Police The Beach

[TritonKiteboarding]

Originally Posted by Kitespear813

and this guy just let you pop his valve, I take it you just uncapped it? did you approach him kindly before popping his kite?

thats correct

[Danimal8199]

Mildy extreme circumstances call for mildy extreme measure. Lets just be clear, by "pop" Matt means he pulled the valve to let the air out. I don't want to speak for Matt or anyone else but destruction of personel property is not the way to go, he simply deflated the kite.

Good job Matt for takin care of business! (but correct me if I am wrong)

[Kitespear813]

Mildy extreme circumstances call for mildy extreme measure. Lets just be clear, by "pop" Matt means he pulled the valve to let the air out. I don't want to speak for Matt or anyone else but destruction of personel property is not the way to go, he simply deflated the kite.

Good job Matt for takin care of business! (but correct me if I am wrong

I agree.Well handled

[ricki]

Every situation is different as are responses in detail. The more support someone trying to address a problem kiter has at the beach, the better. I would hope Matt had a bunch of kiters along for company to emphasize the message. Use lots of tact but be effective too. In the end, we need to protect bystanders and our sport. Not everyone appreciates that, often starting with the problem kiter. Full sized kite up, no harness, no kite control and people all around, sigh. Well done Matt.

[oldschool]

we have kooks at siesta key all the time, especially "in-season"

typically they just bought a kite, just flew into town, are here to party and don't give a rip

we've had to do pretty much the same thing

props to you!

OS/srq

[amber]

wish i coulda been there. Keep up the good work Matt!