Sorry kawindsurf but Peto is 27 and kitesurfers are not his best friends. I should know as I have worked with him.
Cheers

peto said...

Haha, thanks Donk...I think ive been confused for a kiter. I don't dislike all kiters though, some mates are very good at wave riding both on a kite and waveboard.

Enough said on this topic ay...

Just stumled in here from the Darkside.
Reading this thread has been the highlight of my day.
Let it blow/WaveSlave sure knows how to bait a hook.

Regarding etiquette: I had a kiter (older guy, maybe 60) coming towards me on the outward and port tack the other day. He didn't have a hope of pointing higher than me but gave no leeway whatsoever, then flew his kite at 12 o'clock so I didn't have a hope of going above him. I could see he was pretty green so didn't get too het up about it. Then I see him in the carpark packing up, I thought i'd just go say a friendly word, asked him if he was the guy that I'd nearly bumped kites with; to which he says - something like - "yeah, coulda been any of a number of ya that I nearly ran into" and I says; you know there's a general rule that if you're inbound you have right of way, and if you're on starboard tack you've got right of way....and other boring stuff; to which he says "yeah, I know all that, I've been windsurfing for 20 years".

Old guys rule!

Classic.

J-P

I think the Star Wars analogy is perfect. (BTW, for you poor, tragic youngsters who weren't able to catch the first wave of Star Wars fever back in '77-'78, boy did you guys miss out. The defining cultural event of the millennia, and you poor little buggers were born just a few years too late! Ya had ta settle for watching it on one of those Deevy Dee things, decades too late. Might as well not have bothered, I reckon!)



*ahem* anyway, basically the Dark Side of the Force tempts those with weaker minds, offering them power and the gratification of their desires, and is much quicker and easier to master than the lighter side, which requires much sacrifice and discipline. But, ultimately, the Dark Side consumes them and leaves them hollow, as exemplified by Anakin Skywalker, who lost everything he loved and became a monster. He's a Kitesurfer, and guys like Obi-Wan and Yoda are windsurfers, diligently practising their gybes for years after Anakin has already mastered all the ways of the dark side. Theirs is the humbler, more noble way, and ultimately they win.

Kitesurfing. Windsurfing. Star Wars. It's all so CLEAR, can't you guys see?





Hey some of my best friends kite. It's no problem, really...

Wet Willy said...

I think the Star Wars analogy is perfect. (BTW, for you poor, tragic youngsters who weren't able to catch the first wave of Star Wars fever back in '77-'78, boy did you guys miss out. The defining cultural event of the millennia, and you poor little buggers were born just a few years too late! Ya had ta settle for watching it on one of those Deevy Dee things, decades too late. Might as well not have bothered, I reckon!)



*ahem* anyway, basically the Dark Side of the Force tempts those with weaker minds, offering them power and the gratification of their desires, and is much quicker and easier to master than the lighter side, which requires much sacrifice and discipline. But, ultimately, the Dark Side consumes them and leaves them hollow, as exemplified by Anakin Skywalker, who lost everything he loved and became a monster. He's a Kitesurfer, and guys like Obi-Wan and Yoda are windsurfers, diligently practising their gybes for years after Anakin has already mastered all the ways of the dark side. Theirs is the humbler, more noble way, and ultimately they win.

Kitesurfing. Windsurfing. Star Wars. It's all so CLEAR, can't you guys see?





Hey some of my best friends kite. It's no problem, really...

Hmmmm, wise you are, Wet Willy, your medichlorines are off the scale.

upwind said...

hey , we all water sports fanatics,( exclude jetskis), there has to be enuff ocean there for all of us. I reckon good ole Aussie chayacking is healthy .as long as it doesn't get serious. I was chatting to a teabagger the other day . he seemed quite normal !!![}:)]

til he knelt down and tried to remove your boardies...

I've been out of windsurfing for so long that when I finally get out there again I don't care what you ride just get out of my way coz I'm gunna be out of control!!! EEEeeeeeeehhhhaaaaarrr!!! [:D

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