With the opening of Aventure Watersports in Fort Lauderdale on 17th St Causeway, the end of kitesurfing on Fort Lauderdale is in sight.

The commercial interest of this store will drive newbies kiters to their nearest launch location. This has been a hard contested kitesurf beach.
Lifeguards and city commissioners (Parks & Recreation) have been struggling not close that location in the last 10 years for kiters.
When there was an commercial interest on that beach, the policing of the launch area and the critical "Stay Upwind" criterea, kept kooks and newbies mostly away and relegated to other areas further north and south.

Kent and other that are apparently not making enough money in Miami, and were too late in opening a store in Pompano Beach and Fort Lauderdale by the Sea, have now set their sights on Fort Lauderdale.
This beach has always been a contested launch as the channel to get away from the beach is small, the large amount of swimmers close by, and especially in the weekend, other watersporters that use that same small strip of land.
Add to that the newbie with is expensive new kite he just bought from Adventure Watersports and the clock is ticking for disaster.

As Hobie beach in Miami closed it ranks from the idiots unwilling to follow the rules, now more hard headed idiots will go to this beach.
It is not a beach for learners. It is not a beach for doing tricks close to shore.
But Adventure Watersports won't care. They wanna sell. They won't tell their customers what to do. They wanna move products.
It was a good time until now. Too bad that greed will close another good kite beach.

Rider sustainability is a great thing to talk about in our watersports and discussions of access and resposibilities are encouraged.

Reality and history have told us a different story ....