Looks like we are still being left out of the loop...

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/6819945/kitesurfers-banned-to-make-way-for-dogs/

Hopefully windsurfing is left off. It seems to be a bit more in the sailing category, and less in the hoon category. I think because of windsurfing''s hertiage, you may find some of the older generation councillors have done it, or friends who done it .....

Whenever I have spoken to surf clubbies, or the patrol captains, windsurfing has generally be accepted. The conversation often goes, along the lines of, his dad does it, or the patrol captains mates do it, or the club president does it, or something.

Hopefully, with its much longer history, it has gained some level of respect, and won't face any bans. I guess it all depends on whether in the future we act like tools around swimmers or clubbies.

Have a look at the Beach management Plan from Joondalup:

www.joondalup.wa.gov.au//files/councilmeetings/2010/Attach24agn160210.pdf

Page 33, point 2.1 they classify recreational beach and water activities.

Windsurfing is classified as "Medium conflicting" where as Kitesurfing is "Highly conflicting". They recommend that highly conflicting uses should be subject to exclusion zones.

Interesting read and from our point of view encouraging that councils are differentiating between windsurfing and kitesurfing.

Glad they're discerning, and I hope it lasts and that they close more on that basis alone.
It's a matter of time before the "look at me" hooligans create wider damage though. They just cannot sort out their own, that's the kind of people it attracts, somehow.

In my (wider) area 3 long-time beaches got closed altogether for windsurfing, including one in my own backyard.

Dont label the people as a certain demographic, they are who they are and have to accept the consequences of their actions.

Serves them selves right.......... Now who's goanna police it???????