Yes Rick, indeed, the park manager , shut down on that Day : Fortunately it is NOT a permanent closure...he just gave a lesson to everyone and reminded us for the beginning of the season that he takes the boundaries and regulations in place very seriously and apply a 0-TOLERANCE policy .
Our beach marshal has repeatedly call back several riders, but by the time they got back to shore , the manager felt like shutting down .
Ironically our new jetski was at service for the weekend
which would have avoided the situation to worsen.
But in conclusion :
- if you know you can't make it upwind through the corridor = come back and give up or swicth to a bigger kite / board.
- if the marshall is calling you then you certainly violated a rule or ride in the wrong area. Comply and head back to beach or it will be a definitive expulsion
- riders who will enter the no-kite zone ( 600ft), or jump in the corridor , or not body-dragging the first 100 ft from shoreline, will be immediately EXPULSED .
We have passed directives to beach marshal and lifeguards to apply the 0-Tolerance rule.
It will be done from now on with NO EXCEPTIONS. Regardless of who is the riders , (especially if its a Team member )!
So no need to get emotional, upset, furious or put it on those guys, they JUST ENFORCE THE RULES as the Park has mandated us to do ..and if they dont do it , the manager will still shut down the beach FOR ALL anyway .
The choice is easy on our side : 2 or 3 riders kicked out vs 20 kiters and all our lessons cancelled ? no kidding
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Many kiters dont seem to have understood the seriousness of the rules: they want BY THE BOOK as it says on the Map and the Rules .
So we are going to stick to our contract as we are mandated to .
I re attached the MAP and the new visual rules below.
Simply dont be the one cheating from now on, or everyone will ask you to leave as none of us want to get shut down again because of 2 or 3 individuals who don't give a dam.
thank you
the team
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