If you love your music and kiting, grab a waterproof mp3, kiting will never be the same 
I did that until the copper in the ear bud cable started parting and the case started leaking. It was fun, but I couldn't be bothered pay the price twice so I kite without music all over again.
what are they like when your kiting
I wore mine snow boarding i went from good to extremely crap i done about 10 front rolls, lost all my concentration.
Check out ebay, mine is the "H2O man" brand (comes in a waterproof floating cylinder and 1 g usb stick type mp3, controls are matched to cylinder, super easy to download tracks, takes one aaa battery which hasnt gone flat yet), other makes available, usually cheaper to buy direct from U.S.
Warning: depending on music it can motivate you to boost beyond skill, so far mine has survived numerous high impacts ( Im such a kook 
) and it just keeps going.
If you are going to wear tunes in your ears when riding, make sure you don't ride anywhere near other riders because you wont hear them coming close to you and you'll end up in a tangle or worse! 
Being deaf to your surrounding noises when kiting with others is pretty dangerous.
I love to hear the water noise and the wind in my ears. I also love to hear my mates hollerin' and hootin' when they jump big or pull a sweet move. Unplug for a while and enjoy your surroundings with all your senses!
Good winds,
if you need to listen to music whist doing sport then perhaps you are better suited to spinning...... seriously, why on earth would you want to listen to music whist kiting... just lame.
kitesoft: You can always hear others kiting around you ? The gods gave us eyes to see whats around us, surely you look around you as you kite for others
littlemark: you have no idea 
just listen to some tunes before u go out, get some`songs`stuck in ya`head and`
sing to yourself
"crick" opens the can of worms...
What's wrong with singing to yourself? The other day I was belting out "Riders in the storm..ba babaaab baa" as the rain was pelting my face and the gusts got gnarly, then when the clounds parted just a bit I was singing "A little ray of sunshine, in the shape of .... a ray of sunshine... coming out of the clouds" which moved into.. "I'm gunna drop down the face of this wave... then I'm going back up again... oh yeah Riders on the storm, da da na naa naa naa..."
At sea no-one can hear you scream, so why not sing your arse off!!
last week i did a four an a bit hour session with '... i should be so lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky...' stuck in my head.... the only way i could save myself, was to meld it into a critcal, contemporary melodic jazz fusion pop, and go with...
".... i should be so lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky.... i should be so lucky i kite...."
I know this is a little off topic however. I think this may be a good time for me to announce my intensions of getting a McDonalds franchise. How sweet this will be, I want to put it just Out the back of the break.
Just think you could have a kite then a burger out the back. Maybe for some extra profit I could sell burgers to surfers. Hmm not to mention the stand up paddle dudes
It just goes together the serenity of nature and a Mac.
Oh Oh what about floating big screen tv with surfing and kiting and stuff on it wilst you kite wicked. My mind is buzzing with all these new ideas. This is gonna be sick.
[}:)]
YES - Safety has it's place and the old " Don't use an MP3 in a crowd " has to be mentioned because there's d!cks out there who are going to do the wrong thing and put themselves, others and possibly the future of the sport at risk.
BUT - If it's not for you, why sit back, bitching, whinging and generally paying out on someone if they want to do something slightly different to you? If someone gets some enjoyment out of it and it doesn't effect you, then who are you to judge?
One eye is worth a hundred ears.
80% of communication between humans is non verbal. :D
To Spacey and Gstar,
It is illegal to drive a motor vehicle with an Ipod or any other music device playing through earbuds or headphones on the driver. Why do you reckon that might be?
Surely your eyes are enough to drive a car safely? Or should everyone just watch out for you? It IS a safety issue, you simply cannot be as spatially aware as with all 5 senses in top order.
I don't care if you listen to tunes when you ride thats up to you, just be extra careful around or in close proximity to others, as it does effect your sense of awareness.
Good winds,
jeez, glad I didnt also say I had a few stubbies before my reckless mp3 fuelled antics
kitesoft if you wrap your head in alfoil you will be able to pick up other kiters vibes, it also helps to keep water out of your ears. 
Yeah I know, Im a prick
