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Forums > General Discussion   Shooting the breeze...

windsurfing vs kitesurfing

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Created by hjnks > 9 months ago, 7 Mar 2012
hjnks
2 posts
7 Mar 2012 6:40PM
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gday my name is hamish im 19 and wanting to start either kitesurfing or windsurfing, can someone give me the pro's n con's of each sport and then your preference please, thank you

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
7 Mar 2012 9:49PM
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[edit] Good luck with it! Demo both, have some fun & get on the water.

Scotty88
4214 posts
7 Mar 2012 6:55PM
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I hear that windsurfers and kite surfers don't get on that well.
Mate, what if there's no wind ? Enter SUP.

Pugwash
WA, 7673 posts
7 Mar 2012 6:55PM
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Windsurfing is better... Unless you like one (or all) of the following:

- Yellow boardies with red polka dots
- Fluoro t-shirts, like the windsurfers wore in the 80s.
- Dangly-twisties
- Bickering on this forum about where noobs are, or are not, aloud to go.

That's about it really...

lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
7 Mar 2012 9:56PM
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Na, he said he is 19. Too young to windsurf or SUP.
You save thoughs hobbies till your too old and fragile to do more adventures things

His username...hijinks, TROLLEN

Trant
NSW, 601 posts
7 Mar 2012 9:59PM
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If you want to grumble about carrying heavy gear down to the beach - Windsurfing


If you want to grumble that your kite's stuck in a tree - kitesurfing

Craig66
NSW, 2465 posts
7 Mar 2012 10:09PM
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Easy, take up all 3, spend lots of $$$$$$$ in new gear.

then learn the meaning of DOW

Oh 19, you should be out chasing the girls not playing in the water

Scotty88
4214 posts
7 Mar 2012 7:36PM
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See, I told ya they bitch

echunda
VIC, 764 posts
7 Mar 2012 11:01PM
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Scotty88 said...

See, I told ya they bitch


You know.....

You could always plug a sail into your SUP...


Drift has been clocking 25 knots on his windy SUP

Scotty88
4214 posts
7 Mar 2012 8:06PM
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echunda said...

Scotty88 said...

See, I told ya they bitch


You know.....

You could always plug a sail into your SUP...


Drift has been clocking 25 knots on his windy SUP



Can't fit a sail to the Sup I've got. But I tell ya with all the onshore winds this LaNina bitch has brought, I have considered something to do with wind. And I'm 5 mins drive to Botany Bay.

Dawn Patrol
WA, 1991 posts
7 Mar 2012 8:12PM
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Maybe a good way to choose would be to have a few lessons of each and see which you like better.

It isn't super cheap but it is a lot cheaper than buying all the kit and deciding you don't like it

pierrec45
NSW, 2005 posts
7 Mar 2012 11:20PM
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I push people that aren't too sure or don't want to work too hard towards kiting.
If you're asking...

poor relative
WA, 9091 posts
7 Mar 2012 8:22PM
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They are both sports that compliment a homosexual lifestyle.

Take up tennis instead.

dusta
WA, 2940 posts
8 Mar 2012 12:11PM
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hjnks said...

gday my name is hamish im 19 and wanting to start either kitesurfing or windsurfing, can someone give me the pro's n con's of each sport and then your preference please, thank you


you'll need something like this to transport all your gear down to the beach if you are a windsurfer



doggie
WA, 15849 posts
8 Mar 2012 2:08PM
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Scotty88 said...

I hear that windsurfers and kite surfers don't get on that well.
Mate, what if there's no wind ? Enter SUP.


No Scotty thats shortboarders and SUPers, and longboarders and SUPers, and kitesurfers and SUPers.
I think there is a pattern here

Stuthepirate
SA, 3590 posts
8 Mar 2012 5:10PM
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If you want to do something that everyone can do and is, and in no certain way challenge your ablilities. Try Kiting. Everyone else is why not be like everyone else.
Or you could try something thats harder and thus more rewarding when you complete a manouvre, less people do it thus cooler and you can be at the forefront of the young revolution taking up windsurfing. Plus there is no need to wear you boardies over your wetsuit.

siny
NSW, 287 posts
8 Mar 2012 5:49PM
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I think one of those wind weapon things is a good mix of the two

dusta
WA, 2940 posts
8 Mar 2012 3:14PM
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Stuthepirate said...

