hi all

just completed my 4th lesson and finally got my own gear, was wondering if there were any other newbies living south of the river that would be keen to go kiting? being a learner the confidence isn't great and figured it'd be easier to get better with others. hope to hear back. cheers

josh

Lol thats a good point. I'm living south of the swan river, perth.

Hey chelles, i'm in a similar situation when it comes to free time and the right winds it gets pretty annoying. Hence i can't make it tuesday am on evening shift all week, but if the wind is still ok next weekend i'm definately keen

I'm another noob south of the river, just finished lessons too.

Heading somewhere this Sunday if anyone is keen??

Woodies Beach 1 maybe??

Definately up for sunday, never been to woodies before. I got heaps of room if anyone needs a lift. Where abouts in melville is that clinic?

AJ and I will be around Woodies all weekend, come hang out.

im keen for this depending on winds and days, Tuesday out for me but can do wednesday and friday late late arvo like 5pm, winds usually better then anyway im keen either for Melville or Woodies but i am purely practising my safety releases and self rescue only, had a scare yesterday and need to feel confident knowing if im put in that situation again I can think clearly:0)

chelles, Wed or Friday are both ok with me. I'll be looking at kites today, so may have a new kite but if not I can give you a hand launching. Either Melville or Woodies. JC are you free those times ?

hey guys i will be there tomorrow, i finish at 4pm so can be there at 4.30, hoping to have my new board by then too. i usually setup between ness and nairn rd, i got an orange ozone:0)

RPM you might be referring to Melville specifically ?
Woodies has experienced kiters and I've been talking with the guys with 10 years experience at Safety Bay.

I am a newbie doing lessons (for the third time) as a refresher and I'm doing lessons on the beach with experienced kiters.
So far I've spent $1,500 and 18 hours of on-on-one tuition.

If I could take an experience kiter out onto the water with me, that would be great. Having other people to practice what I have learned with has to be safer than kiting alone. Safety, repetition and having more than yourself to remember what you have been taught is a good start, surely.

I see we have all recently done lessons and are looking to practice the skills we have been taught. Hopefully the fact we all paid for tuition and are obviously willing to learn from professionals will provide some benefit.

No red thumbs here. I'm sure there are newbies who think they know everything after 3 lessons, but some of us have a profoud rspect for the potential dangers of the sport and we are looking to minimise that risk by shared experience and re-enforcing good techniques.

bugger did i miss another ghostly comment from RPM

i have done my 3 lessons plus a clinic and intend to do more, i have a lot more to learn and dont pretend to know everything, i read up on everything, watch dvd's and watch kiters actually kiting, i gain confidence from being with others and find generally experienced kiters dont always want to hang around with us newbs. I actually find other newbs help out a fair bit

Happy Kiting everyone:0)

redmist said...

RPM you might be referring to Melville specifically ?
Woodies has experienced kiters and I've been talking with the guys with 10 years experience at Safety Bay.

I am a newbie doing lessons (for the third time) as a refresher and I'm doing lessons on the beach with experienced kiters.
So far I've spent $1,500 and 18 hours of on-on-one tuition.

If I could take an experience kiter out onto the water with me, that would be great. Having other people to practice what I have learned with has to be safer than kiting alone. Safety, repetition and having more than yourself to remember what you have been taught is a good start, surely.

I see we have all recently done lessons and are looking to practice the skills we have been taught. Hopefully the fact we all paid for tuition and are obviously willing to learn from professionals will provide some benefit.

No red thumbs here. I'm sure there are newbies who think they know everything after 3 lessons, but some of us have a profoud rspect for the potential dangers of the sport and we are looking to minimise that risk by shared experience and re-enforcing good techniques.

I'll be using a 10m green slingshot, most likely i'll be chasing it or my board. Please don't laugh too much

Lol most of us in the same boat, it can only get better.......I hope;)

JoshR said...

I'll be using a 10m green slingshot, most likely i'll be chasing it or my board. Please don't laugh too much

Hi All,

Another newb here. I'm just getting into my lessons on Monday and hope to be on the water soon. I live accross the road from Cotesloe dog beach so if anyone is heading this way in the evenings let me know. I'd be happy to help launch, or whatever until I get on the water myself.

dusta said...

$1500 on lessons ?????

+1

Thanks Ben,

I will take your advice and make my way to Safety bay. I did notice the guys by Cottesloe had a fair bit of skill. It seems from everything I've read Safety bay is the place to begin.