yeah,... its a shame the world has a few morons like this in it. Dont take it personally...... he is at fault not you.

Morally ambiguous comment there WindySimon. Generalising that one group is good yet the other is not.

This bloke obviously hasn't lost his board 2km out to sea yet. When he does stack out there, and you drop his board downwind while he sorts the kite out, you can bet he will start helping others with little things like landing!

There are only two types of kiters, those who have appreciated a big favor by someone, and those who are about to.

I hear ya, but there is a flip side to this argument. Self launching and landing are skills that everyone should learn and practice. There won't always be someone there to help you and let's face it...on the water, everyone's their own captain.

Now many launch sites simply require assisted launches and landings. Usually because of crowds, rocks, obstacles etc. But when you're at a beach that has room for safe self launching and landing...I perfer not to bug other people for their help.

One thing, if you do ask someone to catch your kite, it's nice to jog right up and take it from them. Don't exect them to secure it for you.

I've had people ignore me when I've asked them to land my kite, then 5 minutes later the same person has asked me for a launch. Mental.

Hopefully one day they'll drop their kite in front of the "Dumping Wave of Destiny" and I'll be sitting on the beach with a beer in my hand trying not to laugh.

hmm, i can both windsurf and kitesurf, i live on the east coast, and yes, i do love myself ;)

it's not all bad over in WA, see this:

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=57460