when listening to cool new cd, one automatically thinks 'ooo that riff would be just perfect for a big boost jump sequence in home kite video'... hours of editing later...
When you cut out numerous pictures from kitesurf mags and stick them all over the interior of your vehicle.
You know you are addicted when your irish its St.Patrick's day and you head to the beech instead of going on the piss with your mates.
When you negociate with your potential new boss, that you will only be accepting the job offer on the condition - if it's 20 knots plus, you ain't going to be there.
When your best mate is getting married at the weekend and you're thinking of excuses why you can't make it.
When your girlfriend / friends 'just don't get it'.
... when your mate hands you a written invite to his housewarming party whilst at the very same time exclaiming, "We are having a little get together next Sunday so if theres no wind we would love you to come along"
Nothing like an understanding mate. 
Saves you from a whole lot of embarrassing excuse making. 
When your playing cards with mates and you keep bending them into the shape of a kite.
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Originally posted by PaulG
you install ADSL and setup a laptop in the lounge just so that you can see the graphs all the time
chrissyg gets the credit for this one.
When you're describing someone and you say that "they're about a 16m" when your referring to their weight.
Good one chrissy!
L
When you have been working away for a couple of weeks and your wife rings to tell you that she is pregnant and the first thing you do when you get home is go for a kite!
When you live on the beach, so put an anemometer with a solar powered radio transmitter that sends the readings to a display in the house. You then set up a webcam pointed at the display and have the site open on your screen at work all day.
If I wasn't the boss, I would have fired myself for disppearing to important "meetings" that coincide with 15kt + winds.
But that's not the beginning of the addiction.
I went out kiteskimboarding last week and had a prang, hurting my foot.
I am denying that it is injured despite looking very much like a broken metatarsel. And the reason I am avoiding an X-ray - is because the WIND WILL BE UP on the weekend, and I don't want a doctor telling me I can't kite in the next couple of days.
When you open the seabreeze forum and all the topics are in blue writing because you have read everything 
When you have a 6m flagpole standing in your garden with a wind-sock flying proudly at the top. (Sometimes helicopters will land at my place by mistake).
When you come late and accidently run over the girlfriends 18 year old family cat and hastily bury it so you can get 1/2 hour in.
>>Laurie is this the longest post ever?
Not yet, but its the best!! .. problem is .. I identify with waaay to many of them! 
..you know you're addicted when you find out one day driving to the beach, that it can be windy at the beach, but not where you live and you are so horrified at the idea of missing out on water time, that you setup a website with wind graphs on it.
You casually mention it to *one* person, and 8 years later... 
you open the forums page to make sure nothing new
has been entered in the last five mins!
when your mate hits you up for the early surf, you know you only have one outing for the day coz of family commitments etc and you know the wind is up in the arvo...
'..KEN GREAT KITE SESS IT WAS TOO!!
When you're at a great party and two of the hottest chicks find out that your the only kitesurfer there so they invite you to party all night at their place, and you say "I have to go home now the wind might be up tomorrow," and they say " we'll do anything if you stay?
So you reply OK.
Fooled ya's.
The forecast is for wind.......
You plan to go........
But it looks 8 knotts and cr^ppy.........
No way am I going out........
Its OK, need to do some stuff anyway.......
Its a good thing really.......
Then this dude pumps up his kite........
So you race to the car, get your kite up.........
Half an hour later you have a wet, sandy kite in the back of your car as you head off home........
Looser
-when you say ur sick to get a day off school and when mum goes to work you rig up the 4.4 and head out into the 35knot southerly
you break your right hand finger, and strap it up and still go out kiting ... too bad the winds were a bit too strong and I had to come in anyways...
Elizabeth
Your non-kiting friends give you **** about masturbating when the wind starts to blow
You get stung by a stingray spend hours in pain that night and go out the next day.HOOKED ON IT
"Your non-kiting friends give you **** about masturbating when the wind starts to blow"
Can definately relate to that one!
When your watching the tv and you notice the trees are moving on the show, which makes you wonder how strong the wind is and what direction!!!!
You go kiting all day and completely forget about your uni assessment worth 15% you haven't even started that is due that day. But hey...at least I've got my priorities right!!!
