[Breakinwind]

So the wind is down now and everyone is looking for ssomething to do. Why not hit the forums and bash the kite schools. I dont hate you, your just worried about losing a cool sport.
O well,what can ya do.
Everyone in the area can just relax. kiting is not getting shut down in cocoa beach. (yet) just go about your safe riding.
Kite schools are getting a tough time only because they (city officials) do not want a business on the beach. it has nothing to do with kiting. we could be giving sand castle building lessons and they would give us a hard time. IT is NOT because we are unsafe. we have more hours in safety then most kiters have in total riding time, so dont even start knocking our safety. HOw many of you even know the right of way rules. I'd say most of you do not. Ask one of us and we will teach you for free. Please spend your time to educate yourself on safety, instead of bashing the ones teaching it.

Accidents happen, thats why they are called accidents not on purposes. However, do not let an accident happen where there are people around other than kiters. If a tree falls in the forest does anyone here it? Kind of like kiting, if a kiter wipes out at the slick does anyone other than kiters know about it. Well they better not. It is safe to us, but a stranger/old lady citizen might freak when she sees someone crash on the beach. Then it looks dangerous and gets a bad rep and eventually canceled. I am not saying its ok to get hurt, i am hust saying it is always going to happen, so stay away from the crowds so when it does, it doesnt give us a bad name.

How do we solve this? As I have always said, stay the hell out of crwded areas like cherie down. there is parking on every block for 10 miles, why go to the most populated ones. Becasue its the cool thing to do said the kiter. well it wont be so cool when some dumbass flies kis ebay kite and crashes it on the crowd and mrs. jones tells the major her daughter has lines running down her back cause of someones reckless behavior.

Schools will not get kiting canceled here, Kiters will. I have been in the background trying to set some self regulating to be proactive against any future problems. you will see some small changes comming soon. Such as I will slice your lines if you launch a kite in the middle of coconuts, while your 6-7 beers down already. Thats called self regulating. LOL. Serious, This is a cool spot and outsiders are more than welcome, unlike in hawaii. Lets keep it a cool spot and make sure the outsiders know all the places to ride safely and not impact us. Please do not ride at cocnuts or cherie down! there are too many people there. if there is a lifegurd tower, go away from it. That means there are too many people there, hence the LIFEGUARDS. if you need a lifeguard to watch you, then you should not be kiting. Go in the river and take a lesson. To all the landboarders, you will have to go through crowded areas at some point. please keep your kite high and go slow. kids will dart accross your path super fast, they are on crack or something. If its really light wind and your kite does not want to fly while standing still, dont go through crowded areas.

It is a growing sport and if the wind picks up a bit may actually grow a little more. So before we get out of control, tell all your friends to behave, and be smart.
Anyone have any questions call me because I rarely get on these forums. NO time with all this crazy 5 mph wind were having.
Brett
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