Select to expand quotePaul1 said..
Shouldn't this be in the WA (whinging Australians) section.......
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Given that this post was put in the "general" section and not the "WA forum" where it belongs...
I am going to hijack the thread to make it positive.
The Sunshine Coast crew know how to downwind and welcome respectful tourists (thanks guys!). Drop by a local shop, buy a T-shirt and ask how to join the local crew on their downwinders.
The locals work or play with their family until late afternoon, then hit the longest windswept beaches to make the most of the remaining daylight. Most beach users have left for the day and they cruise long distances then hop on the local bus service. The local non-kiting bus commuters tolerate the dripping wet and sandy downwinders and their gear. No cash needed as the buses have smart card fares. Amazing!
An absolutely fantastic experience and shows what can be done by levelheaded and community orientated kiteboarding leaders. Looking forward to returning for my fill of stoke-filled downwinders next possible school holidays. Until then, no SB downwinders for me...
Would be great to hear of initiatives to improve WA's downwinders. Too much anger and rage in IMHO. 
Select to expand quotePaul said..Underoath said..loose said..
But the stretch from city to trigg is, and always will be, the down winder strip
No its not...its not rocket science.
How arrogant are you?
I love how new guys always think that cause they do it, that's the way it has always been.
Downwinders is a new thing in the numbers that now charge through.
I took 3 minutes break while the crowd came through on Monday only to see 4 guys go in the flag zone for swimmers, and one chick take one more wave , only to come off 5 meters from guys swimming and loose her board. Thankfully she didn't have to drag over them.
The clubbie was getting a sore throat from yelling on his bull horn at the DWinders going through the flags.
4 guys in 3 minutes is a crowd? sounds like a quiet day for Perth
Or were you just flying early in the yellow arrows?
I love giving the "location based" kite boarders a big wave as I cruise past on a downwinder. And most DWs do the same when they come by my spot.
Clearly the vibe is better here in SA.
Winter time is aproaching and the beaches will be clear and all the tourist crowds will be gone.The waves will be bigger and the wind more of a challenge to ride.
The local downwinder season will begin !Just a smalll band of 20 kites from freo to hillarys enjoying space and freedom.
I think the lanos to wedge downwinders should be pushed next season to free up crowds around perth beaches.
Select to expand quoteJonopark said..
Hey twin tippers. When you get good enough you also will ride a surfboard. Just be patient and keep practising you will get there
Trolling... Type in Jono and predictive wants to spit mono. Mono is a South American word for monkey..... Seems like he's playing like one.
Don't stress peeps, no doubt he started with twinny love too!
Select to expand quoteJonopark said..
Hey twin tippers. When you get good enough you also will ride a surfboard. Just be patient and keep practising you will get there
It takes some special skill to ride a surfboard with a kite??
I rode one without a kite for over 30 years. I think there's more skill in that!!
Hey guys I think twin tipping is cute. But like rollerblades it wears thin after awhile.
Whats the hardest thing about twintipping I asked the local guy wearing shorts over his wettie at a few years back.
He told me telling his father that he was gay.
Select to expand quotekkiter said..Jonopark said..
Hey twin tippers. When you get good enough you also will ride a surfboard. Just be patient and keep practising you will get there
It takes some special skill to ride a surfboard with a kite??
I rode one without a kite for over 30 years. I think there's more skill in that!!
heheh... yep alot of skill.
I was riding my light wind door sized kiteboard yesterday running down the line in head high waves finless.
Take your fins off Jono and see how skilled you are in the waves.
Hahaha why mate? I like doing turns down the line not running down the line! And you took the fins off your twintip? Hero!!
Dont get too worked up heros, heres one of me a few years back when twintips were cool.
Select to expand quotearloj said..
I stayed at the rendezvous 2 weeks ago an I watched for a few minutes these "packs" charge through. I couldn't believe how blatantly arrogant you Perth kiters are to other beach users like families an surfers - kiting a couple meters away from them doing your little spray in 1ft slop then back stalling 5meters from the shore isn't impressing anyone.
Just give it another month - all will be peaceful again, and the "packs" will switch wetsuits for Lycra and mow you down at pedestrian crossings with a bike that costs more than a Hyundai excel...
Select to expand quoteJonopark said..
Dont get too worked up heros, heres one of me a few years back when twintips were cool.
If it's not a pickle fork it wasn't cool.
Select to expand quoteJonopark said..
Hey guys I think twin tipping is cute. But like rollerblades it wears thin after awhile.
