my .02, I understand what Steve S. is trying to do. I don't think that Steve thinks his 501c3 is the solution to everything.
I think that the kite-4-life org serves alot of other purposes and that we can achieve safety in other ways as well, however, this formalizes a kiting organization that has the potential to do alot of good and provides something more official.
Do we have a kiting steering committee? do we need one? No to the first, at least in a formal way, and maybe to the second.
I would say just use common sense, but sometime people lack that...
For now for everyone on here that wants to talk about being safe, including myself, should at least lead by example.
I was approached by Whitey or Steve-O last time i was at the dunedin causeway and they politely informed me of the launching rules for the west side. Its that easy, (not to mention i ride with these guys on a regular basis.)
Yeah you deal with a holes like OS did down south, but we are not kiteboarding robots so we should use the best judgement we can for now.
I hear alot of good ideas on here and there is alot of good self-regulation going on, so keep up the good work ladies and gents!
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