I kite full time, and i always help windsurfer guys pop their cams on and pull on extra downhaul and unscrew mast bases that cold fingers cannot etc... cos i know what a bastard all those things can be. kinda feel sorry for the old windsufers, we got nuthin that difficult to do when rigging!
ive seen other kiters do it 2... and its not just to scab a launch!

time on the water is valuable to us as well, but have you ever heard a kiter reply 'no i wanna get out there right now' to a request of help? i certainly havnt...

i know its said 2 often, but they will come back and help you if you need it one day, jnr freeride got me outa a nasty spot of trouble one day after i helped get his cams on!

Ive never had bad experiences with windsurfers except when surfing and got run down when paddling out by a complete twat who had no regard for anything or anyone.

i dont believe that you can judge someone because they're a kiter or a windsurfer its personalities and in that regard there are great people and there are twats.

heya mkseven - do you remember how the guy windsurfing died? I vaguely remember someone telling me about it.

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ahh, was it because the helmet impaired their vision, or it weighed his head down after he was knocked out, or something like that?

speaking of impaired vision, i think wearing sunnies while sailing is a bit of a problem. the guys i sail with who wear them tend to be the ones you need to keep out of the way of or they end up running you over. I tried wearing them on a couple of occasions but as soon as a splash of water hits the lens, i either couldn't see, or i kept looking at these dots in front of me for the rest of the afternoon and end up crosseyed, and that's if i didn't end up dropping them in the drink within the first 5 minutes

strange isn't it.

The last time I sailed at wellington point, I noticed that at least 5 sailors were wearing helmets. I guess there were probably 20 guys out that day and most of them were younger thatn our sailors here at goldcoast. I know of only two people on the goldcoast who wear helmets. At currumbin there may be 10 sailors on a good day and maybe only 1 wearing a helmet. At the broadwater on a good day, there can be around 25 different sailors out throughout the day and there would probably be 2 out of 25 that wear helmets. Mind you, the broadwater probably isn't the most radical spot, but there is a ton of water boating/plane activity there packed into a small area, and you certainly learn to grow eyes in the back of your head

interesting to know what influences someone to purchase a helmet

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Originally posted by mkseven

Seen a few kiters wearing helmets too, really strange...no booms/masts/board noses to headbutt, unless they like playing chicken with windsurfers

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Yeah there's only like one chick and this one guy who wear's a helmet. I have one but have never found the need to wear it. The main reason for wearing one, is if you have a board leash attatched to the board. Therefore if u stack it, the board could come back and hit you in the head. So mainly helmets are only used for kiters with a board leash, or those attempting new tricks and may land on their board or the board fly of while doing a trick... Better to be safe than sorry I guess...

Elizabeth - Wello novice Kiter

just to add, i generally only head to wellpt when the wind is forecast westish at 25 knots plus, so maybe that filters out alot of the post 35yo sailors from being present on the days i'm there.

Hey mark welcome to seabreeze.
What happened you get bored waiting around for the wind.
looking pretty quiet for the next 7 days.
did you get out last week at all seem to be a bit of wind around.
I had the flu so I didn't get out.
That guy that got killed I believe it was at vicky point a long time ago now.not sure if he died there or later in hospital or what the injuries were he died of.
and yer manly seems to be the freestyle spot and wello the speed spot prob because its flatter water at wello.You do seem some many guys come over to wello in a northerly on the jetty side where the swell goes off on a low tide it actually breaks over the reef there.
and of course every one comes to wello in good westerly.that prob why you see some good sailers there.
as for the kiters topic I wish we could all just get along.
there are some kiters that like to play chicken with us.
I don't think they realize that we don't have a lot of room to move or can stop suddenly.We can either go 30 meters down wind or shot up wind.add a few more kiters to the equation danger!!.I had this experience last year when I was sailing next to a friend heading in to the beach when a kiter had he's line horizontal with the water and he wouldn't lift his lines up it got that close I was ready to bail.This has happen before and a guy had his mast broken in half.Apparently the kiter thought this was real funny.
It could of easy been someones head.
I generally don't have probs with most of the kiters just a few bad apples but it could destroy the fun for everyone.

@ big flatus;

Do I need to remind you that this topic is titled 'Kiters Banned'?

Are you surprised that kiters are responding to this thread?
(Regardless of where it is located within the forum)

I would be more mystified if they didn't and be appalled by the apathy.

Hey haircut and mkseven,

The winds predicted for the next week certainly doesn't look any good! Some of you guys are very fortunate because you can get out in light winds when kiters can't... Now that's an advantage... The water all to yourselves

Happy windsurfing and kiting all... Sunday's prediction is picking up...

Elizabeth - Wello Kiter

Fellow Kiters,

This is the thing.....

As soon as you willingly surrender a kite-site and allow another user-group exclusive control.....
Well, the rot really sets in big-time then.
That lost site will never be won back.

Then other sailing venues will be targeted for the banishment of kiters, unjustifiably.
Your opponents will rehash the same, lame, claims that they spewed forth about the initial site;
using that as a precedent to back-up their arrogant demands.

Learn to share the ocean
'slave

THIS IS FUNNY

ITS LIKE A TRUCK DRIVER ASK A GUY ON A BICYCLE TO SHARE THE ROAD

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Originally posted by mkseven

Manly tends to be the freestyle location for this side of brisbane.

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I last sailed at manly about 18 months ago. I had a great day. Must have been about 40 sailors there and a handfull of them were really cookin. I think it might have been one of the first times i witnessed people pull forwards and and sail away from them like it was a walk in the park. It was a 40 degree day and the water felt about 30. It was like a spa. Will have to go back there this summer.

if yu cant realize yu take heaps more room than a windsurf, for sure someone will end up getting hurt on the beach