Whats the hardest thing about twintipping I asked the local guy wearing shorts over his wettie at a few years back.
He told me telling his father that he was gay.
Jono you promised you wouldn't tell anyone!!
Say "think twin tipping" really fast to yourself a few times, I bet you end up with twink ;)
Select to expand quoteJonopark said..
Dont get too worked up heros, heres one of me a few years back when twintips were cool.
Wow Jono I didnt think youd ever been that cool - I thought you had always just muddled along on a directional.
A huge % of surfboard riding kiters - esp in the mush & slush of metro Perth - are following the crowd at the expense of making the most of their kiting. If you are chasing the purist surfies experience of 'surfing' the wave & only use your kite to get you on, off, through & back to the next wave then for sure you need & have to be on a surfboard. I cant for the life of me understand why EVERY paddle-in surfie doesnt have a kite for all but the best surf conditions.
MARK MY WORDS here folks .....
If you cant 'surf' a 'surfboard' as a purist paddle-in surfie OR if you are using your surfboard to play in waves - esp in mushy crap - then you are going to have WAY more fun on a TT.
Give it a couple of years (I absolutely guarantee this will come about) you will see the majority of the downwind crew back to riding twinnys &/or (heaven forbid) the superest uncool ever mutant (hush ur mouth puppet). And they will be doing way more fancy fun stuff & having way more fun than they are now ploughing through the shorebreak & mush on their directionals.
What comes around goes around. Swings & roundabouts.
I was at City beach the otherday swimming in the surf and was annoyed at the fact the surf kiters felt they had the right to come so close to me swimming , you have the whole ocean use it ......!!!!
Select to expand quoteJonopark said..
Dont get too worked up heros, heres one of me a few years back when twintips were cool.
Wow you were wasting those awesome waves on a TT Jono, what were you thinking man!!!
Had a great little session yesterday with 20 odd upwind tacks (gybes actualy) from Scarbs up to City Beach, and a leisurely down winder back to Scarbs. I reckon just doing a downwinder is boring.
Don't understand the need for a drive back up the road. Slack, I reckon. You herds of downwinders need to man-up.
Had a 13m kite and my Kapuna "surf" board. Very enjoyable afternoon in marginal 18-20 knot conditions.
Select to expand quotehusa said..
Had a great little session yesterday with 20 odd upwind tacks (gybes actualy) from Scarbs up to City Beach, and a leisurely down winder back to Scarbs. I reckon just doing a downwinder is boring.
Don't understand the need for a drive back up the road. Slack, I reckon. You herds of downwinders need to man-up.
Had a 13m kite and my Kapuna "surf" board. Very enjoyable afternoon in marginal 18-20 knot conditions.
... almost every session is like that for me,,,,, 3km or so upwind, muck around on a point break or reef break, down wind and repeat, repeat and repeat til beer calls me in!
Select to expand quoteJonopark said..
...twintips were cool.
Either way you can't beat a twintip for the best Abs workout!
No wonder the worlds best go to capetown to train .No whinging about downwinders or big airs.Just people enjoying the water and there kiting no matter what side kiting there attracted too..
There is excessive whinging and not enough kiting.
I still dont know why the whingers that dislike crowds continue to ride at Western Australia's most busiest beach.If you cant handle the pace and congestion then dont kite there.
There doesnt seem to be any whinging at dutchies or leightonss. Why not avoid the crowds and try new kiting locations where there is space if thats what your after.
The great thing about kiting in perth is that you have options for all styles of kiting.Im looking forward to winter kiting as the whinging population of Perth go into hibernation!.
Select to expand quotediamond2001 said..
No wonder the worlds best go to capetown to train .No whinging about downwinders or big airs.Just people enjoying the water and there kiting no matter what side kiting there attracted too..
There is excessive whinging and not enough kiting.
I still dont know why the whingers that dislike crowds continue to ride at Western Australia's most busiest beach.If you cant handle the pace and congestion then dont kite there.
There doesnt seem to be any whinging at dutchies or leightonss. Why not avoid the crowds and try new kiting locations where there is space if thats what your after.
The great thing about kiting in perth is that you have options for all styles of kiting.Im looking forward to winter kiting as the whinging population of Perth go into hibernation!.
Holly, jewish, ramataane, lord of the rings peadophelia , pope guys, etc. well said, been tryin to say it for years
I'll jump back on this subject/topic sumtime when I'm sober and I'd luv to have a public chit chat with ya
Veebs
On my first attempt at posting this message I was knocked back cause I'd misspelt the eff word, so I changed the opening a little
