick. Someone as nutts as me!! My boys are all mates but a girlfriend is somehow different. Then I go and move interstate. And now have a bit of time and energy to, um, justify my addiction by spreading it?

Ps, im working on a pink board. Why oh universe are most board graphics butt ugly… if there is a god oh hear my cries of despiration!!! (arhhh arhhh not another monster)

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lets start a thread to figure out why more guys dont play netball...

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Reason 1. Liz Ellis: that woman would eat her own young.

Paulio,

is your Nan staying over again?

If you want board graphics that are ace, checkout cardboarding.com website and see their designs.

If they havent got what you want, you can design your own and get it made up.

I just got my first board from them & the graphics are wicked! I went for the "Chomper" top & bottom...it came out brilliant.

Cant comment on the boards ability yet tho - damn Melbourne westerlies - we have gone from boardies & air-con to 4mm wetties and heating in a week...

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Originally posted by terrah
im working on a pink board.

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Hey terrah - thats gotta be a pink board with a picture of a cat - right
Nice to see you again - where you bin

As soon as I promised fish & chips after kitesurfing, then all day it was "can we go yet, can we go yet, can we go yet".

The moral of the story is that a little bit of bribery doesn't hurt either. Just a little.

Hi guys and Girls,

We were the school and instructors who ran the Kitegirls sessions at Kitestock just a while back. We had 11 women on the first day and then an additional 5 turned up on the Sunday. The ages, sizes, experience and motivation was as different as could be which shows that you cannot really pigeon hole or stereotype the type of ladies getting into the sport. All they really need is a spirit of adventure, a little self confidence, a caring and understanding instructor and a passion for excitement and the elements.

We have had more girls that ever before take on lessons and buy rider packages which shows a new level of commitment we haven't seen previously from the ladies. Most bought kites and are continuing to learn and progress.

In the upcoming year we will be conducting more kitegirls clinics, kitegirl introduction days and other new programs to aid girls getting into the sport. What I have noticed is the dropping number of girls who are training to be instructors. It used to be that around 12% of all instructors on the courses I have run were girls, but that has dropped to around 8% and the numbers that actually teach drop even further. C'mon girls, you have more than enough physical ability, mental ability and in most cases as much determination as most of the guys, not to mention make better instructors if you believe in your own abilities.

Being a kitegirl has little to do with femininity or being butch, career, physical ability, background or anything else. You can still kite, get in great shape, enjoy your career, have a great relationship, have fun, excitement and adventure, meet new friends and still radiate and enjoy your feminine energy.

Maybe it's time some guys found a little more respect and acted more like mature men and not like teenage boys. This one factor could have more bearing on the amount of new kitegirls entering the sport than any other single thing.

C'mon guys, and girls step up!

Good winds,

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That's why he's called kitehard?

Naw, seriously.......as a man, it is important to treat women who kite with care... Yesterday I took my daughter on a downwinder and she got seasick! Can you believe that? And then it was cold....etc. and that is when you need to be careful as a man and just take them home to their comfy amenities...like hot shower.

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sounds a bit like toby. I think its an excuse to get me to help pack up his gear.