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Reply #140 on : Wed October 03, 2012, 06:11:39
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Eddy
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sessions blog
Reply #139 on : Tue October 02, 2012, 13:58:33
be careful, your starting to sound like a kiter.

You'll be getting all the comments calling you a traitor and so on soon.

Glad your enjoying yourself.
Chris
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Oppo
Reply #138 on : Mon October 01, 2012, 01:59:39
Good day yesterday, been a while since I've been on the water! Strangely best part was the beach banter with the kite surfer. We both agreed a little due care and attention for our fellow water buddies works wonders. And as to rights of way, it takes two to tango!
Xavi
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Reply #137 on : Wed September 19, 2012, 12:57:01
Hey, sbtule must be your middle name. Great post!
Masher
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Sewage at Lancing
Reply #136 on : Tue September 04, 2012, 10:58:34
Popped down the beach with my towel and trunks. Fellah from Southern Water asked if I was going for a swim. 'Nahh' I said 'I am just going through the motions'.

It's comedy Jim, but not as we know it.
Eddy
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bloody kiters
Reply #135 on : Sun August 12, 2012, 17:00:11
Kiters and public.

This is something I hate and have seen a lot of here and abroad.

I should imagine this doesn't happen as much with windsurfing as you tend to need a bit more wind and depth.

But this is something I recently experienced at Goring whilst out my self and it was my mates that were doing it.

I don't understand the need to kite around or up wind of swimmers, kids or adults.

Shit happens, and it happens when you least expect it.

The sea is big and the general public do not know how to respond to a kiter coming towards them or how to react to an incident.

Kiters think they are in control in light winds.
WRONG there is less control.

1 : your kite may just fall out of the sky.
2: you will go down wind and have to walk back amongst the public.
3 you have to work your kite much harder meaning you are less observant of the small things around you.
4: less chance of it relaunching, meaning anyone within that 25 mtr zone from yourself becomes a hazard as you drift.
5:MMmm( I am sure there is a 5th reason)

If my boy is in the water and a kiter/s keep coming near him, BEWARE. I will find the biggest rock I can throw and aim it at you.
Bryn
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Greatstone
Reply #134 on : Sun August 12, 2012, 06:00:03
I drove to Greatstone yesterday (next to Camber, it's offshore at Camber in an easterly) to surf with my Kent buddies.

It was really good there is a huge area of flat water, about 50cm deep for 100 metres.

Massive hassle to drive on a saturday (2hours there but only 1 hour on way back late at night) but definitely worth it.

There were maybe 100 kites out along the several miles of beach but still plenty of room. Defo. recommend doing a trip like this, it was good to surf a different spot. The wind was blowing up to 30mph most of the afternoon, I could have had my 7m up so they get the thermals nicely over there.

Sounds from the comment before mine that I didn't miss out on much locally. What a complete tit who was surfing near the kids and people on beach. I completely agree that it's not OK to do this.

With normal surfing in most places there is someone on a loud speaker telling these people off with authority to call them in if they repeat the offence. We have to get this sorted at the beaches, it would be such a shame if it only happens after someone who's not a kitesurfer gets hurt and we get banned from beaches while we get it all sorted out.

Obviously the potential for hurting someone with a kite is much bigger than on a surfboard too.

The council would also be really pissed off if we didn't do something about it ourselves as we know the risks and know what is safe etc.

I've had so many close calls this year, last year was fine but it's just getting too popular a sport now. No better way to ruin a session than to have someone smack their kite into you.

If anyone knows a contact at the council or has ideas on this then I'd be happy to take up the cause instead of just moaning about it so let me know bryncjones@mac.com.
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Reply #133 on : Sat August 11, 2012, 17:54:39
Great sail at Goring Gap on 112 and 6 mtr only spoiled by kitesurfer sailing in and amongst my family in 2 ft of water. I think he was showing off to his family etc. So busy in the water today, accident waiting to happen. Could see kites east and west of me coming in way too close to the shore. Is it just me, or does any one else with kids who use the water see this as a problem? Have some footage of him going past some kids 40 yards out in maybe two foot of water and he sails right up to the non swimmers. Hope it was worth it.
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Worthing Effect
Reply #132 on : Mon July 30, 2012, 10:19:18
Worthing Effect has gone down in folklore almost.....along with "bong" !

Plus Worthing Tourist Board would withdraw my lucrative sponsorship deal :)
Old Man of the Sea
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The Worthing Effect
Reply #131 on : Mon July 30, 2012, 06:37:44
The main problem with the 'Worthing Effect' isn't the weather anomaly itself more how its portrayed as something exclusive to Worthing.

I sail from Worthing to Hove and we all get it – how about we call it the ‘Sussex Effect’
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