OK, I now have 203 responses, and it is really looking like the responses are only slowly dwindling to nil. I think it is probably pretty OK to attempt a first cut of an analysis to get a sense of we look like as a community.

(Later this week.....I am going to attempt to do some complex stuff with the data to compare how differently Windsurfers and Kitesurfers reported for each of those questions. To do this I have to "cut and paste" 203 results into a spreadsheet so I can use a pivot table......let's see how long this takes. I am also going to have a go at plotting on a map where sharks have been spotted by you guys and will share!!! )

BUT FOR NOW:

95.6% are Boys
53% Kitesurfers, 47% Windsurfers
93.6% of you are at least Intermediate Skill or higher
82.2% of you will get off your couch when it is 15 knots or more
43% Flatwater, 32% Waves, 25% Open ocean (and one other individual "Too Extreme to describe!)
71% sail any day of the week, 18% on weekends, and 11% whenever they find time.
69% never switched between Windsurf or Kitesurf before
For those who did switch, apart from the 9 people who said that it was "too complex to describe", the remaining responses showed that 60 Windsurfers had switched to Kitesurfing, with 14 of these switching back to being Windsurfers (Though there was one report that said he changed from being a kitesurfer to being a windsurfer, but then declared that he is Currently a kitesurfer....so i am not too sure what to make of this for the moment). It would appear at this stage that NO kitesurfers have actually switched from their sport. (again I think there could be some "complex ones" that I may have missed)
76% of people do not see themselves changing their current sailing sport in the future
58% of respondents never had an encounter with a shark

Respondents are from the states (approx):

WA: 33%
NSW: 23%
QLD: 22%
Vic: 14%
SA: 4%
ACT: 3%
Tassie: 1.5%
NT: 1% (2 individuals)


I am going to keep the survey open for now, but am going to start to see if I can tease a a report which separates out the Windsurfer responses and the Kitesurfer responses. This could be interesting.

Watch this space.

So just want to say a BIG THANK YOU for all you have participated so far!!!!

I hope you enjoy your week!!

Great work with the survey PP
Alarming that in 203 surveys taken there were 85 shark sightings

lotofwind said...
Good to finally see the true statistics,,,well done putting this together.

Perhaps 53% wouldn't believe the statistics if they didn't agree with them in the first place

But the shark sightings may have to be fined up a bit? Like - saw one 20m away whilst sailing = sh!t yourself, or 100m away when considering hitting the water, or in an aquarium?

Or sailed over one as you dogged out through 5' waves in a dying wind at dusk, knowing you had jibe at some stage and not fall in!

kato said...

Stuthepirate said...
Great work with the survey PP
Alarming that in 203 surveys taken there were 85 shark sightings

But no one got eaten

Not sure how that one would ever be reported. Hard to respond if you're not here.

I did get bitten at Wellington Point once. In murky water, felt some pressure on my ankle. I screamed like a girl and when I checked I had a neat set of teeth marks in my ankle. 3 sets of concentric marks. Figured it was a small bull shark. If you know Wello, it was on the north side, near the fig trees where kids often swim.

steveBayside said...
its a well known fact that 37.6% of all statistics are just made up

^^^^87.2% of people know this is not true.

For any late comers.....the Survey is still Open. I will start to work on the data next weekend. I noticed another 14 new respondents came in overnight.



www.esurveyspro.com/Survey.aspx?id=350e290b-6b91-44de-bebd-d93f54770c1b

Interesting....

I now have 273 responses.....and wait.....20 Girls!

When I get the chance later this week, I will also try to present the Girl's responses and compare these with the Boys.

cutting and pasting 273 reports into a spreadsheet will not be fun!!

JOYRIDER said...
Statistics show:

"that a good windsurfer can kite, and most of them now do"

Fixed that for youlol

Gestalt said...
the shark thing is interesting,

i don't know too many windsurfers in qld that haven't seen or had a shark experience.

Never, too my knowledge.