Does anyone else here really enjoy the fact that kiting is dangerous and that's part of he allure? I've been kiting for near 10 years and I love a hot launch or flukey conditions or threading in between some rocky outcrops or watching shallow reef flash by under the board or kiting close to my mates or downwinders that are hastily organised with no real plan.. It's all part of the fun isn't it?
Before you safety nazis organise a lynching and a cup of tea, I do believe in teaching the noob the safety part first and helpin em out but after that then life is life....
Sometimes it's fun and 15, sunny and steady but sometimes your upside down in 30 plus getting water shoved everywhere you don't want it.... That's the game and I love it...
But Benny, without the safety topic, this will only leave the kooks to argue about rite of way rules 
I might try jumping the pier at Altona or maybe St kilda this summer.
(Just joking safety ****)
Select to expand quoteBennyB12 said..
Does anyone else here really enjoy the fact that kiting is dangerous and that's part of he allure? I've been kiting for near 10 years and I love a hot launch or flukey conditions or threading in between some rocky outcrops or watching shallow reef flash by under the board or kiting close to my mates or downwinders that are hastily organised with no real plan.. It's all part of the fun isn't it?
Before you safety nazis organise a lynching and a cup of tea, I do believe in teaching the noob the safety part first and helpin em out but after that then life is life....
Sometimes it's fun and 15, sunny and steady but sometimes your upside down in 30 plus getting water shoved everywhere you don't want it.... That's the game and I love it...
With you there mate. Well said!
Select to expand quotekiterboy said...
Well derrrrrr.
You should have called this 'The Obvious Thread'
I actually wrote this cos I was hoping there was still kiters out there that are sick of topics like 'the safety thread'....which you started....
Yeah man. I break every single kitesurfing rule on a regular basis. Risk is the reason we do it. if we wanted no risk then we would all be playing lawn bowls.!
I love blasting the shallows and smashing out a jump. surfing waves amongst boulders, solo high wind kiting.... kiting close to objects. onshore winds. all that stuff.
But its all relative to your perception of risk.
I also mountainbike. As I was blasting down a gnarly mountain track the other day smashing over roots the size of my teachers legs at school, shoulders brushing trees as I whistle past at high speed I think. one wrong move and its shoulder barg a tree....
I thought.
"man kitesurfing is so safe compared to this".....
And it is. You can be a complete goon on the water and the usual result is a splash down and hurt ego.
Be a goon with any land based sport and the result is pain.
I agree 100% here......sure things can go wrong, especially if you have balls (I don't) and go crazy. However, after having done this sport a lot in the past 12 years or so, I find the most dangerous sport I play is softball. I have had more serious injury there than in skiing, skating, or surfing. And I don't ride a twin tip any more and don't jump either........kiting is more brutal on your body than anything I know, give it that.........but I am old.
Yea, kiting is a sickass extreme sport............kiter beware.
Not a SB in sight.............I need wind.
I agree , totally,everything is up to the individual's attitude and skill and respect for others.Off the tangent now,on the news last night women's injuries from walking on stilletoes,broken ankles and falls are higher in numbers in casualty wards than kids injuries .
i intentionally seek out bad weather like heading out 10k's to meet oncoming squals and storms just to practice handling the situations at hand. its a requirement for me on my island hopping trips to be able to handle all situations. i have my iko degrees like many others but how i loath this whole mowing the lawn boosting to the crowds of grannys and kids on the beach. none of that was ever the reason i got into this whole mess in the first place. im allways working on ways on increaseing my load of water and food and clothing etc useing home made water sleds so i can spend days/weeks at a time by myself on islands without the need for a boat. the rolling 8foot waves every few seconds when crossing the whitsunday channel kind of woke me up a bit about what the hell was i even doing out there, but hay its all part of the game.
Kozzie you strike me as someone who has a keen sense of adventure and possibly good drugs.... I lived in Airlie for a year, how did I not meet you?
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Kozzie you strike me as someone who has a keen sense of adventure and possibly good drugs.... I lived in Airlie for a year, how did I not meet you?
Benny. Your trunk flaps up before you start decending in your avatar!....
I have a sneaking suspision that someone has photoshopped that elephant bouncing on the trampoline.
Of course!
Just don't wrap your lines around joe public or pester emergency services unduly.
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Kozzie you strike me as someone who has a keen sense of adventure and possibly good drugs.... I lived in Airlie for a year, how did I not meet you?
im a proserpinian matey. mention my name to half of the whit and theyll know me :D pm me for details but we basicly built that place.
Select to expand quoteDaavy said..
Of course!
Just don't wrap your lines around joe public or pester emergency services unduly.
i learnt pretty quick to let the volunteer coastguard know your intentions with any long distance en devour.
you just go in there introduce yourself explain all your thinking etc and that you have reliable waterproof uhf etc i never botherd with an epirb **** the 5k$ choppers off to be honest. just dont put yourself in a situation you cant back out of. its a feeling i get when diving and offtrack hiking you just KNOW its you and no one else out there. you can either survive or die. its a great feeling one ive been chaseing for years.
hallelujah!!! This is the best topic I have read in three years of pursuing this forum. It wouldnt be fun if it wasnt dangerous....
Select to expand quotepolykarb said..
I might try jumping the pier at Altona or maybe St kilda this summer.
You need some windmills, you do.
Select to expand quotePlummet said..Benny. Your trunk flaps up before you start decending in your avatar!....
I have a sneaking suspision that someone has photoshopped that elephant bouncing on the trampoline.
Momentum.
Select to expand quoteBennyB12 said...kiterboy said...
Well derrrrrr.
You should have called this 'The Obvious Thread'
I actually wrote this cos I was hoping there was still kiters out there that are sick of topics like 'the safety thread'....which you started....
Yeah, no **** Einstein, I knew it was a piss take.
That thread isn't aimed at heroes like you.
It's meant to be a central source of easy to find info for people starting out.
You can go ahead and pretend you're being really dangerous and risky, taking those calculated risks while kiting cause you already are educated on the safety aspects of the sport.
Select to expand quotekiterboy said...BennyB12 said...kiterboy said...
Well derrrrrr.
You should have called this 'The Obvious Thread'
I actually wrote this cos I was hoping there was still kiters out there that are sick of topics like 'the safety thread'....which you started....
Yeah, no **** Einstein, I knew it was a piss take.
That thread isn't aimed at heroes like you.
It's meant to be a central source of easy to find info for people starting out.
You can go ahead and pretend you're being really dangerous and risky, taking those calculated risks while kiting cause you already are educated on the safety aspects of the sport.
Wow...
Yeah well I ignored your swipe you were having by starting this thread, until you had to reiterate it halfway down.
Taken in it's own right, this thread is very valid and conveys the spirit of why we love this sport.
I just don't think it needed to be started as some sort of retaliation to a thread that was started as an effort to communicate safe practices to new kiters.
And yeah, we (those of us more experienced) know the safety aspects of the sport, so we take calculated risks based on our knowledge of our own abilities and understanding of the sport, it's adrenalin pumping stuff and bloody awesome all the ways we can throw it down.
But, it's only a dangerous sport if you're doing stupid things.
Yeah I always understood the safety threads address the unexperienced rather than the pros. Needless to say, when a Pro snuffs it doing stupid shiite, the proper reaction is a manly "Darwin 1, Pro 0", instead of long winding threads about a terrible accident. Base jumpers do it that way which I appreciate.
Select to expand quoteKamikuza said..polykarb said..
I might try jumping the pier at Altona or maybe St kilda this summer.
You need some windmills, you do.
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That is rather silly!
