Select to expand quoteBlackbeard said...fingerbone said..
Wearing anything that could save a life or injury should be common sense.
Some people will always be to hard core to use any thing that has to do with ( safety )
Whats worse they take the piss out of those that do. 
Classic coming from a finger blowing his brains n bones out !
I thought the safety was on. 
Select to expand quoteBlackbeard said..
^^^ Fair call and the point I was trying to make also.
FYI Dusta I have offered to join WASKA committee to offer to represent my local area however they were not really interested as my area doesn't have a very big membership base of which I have also tried to boost. Sorry if this offends you!
I find that very difficult to believe Blackbeard. Id suggest that if your local is "lacking members" the WAKSA central c'tee would be all the more likely to welcome you aboard.
There is absolutely no reason for the WAKSA c'tee to be "not interested" in supporting any/all local beach user groups. Apart from development of local group organisations being amongst its highest priority goals it is one which takes very little extra effort from anyone on the central c'tee - apart from providing advice, allocation of funding and its growing inventory of equipment.
Just in case anyone is wondering here ...... you DO NOT have to become a part of the central WAKSA c'tee to head-up or organise a local beach user group or special interest group or one off kite event. The way is open - through WAKSA - for people to develop their area of interest without taking on central c'tee responsibilities ie without having to make a commitment to the full-time, year round responsibilities WAKSA c'tee members take on.
If you are at all interested in supporting the sport in these directions PLS let WAKSA know and take the lead they can provide.
It may not have been summarised clearly anywhere but this is where we stand with Australian kiting as of now.
The individual state KSA's have united under a totally reformed AKSA with the new Kiteboarding Australia Ltd (KA) as its national representative body.
The next stage of development of this state federation through KA is the development of the 3rd tier ie beach user groups + special interest groups + event organisation groups
The central WAKSA c'tee is there to run the business of WAKSA and put WA's voice forward at the KA level. Its up to you kiters out there to build the individual, beach based sectors of our sport.
KA ltd. - with a board made up of state reps - is poised to begin its representation of the sport at a national level & work toward achieving NSO recognition. It has taken 12 years but we are there.
WAKSA and the other state KSA's have been playing their part for all of these 12 years to get us this far - as well as running a few events along the way.
It is now up to local and individual kiters to step up to provide the grassroots (or sandroots) levels of kiting. This is the essential next stage if kiting is to successfully complete its development towards being a unified, strong and cohesive sporting organisation.
It is beyond the capability & time restraints of the state KSA c'tees to develop & run these specialised functions.
Dont complain about WAKSA's lack of services - jump in and help provide them.
It is this level of development which will now make or break kiting becoming a legitimate sport.
Select to expand quotefingerbone said..Blackbeard said...fingerbone said..
Wearing anything that could save a life or injury should be common sense.
Some people will always be to hard core to use any thing that has to do with ( safety )
Whats worse they take the piss out of those that do.
Classic coming from a finger blowing his brains n bones out !
I thought the safety was on.
touche fingerbone. Very quick - very funny 
Select to expand quotepuppetonastring said..Blackbeard said..
^^^ Fair call and the point I was trying to make also.
FYI Dusta I have offered to join WASKA committee to offer to represent my local area however they were not really interested as my area doesn't have a very big membership base of which I have also tried to boost. Sorry if this offends you!
I find that very difficult to believe Blackbeard. Id suggest that if your local is "lacking members" the WAKSA central c'tee would be all the more likely to welcome you aboard.
There is absolutely no reason for the WAKSA c'tee to be "not interested" in supporting any/all local beach user groups. Apart from development of local group organisations being amongst its highest priority goals it is one which takes very little extra effort from anyone on the central c'tee - apart from providing advice, allocation of funding and its growing inventory of equipment.
Just in case anyone is wondering here ...... you DO NOT have to become a part of the central WAKSA c'tee to head-up or organise a local beach user group or special interest group or one off kite event. The way is open - through WAKSA - for people to develop their area of interest without taking on central c'tee responsibilities ie without having to make a commitment to the full-time, year round responsibilities WAKSA c'tee members take on.
If you are at all interested in supporting the sport in these directions PLS let WAKSA know and take the lead they can provide.
It may not have been summarised clearly anywhere but this is where we stand with Australian kiting as of now.
The individual state KSA's have united under a totally reformed AKSA with the new Kiteboarding Australia Ltd (KA) as its national representative body.
The next stage of development of this state federation through KA is the development of the 3rd tier ie beach user groups + special interest groups + event organisation groups
The central WAKSA c'tee is there to run the business of WAKSA and put WA's voice forward at the KA level. Its up to you kiters out there to build the individual, beach based sectors of our sport.
KA ltd. - with a board made up of state reps - is poised to begin its representation of the sport at a national level & work toward achieving NSO recognition. It has taken 12 years but we are there.
WAKSA and the other state KSA's have been playing their part for all of these 12 years to get us this far - as well as running a few events along the way.
It is now up to local and individual kiters to step up to provide the grassroots (or sandroots) levels of kiting. This is the essential next stage if kiting is to successfully complete its development towards being a unified, strong and cohesive sporting organisation.
It is beyond the capability & time restraints of the state KSA c'tees to develop & run these specialised functions.
Dont complain about WAKSA's lack of services - jump in and help provide them.
It is this level of development which will now make or break kiting becoming a legitimate sport.
I have been in contact with WAKSA in the past, and will continue to liaise with them in regard to possibly having a local committee member.
Unfortunately circumstances have changed for me and I no longer have the time to effectively undertake this role.
