kiteschoolsafetyfirstVraagstellerlid sinds 2010 · 147 berichten19 mrt 2010 21:31
http://www.kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2363390&sid=fb5b07f31cf71b9bf666916d8fc719b2
Kiteloops boven een overbevolkt strand:
Congrats to Mike Bradley for getting a video of him kiting viewed by the masses. Only problem is it was recorded this weekend, and after a rumored altercation with the cops, Hobie Beach was banned from kiteboarding in Miami.
More info on the ban can be found here http://www.fksa.org/showthread.php?t=9434
More info on the video and the discussion on how to prevent the ban here http://www.fksa.org/showthread.php?t=9416
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Beginners rarely are to blame for beach closures. Generally, people point the fingers at beginners because they tend to get in the way while they are building their skills. However, I don't know of any instances where a beginner has caused a beach to be closed to kiting. If they are with an instructor, then they are the instructor's responsibility and you should be pointing the finger at the instructor if you see bad behavior.
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This story just confirms what I have been seeing for a long time.
While new kiters (often offensively refered to as Kooks) are a potential risk the vast majority of potential "kite ban" events and behaviour I see come from experienced kiters.
Often these are veterans, so called pro's and instructors. Very often they are even locals.
Just the other day I saw a talented guy kiting upwind of a very buisy surfing zone with no kiteleash.
Same day I saw anothe talented kiter drop his kite and drift right through the surf zone without winding up his lines.
Both these behavious are very unacceptable.
Same day I saw a skilled rider do a kiteloop right inside the surf in pretty shallow water with a rocky bottom on a damaged surfboard JUST UPWIND OF THE SURFER ZONE. He is also a rep.
An important consideration to make in these issues is that authorities are less likely to declare a ban because of a mistake by a bigginer than repeated bad behavior by long time kiters.
