whenyou come home from your first lesson (be it only 1 hour) and you have a smile that last for the rest of teh day and into the next (today)
you spend an 1.25 hours cleaning the sand out of the car as a part of a bargain with your mum to drop you at the beach, the caravel looks new, unfortuatly/fortunately it wont stay sand free.
you are so happy the wind doesnt look too promising THIS sunday as you have a wedding to go to...
and at least now i know i CAN and WILL enjoy myself!
You check the wind forecast a week before the weekend, six days before, five days before, four days before, and three days before, and are thrilled that the winds show 15/20 knots!
, then you check them two days before and it shows red arrows and 10 knots, and are really cut that the BOM can't ever seem to get the predictions correct! Even on the day! ![]()
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ok i did it i quit my job in order to go kiteing more often, as of December 16 i can kite to my harts content.
this occurred today.....you know you're addicted when you go for a surf , catch a wave then start stressing Oh Oh where's the kite?
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Originally posted by kitecrazzzy
ok i did it i quit my job in order to go kiteing more often, as of December 16 i can kite to my harts content.
You leave work in East Perth, late at 5:20pm... Only 1h40min before the sunset... You know it s not feasable, though...
On the freeway, overtake, overtake, overtake...looking at the sun... Hmmm still pretty high... Forget courtesy on the road...
back home, rush, rush, rush.. Look at the sun through the window... Sh_t! It s falling behind the trees... Not a good sign!!!
No car available at home... jump on the pushbike... argh, argh, argh... 25 minutes to reach the beach... Seabreeze in the noose....
Arrive at the beach...half in a coma... lock the bike...
Quick! To the beach, run, run, run ... Arrgh, the legs can not keep up... BUT: the sun is still a few inches above the horizon... Oh no!!! I will never be on time on the water!!!
Throw the mattress, preflight check and zou! The kite is in the air...
AHAHAHAHA!!!! Adrenaline kicks up! No more pain in the legs... Only pleasure.. Sharks are my friends... Hellos to the seagulls...
After 17min27sec on the water...
The body crashes on the beach... and what remains from the brain thinks:
"That was really worth it!!!"
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Originally posted by the duke of dork
this occurred today.....you know you're addicted when you go for a surf , catch a wave then start stressing Oh Oh where's the kite?
You know your addicted when you set up a secret cult with the local kiters and make human sacrifices to the wind gods....
....who said that?!....
yeah, a board or sunnies or car keys are never "lost", just offered in tribute to the wind gods who merely toy with our daily happiness - our very lives!
.......you accelerate in the car at a green light , and as you feel the surge of speed YOU LEAN BACK AND PUSH YOUR HEELS DOWN ! (luckily the wife didn't notice) ![]()
When your allready planning a good excues why you cant spend xmas day with all the relos incase the wind comes up.
What would you rather be doing on xmas day!!!!![]()
oh please please please please santa please.
ive been a good girl this year.
please please? wind, daylight hours, 18-25knots...
... inflating your kite after a day on the water in a town house so that no1 can pass unless u fully deflate and roll up the kite...
when your at the end of Brighton peir in the U.K and it is blowing 10kn and is about 2 degrees and you think to yourself maybe i should have brought the the 16 bow .![]()
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You're coming to Australia for Christmas, haven't seen the family for a year, there's even a new baby, you land Christmas eve, and you're checking seabreeze and wondering if you can get out of Christmas day and get to the beach.
oi just making this chat go to page 12
i am hooked on this sport and i am always stoked coming off the water even if i have a dislocated arm
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When you plan your whole new years, every year so you can kite and watch the sunset, get pissed and then kite the first day of the year......
I cant wait!!!! ![]()
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I hope there's wind