RickI offered $100 and that covers two signs.

Who has the last copy of what we came up with. I will e-mail it to a few sign companies and see what would be best $-wise. I will also help with the idea to sink a few bouys to mark off the no jump/trick area at SW. How far out should they be?

Scott, very good perspective on the current situation.

Some thoughts.

1. We need to continue this effort and not give up until we succeed with these ideas that we all seem to agree on.

2. Wolfie's idea with the bouy's is something I was discussing last week with Craig Whiteleather, a very safe rider. I don't see why we couldn't permanently put some bouys at both Skyway and East beach to allow for a safe buffer zone for outgoing riders and to remind folks to stay clear of the beach. Are there laws against having them in place on a permanent basis? Anyone?

3. It sounds like the signs are close to some completion. Let's get it done. Count WSW in for $100 towards signs.

4. As far as tagging goes, Triton and Watersports West have the most amount of instructors in the bay area. If we could put our resources together and agree on a tagging system hopefully other instructors/schools in the bay area will follow our lead. I will spearhead this with Matt.

Signs could be in place in less than a month as well as marker bouys.

Tagging could take a bit more time and have the most issues to deal with, but if we don't try, we will never know.

Let me know what you all think

we can control where the parking occurs as well (push it back and create barriers). Randomly parked cars are a huge hazard. Is is crazy to think about placing nets between parking and beach where kiters are setting up? You know, Like the ones they put around baseball parks, just not so high? Something to catch a kiter out of control. Obviously these things take work and money... I am just throwing out crazy ideas...

One of the photographers who has been taking photos of us recently offered to build a slider... just let him know what to make and he will make it. That is what he said...

I think its a good idea... build a slider way out there! And put "no jump - zone bouys" up. Can't we hit up some of the local marine shops and kite shops to donate for the cause?

would bouys really make it safer? It would seem that a bouy could tangle with downed kitelines and create a different set of hazards...

I think Sam has a point. With the density of people at SW buoys will be another hazard to tangle with in an already small area.

yes they could... I've seen kites tangled in the buoys on the gulf.. not a pretty sight.

then again.. there are crab traps all around at the skyway launches .. rare for an issue to occur.. but it has happened..

This really is a funny idea and it would probably work. At least it'll keep the injuries on the sand bar.

Was it Mike who knocked out his front teeth on the slider earlier this year?

Ouch!

I think a few simple orange floats with 5lb SOFT dive weights would work fine and wouldn't be much of a hazard.