To give you guys an update on the situation
As a result of this incident, there has been a lot of communication between Cayman's kiters - which I consider to be a good thing. I hope that now people feel they can say something if they see a kiter behaving in a way that could jeapordise their access.
A meeting is being set up between the horse companies and kite schools to try and find a solution that works for both horse riders and kiters. Hopefully, both parties can learn about the other's activities and some guidelines can be agreed on which will not only substantially reduce the threat to horse riders, but also reduce the chance of a new kiter getting injured.
In East End, we recommend that kiters launch from public beach, (a very nicely maintained beach with a shallow seagrass area infront) and that we maintain a 200 metre boundary from the busy resort beaches. This works out nicely, as the flatest water or wave riding exceeds this distance anyway. One resort already has a no-launching policy off their beach as a result of an accident, so we ask kiters to stay away from these highly populated beaches and launch from the significantly less busy Public Beach instead.
Richie
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