Lots of good points Enrique. The thing is at many of these conflicted launches we've had warnings for many years. Enough of us have discounted the warnings and ignored threatening riding practices of some or worse practiced poor riding habits ourselves. We need to lead by example and apply peer pressure the best we can to try to avoid more stupid, needless threats to access. Which spots were closed and under threat at Ft. Myers? If we can make this an important issue in the kiting community, both in the Industry and among riders at large, we may start to turn this mess around. If not, well there is always the prospect of more closures. When we start to care as a Community, this crap will start to set into the past.
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Originally Posted by latino
Serious problem for all kiteboarders
In the past three years kiteboarding has become a very popular sport in Florida and we have many new kiteboarders but at the same time authorities have been closing down beach after beach on the east coast of florida for kiteboarding , now this problem has come to the west coast of florida also.
One place that has come under the gun is Sarasota, the fka and local shops and schools have been working very hard not to let this happen, Fort Myers has also had one of its key spots for launching closed and another spot is now in danger of being closed down( if it hasn’t already)
Why are all the beaches being closed for kiteboarding?
The main reason is reckless kiteboarders who have no respect for rules or regulations and don’t give a dame, these guys are putting families in danger of being hurt and have no respect for rules whatever and kite wherever they please.
Please kite in the designated areas of your local cities and please respect other kiteboarders and the people on the beach after all the beach also belongs to them.
The other problem out there today is instructors, just because you are given an instructors diploma does not give you the right to teach anywhere you please, first of all we should all respect other schools, stores and other instructors and not teach in their area, we should make sure we are in a kiting spot and respect all the rules and regulations of that beach, we should always respect local authorities ( don’t argue with them) and the most important thing of all make sure you are teaching your student in the proper fashion.
Unfortunately some instructors are not doing their job, they are too busy trying to make money so they are giving half arsed lessons and selling cheap, improper gear, this is giving instructors a bad name , believe it or not some instructors really love kiteboarding and love to teach and have put everything they have into teaching with all their heart . Some of these guys have stores and have been doing this for years and the reason we will still have access to some beaches is because of these guys if we as a kiteboarding community don’t stick together and stop these guys we will have nowhere to kite, something has got to be done because we will all lose our kiting privileges Just because of a few people who don’t want to follow the rules
CONCERNED KITER
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