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Do the people who are teaching have no conscience that are putting someone in harms way? Teaching at hobbie?
Man maybe i am getting to upset at this anymore, but i can see if you teach some one bad habits and they think is a safe area, then they go anywhere and do the same thing. Cant really blame the rider, if they learned on shore with riders around and could hit the parking lot. Sounds like a survival course, more than kiteboarding.....i dont know, does anyone else feel this way or am i just a raging kook.....ok, well back out to the water. |
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Thanks for the information Kent. I wonder how many folks have been injured at Hobie or came perilously close to it over the years by:
1. Flying or riding with a kite too close to shore and inside the swim buoys. 2. Underestimating the gusty and frequently squally winds that come with SW conditions. Add to that no practice hitting quick releases, functional kite leashes and the list goes up even more. We really do need to step up and as tactfully and effectively as we can try to preserve our access. Take a few guys over and talk with the kiter creating issues. If one of these idiots gets lofted or dragged hits you, a loved one or your car, you may find reason to intercede, too late. I had a leaping gnome get lofted off the water and blown into a car 15 ft. away from me, closer still to my now wife and do about a $1000. damage to a parked car. He didn't get a scratch out of it. This was probably six years ago, I think Kent and Neil were there as well and may have their own recollections. What has changed, awareness, even among some instructors? Doesn't seem to be the case, get a clue before the opportunity to get thrown on the barbeque comes along.
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FKA, Inc. transcribed by: Rick Iossi Last edited by ricki; 12-17-2007 at 02:51 PM. |
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I feel the same way, Paul. I actually appreciate hearing guys like you, Ken and others stating these ideas on the forums for others to read.
The message needs to get out there to not put up with obvious kooky behavior and stand up for your spots. The more riders that agree to this, the easier it is to have agreement among the riders and carry out a "plan of attack" on kooky behaviors. Sometimes things aren't black and white, and I am not going to claim to understand how to deal with those situations. But when it is obviously a kook move, I think the behavior should be stopped. Gray areas are fuzzy. Obvious kooky behavior shouldn't be tolerated, imo. Land jumping just upwind of power lines sounds pretty kooky. Launching in parking lots sounds pretty kooky. You are not raging-out, Paul. I would love to see you, Kent, Rick and others be even more vocal about steps we can all take and agree to on this forum to insure we have all of our spots for a long time. It's not about stopping the fun or killing the stoke, imo. It's actually about insuring we can have fun and get stoked for a long time to come. BTW, it hasn't been too common to see really kooky stuff here lately, but when we do, it needs to be stopped, not watched. |
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Did anyone ever find out who got hurt at Hobie? Are they ok?
Kent |
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[QUOTE=Skyway Scott;26534]
It's not about stopping the fun or killing the stoke, imo. QUOTE] ive seen you type "imo" for the last few months and i still dont get what its supposed to mean, can you help me out? Thanks |
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In my opinion.
It basically means I realize many feel otherwise or just don't care about the topic. Did you ride your "home spot" this past Saturday? If so, was it gusty? I was thinking about riding there, but thought it might be too far south. |
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ya i had to work on sat night so i missed out. but i was soo determined to kite, sun i woke up early and took a city bus to the beach with my gear, and found that it was way to windy for my 16 so i just watched. but im really bummed that i couldnt kite becaues of too much wind.
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Yeah, almost worse than no wind. Good call though.
Smart, smart, smart. |
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I let every one of my students know about this site and encourage them to read every bit of it. We are lucky to have guys like Rick looking out for us and spreading the word about safe kiting. Thanks Paul, Rick and all the others who promote safe kiting! Merry Christmas to everyone! |
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