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Originally Posted by kiwiar2000
Rick,
Absolutely rigt about that. What's your pick?
Danny 8)
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I am not in Miami often but I answered Crandon Park. The guys at Matheson have done a good job of being proactive in trying to manage kiteboarding there for sometime.
A tremendous advantage that Matheson has is the absence of swimming beaches in the bay or near the riding area unlike Crandon. This automatically reduces some of the pressure. Still the odd negative report over the years out of Crandon and more critically serious accidents at Matheson bumps the pressure on access up. If we can launch and land well away from shore particularly in onshore winds (N to E practically) and be particularly careful in stronger conditions, we should be able to reduce the accident toll somewhat. The same could be said about Hobie Beach as well as far as staying well away from shore. No news in this however, if people care to ride free and at will they will take care of their access, if not, Matheson could follow the direction of Crandon. This would not be good news to anyone.
Anyway, fingers crossed on no additional threats to access at any of the Miami launches.