San Diego kiting regulations on Silver Strand

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"Most San Diego County kite surfers favor beaches where the winds are strong, such as Silver Strand State Beach. But kite surfing is creating conflicts with other beach activities, including a recent one involving a 10-year-old boogie boarder when a kite surfer's cord wrapped around her neck.

The potential for problems has sparked new kite-surfing rules that take effect at the state beach tomorrow for a six-month trial. The rules require kite surfers to launch and land in a newly designated kite-surfing zone, a 133-yard-wide stretch of beach near Silver Strand's main entrance off state Highway 75.

The regulations at the beach across from Coronado Cays are believed by kite surfers and city and state officials to be the first issued by any agency in San Diego County. The emerging water sport had been largely self-governing. "