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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

THE FACTS:

1: It has been shown scientifically that banning Francisco and Ken from planet earth will dramatically reduce accidents at Hobie.

2: Experience dictates that the guided student at Hobie is 10 times more likely to have a life threatening injury than the other 30 un-attended Kooks attempting to fly a kite they bought the day before from best.com, caipirinha, e-bay, craigslist or the local salvation army.... and looked up kiteboarding in wikipedia...
The reason is obvious: They don't have a puerto-rican yelling in spanglish behind them...they can therefore concentrate better....

3: There is no need for a School Figure in Hobie. It is obviously better that inexperienced riders resolve any doubts themselves. This will lead to the formation of Kook focus groups on the day of a westerly Squall. That will give the kook the necessary independence to be a succesful kiter and a better person overall....not to mention, radically improve his life expectancy.

4: Kooks in Miami know better than to ride in Hobie beach when the conditions exceed their capacity. It is only Francisco who will force the kook into these situations in clear violation of the treaty of Helsinky.

5: It is understood by the vast majority of kooks that the heavy foot of justice will stomp on them if they attempt to transmit their meager knowledge of the sport to a visiting cousin, their neighbour or a begging friend at Hobie beach.

6: Francisco is the cause for Global warming.

7: A meeting of Miami's kiting All-Stars in hooters will set the ground rules for a safe riding at Hobie and this will immediately be absorbed by osmosis by the kiting community, whose majority are well informed, responsible and experienced riders like them.

Am I in the ball-park?....



Hobie has been, is and will be a major accident waiting to happen but it is in no way Skybanditz's fault... I definately DO NOT condone Francisco's attitude in this thread. It is not proffessional and it definitely doesn't help him in the popularity polls.... However, it helped reveal the true source of the problem. You see, Miami doesn't have "THE LOCALS" it used to.... those days are gone.... now, the good and experinced riders are fragmented into small groups, each of them talking smack about the other... meanwhile, Camilo, Christoph, Francisco, Paul, Miguel, Juan, Kent, Shrogen...etc... Have mantained the Kook factory open....
The "LOCALS" influence on a newbe to any extreme sport is far more than that of a school... It is example, guidance and police at the same time... there are many examples of this all over the country.... However, "Locals" in Miami are scattered, outnumbered and simply indiferent..... this means no respect and no authority... this leads to Kooks asking their bud for a hot-launch on a 16m on 25knt wind after being advised by a local not to....

No, wait... I changed my mind... Franciiiiiscooooo!: you BASTARD!