hey craig!!

Have to say, your job sounds truly terrible... lol!!

When you are around adelaide, check out the "SAKSA" & "whos kiting where" facebook pages for info about where people kite, what events are going on etc.

Also, for info about where you can kite check out http://www.saksa.com.au/?page_id=279, which has a map clearly indicating where its ok and not ok to fly.

When its blowing a NWerly there are usually people at "the wall" (north haven beach between the breakwaters), and on a SW you can generally find people at henley, grange or largs north. (or down the mid coast if you are into waveriding)

feel free to shoot me a message if you're heading out or come and say hello on the beach, always keen to share the stoke with another person on the beach

have fun with the rest of your lessons!! and no such thing as too many questions either:) better be safe than sorry for sure!!

cya on the water

cheers, elise

Hey!

Yeah you can kite there if you are a member of SAKSA (which is also being a member of the national organisation AKSA). Its one of the best locations with that wind direction for sure. For more flat water stuff you may wanna explore port parham during summer as well (on a SWerly, usually a bit stronger than metro locations as well) . Flat as and great for learning:)

It is really worth signing up to be a member though, that money makes sure that you can continue to kite on the beaches that are open at the moment, gives you access to competing in events, but most importantly, if for some reason your kite goes out of control and hit someone or some property (or even flies down the road if you are unlucky), you are insured for lawsuits that would come together with the personal injuries or damage you may (unintentionally) cause.

SAKSA membership of $125 a year includes this liability insurance, but its also good to know, that besides being covered in SA, you are also covered all over australia, and even overseas as well :)

check out the link if you;re interested: http://www.saksa.com.au/?page_id=217

btw, very nice to meet you too before, hope you scored some good waves.. it wasnt really the day to kite haha, bit light.

cya on the water!
elise

Well elise.. after a second effort today.. i actually got into the water!

Yesterday set the kite up for the first time, but felt the wind was too much for me at the time so i got the trainer kite out instead. played it safe..


Today.. got down earlier. Set up and launched. spent 60-90minutes just body dragging and finding my comfort zone with the new kite. water launched it a few times and body dragged up wind a lot. this came in handy later on...


then.. Got the board out!

spent the next hour or so getting launched and bogging down.. launched and bogging down.. body dragging back to my board a few times. making use of the earlier practice.

until finally i was too tired to keep on going. my kite inverted inside on itself and i had twisted lines.. i dumped it and went to shore.

came home exhausted.. but happy!