I witnessed a very dangerous situation yesterday arvo at Floreat beach it amazed me there was no injury to the public.
I was having family BBQ with kids and watched the guy and girl try and launch (cabrihna 10m I think) In next to no wind. I was relieved to see them give up after the first attempt because there were many general beach goers directly down wind of them.
Carried on with what I was doing and about 20 minutes later saw the kite death looping down the beach dragging the girl + a guy for about 30m. The kite finally came to rest amongst the general beach users and as you can imagine their were some pretty pissed off people.
Come on guys!! Think about what your doing. with incidents like this going on we are sure to lose another great spot to launch. I wouldnt be surprised if complaints will be made after this. If you are a newb and you really need to give it a go remember the basic rules. If you cant find an empty stretch of beach give it a miss.
The kiters were spoken to by other kiters and are now abviously a lot wiser and hopefully learnyt from this experience.
It could have been a lot worse.
Keep safe guys
North Scarborough was the same yesterday. A bloke giving lessons in the middle of beach goers.
My mate told him to move on. A bloke self landing and stuffing up then kite drifting downwind and hot launch next to family with baby in a pram. And average kites kiting and snaking through the surf where the swimmers were. 50 m down the beach nobody. Go figure you can't teach common sense you either have it or you don't.
That's it boys, keep vigilant schooling the ignoranuses and retards at the coal face. Their numbers are growing.
Almost lost Floreat 2 years ago. Remember the trial ban launching setting up etc north of the groin.. The city could quite easily bring that back again. Kiting at scarbs has well and truly been under council scrutiny the last couple of years too
I'm not around anymore to tell everyone off so keep up the good work
The hot weekend days with marginal/gusty winds are the worst times, lots of beach goers and lots of beginners.
Any new kiters out there take note those are the days when you really do need good kite control, so pick an area where there is no people or wait for a more consistant breeze, there is a reason most of the more experienced kiters aren't on the water.
Tsk Tsk Tsk
Stop teaching, ban all schools,
Let people know it's to dangerous to contemplate taking up a sport that can cripple or worse kill you or some poor beach goer
Tell them it takes 5years just to stand on the board
You have a screw loose and it brings out your gay tendencies, sharks and the sharks you've had to beat off along with yourself
Share the stoke you say, let them enjoy the sport you love you say..... pffft
If the cost of a kite gear goes up because of lack of numbers then that's the price you pay to keep the kooks out and the beaches open.
If you don't follow the above advice then SHUT THE F&@K UP, and deal with it,
Better still tell them windsurfing is in vogue
Sigh..
I hardly post anymore but have been witnessing the same fknuckle antics
Idiots kiting between City Beach and Floreat groins right up to beach. Mostly outside the flags thank gawd, but it is not on anywhere along the beach between City beach anfd Floreat groins.
Also saw a flotilla of Ikon kites going through the Floreat groin area and one absolute fkn tool (the tall dude ona a surfbaord in the baseball style water cap) snaking right in and out of hapless surfers/boogers/swimers.
We are talking within 2-3 metres from other water users!
Such was our hero's sense of self worth or absolute belief in his skills, his search for a sh!tty shore break had him pizzing plenty of people off.
FFS, a sense of de ja vu watching the guy snake in and out through the surfers etc..
Seriously have to wonder what the point is for such an average wave experiance.
Also have to wonder how someone riding an SB (so I'm guessing possibly a surfer himself) could be such a selfish c**t - when he should be able to relate to just how poxxy it is, having a tool like him, straffing through a line up. 
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