Currumbin Alley Banning

Hi fellow kiters, This is just a friendly reminder to those kiting the Alley of the precarious situation we have for a banning.
Kiting for over 10yrs and born n breed in Currumbin, I do not want to see this unique kiting spot banned.
The SEQKA was reborn 7yrs ago because of this threat.
At the moment there are a lot of new comers oblivious of past happenings kiting the Alley.
There is also a VERY angry man hanging about the area.. Apparently he thinks the alley is only the right of the short boarders. (now a surfing reserve) He is the secretary of Alley boardriders.. he is just angry .

So, to keep the lifeguards happy PLEASE:
* Don’t kite close to the corner in front of the tower while heading out to the point
* Don’t kite close to swimmers... you know we should be 60m from them. The clubbies have given us a lot of grace. * There is a 6 knot rule.. That means off the plane..
* PLEASE don’t kite there if you are a beginner.. if you take someone out.. that will be it..
* Dont setup close to the tower
* Use someone to help launch and land
* Dont hassle with the angry man.. he wont see reason..

We all have to look after this place.. Don’t be afraid to calmly let the person doing the wrong thing know. We are all quite reasonable people.. The Angry kiters haven’t been around for some time. The windsurfers have been around longer than us, so don’t forget to share with them as well.. They also have issues with the angry man.
As a rate payer for the area I have expressed my concerns to the local Councillor Chris Robbins about the alley boardriders belief. Hal Morris (marine safety Auth) and Jan Stuckey (QLD State Rep) are persons to be contacted about your concerns. Dont be angry. Most of us kiting are well educated, so hopefully brain over brawn can get us through once again.

I saw an article on local news saying council are trying to charge surfers for wave use ??

Angry man

Though I have never kited the Alley, I surfed there all the time when I first moved to Australia. I bought some acreage in the Currumbin Valley and was only 5 k's from there. I would love to kite it one day as it is such an amazing set up for that. I miss that place but I don't miss the Gold Coast. I also miss the Currumbin Hotel where we would hang and drink Tooheys Old after our surf crowd Saturday basket ball game we played. Be good people, it would be a crime not to be able to kite there

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bjw said..
Angry man

Also a reminder that guys coming down the line on a wave have right of way over those guys tacking back out to the point or zipping in and around the whitewater in no particular pattern.

The Alley is a great point break so if you want to muck around on twin tips and boost off a few ramps rather move to the other side of Laceys where there's heaps of waves and heaps of room.

Could anyone please post up an image defining the area on a map? I'm new to the GC and have kited around that area before, but I'm unsure where the spot is exactly?

this is the flat water spot just south of palm beach right?

thanks

Where's Gino when you need him?

^^^^

Id been told the eldery lady kicked the bucket after being hit.

Scratch that content then. Cliche story of the alley imo. Theres minimal room for error in the butter isle and the same gig happens nearly every northerly

Hi Scottie, I am the subject of your rant and to be quite honest you should really get your facts straight before letting loose on line.

I am also very disappointed that members of the Board riders have been targeted because of your post.

I would prefer that if you have an issue you come through the correct channels.


Firstly, I personally believe Kite Surfing is a great sport and deserves recognition just like Surfing at the next Olympics.

We just do not believe that you can have up to 30 Kiters travelling safely at up to 25 knots within close proximity to surfers and swimmers in an area as small as the Alley estuary and mouth when crowded, no matter how experienced.

Secondly no one wants to see anyone banned from the Alley especially the Board riders, and most people with common sense will support Kiters rights to be there.

Speaking about common sense we cannot see why why would you power up your kite on the estuary beach on a Sunday with no help and then rip through the hundreds of swimmers and kids at speed, it defies logic.

I have spoken to some of the old hands who started kiting on the coast and they appear to agree?

Oh and the angry man,

I am guilty of speaking to an ex member of the Alley Board riders in the car park about what I and others see as a danger to our Dads and Mums and our push in groms in the water when Kite surfers are in close proximity.

I am guilty of showing this person a copy of the '" Kite Boarders association" code of conduct.

I am not guilty of handing out any other material to any other person.

Just for the record after I showed this person the associations own guidelines he then replied and I quote " I don't care what regulations are in place I will still still kite here and that old fella over the other side got in the way of my jump"

I have to ask is this what you want as an example for the sport?

We all have to share a shrinking resource and work together.

Merry Christmas

Andrew McCarthy.

I surf and kite there. Spoke to dude from Alley boardriders club and he was a sound dude. Lifeguards are pretty cool too. If people kite with their brain switched on and operational it's all good. Seen a couple of most bizzare scenes kind of like kiting Borat, but on the whole all good. Fortunately when kiting is at it's best and it's cranking there are few other people that want to be there.

Chuck it in, lets have some funn!!!