If you want to do something that everyone can do and is, and in no certain way challenge your ablilities. Try Kiting. Everyone else is why not be like everyone else.
Or you could try something thats harder and thus more rewarding when you complete a manouvre, less people do it thus cooler and you can be at the forefront of the young revolution taking up windsurfing. Plus there is no need to wear you boardies over your wetsuit.


evlPanda
NSW, 9204 posts
8 Mar 2012 6:20PM
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Stuthepirate said...

Plus there is no need to wear you boardies over your wetsuit.


Just to re-emphasise that Hjnks kiters really, actually do wear their boardshorts over their wetsuits.

The reason for this is usually given as "so you can't see the bulge of my cock. LOL."

This from the same generation that made displaying their undies and ass crack in public fashionable.

Stuthepirate
SA, 3590 posts
8 Mar 2012 6:43PM
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dusta said...


Stuthepirate said...

If you want to do something that everyone can do and is, and in no certain way challenge your ablilities. Try Kiting. Everyone else is why not be like everyone else.
Or you could try something thats harder and thus more rewarding when you complete a manouvre, less people do it thus cooler and you can be at the forefront of the young revolution taking up windsurfing. Plus there is no need to wear you boardies over your wetsuit.







lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
8 Mar 2012 7:20PM
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I think this ad for windsurfing gear sums up what they like.The choice is yours, boardies over ya wettie so the dirty old man poledancer dosent prey on you,,or become one of them and wear what they show in there windsurfing mag adsWTF
"Hello sailor"

Scotty88
4214 posts
8 Mar 2012 4:28PM
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doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

I hear that windsurfers and kite surfers don't get on that well.
Mate, what if there's no wind ? Enter SUP.


No Scotty thats shortboarders and SUPers, and longboarders and SUPers, and kitesurfers and SUPers.
I think there is a pattern here


which forum did I find you posting in last night ? Wind or kite ?

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
8 Mar 2012 4:52PM
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Scotty88 said...

doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

I hear that windsurfers and kite surfers don't get on that well.
Mate, what if there's no wind ? Enter SUP.


No Scotty thats shortboarders and SUPers, and longboarders and SUPers, and kitesurfers and SUPers.
I think there is a pattern here


which forum did I find you posting in last night ? Wind or kite ?


Kite but I was just having a look, like I do in the SUP room

bobajob
QLD, 1535 posts
8 Mar 2012 6:54PM
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hjnks said...

gday my name is hamish im 19 and wanting to start either kitesurfing or windsurfing, World war 3


There, fixed it for ya

whippingboy
WA, 1104 posts
8 Mar 2012 5:04PM
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Easy,

If you think tatoos are cool - go kiting

If you think tatoos are for tools - go windsurfing


lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
8 Mar 2012 8:27PM
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whippingboy said...

Easy,

If you think tatoos are cool - go kiting

If you think tatoos are for tools - go windsurfing


Whats your address, the Finks motorcycle club wish to talk about this with you.


Scotty88
4214 posts
8 Mar 2012 6:09PM
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doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

I hear that windsurfers and kite surfers don't get on that well.
Mate, what if there's no wind ? Enter SUP.


No Scotty thats shortboarders and SUPers, and longboarders and SUPers, and kitesurfers and SUPers.
I think there is a pattern here


which forum did I find you posting in last night ? Wind or kite ?


Kite but I was just having a look, like I do in the SUP room


I like to watch

doggie
WA, 15849 posts
8 Mar 2012 6:55PM
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Windsurf forum as well, sailing when Im really bored.

saltiest1
NSW, 2510 posts
8 Mar 2012 10:25PM
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too hard. go skydiving

Carantoc
WA, 6970 posts
8 Mar 2012 8:18PM
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lotofwind said...

I think this ad for windsurfing gear sums up what they like.The choice is yours, boardies over ya wettie so the dirty old man poledancer dosent prey on you,,or become one of them and wear what they show in there windsurfing mag adsWTF
"Hello sailor"




Hey Lotofwind,

When I was creeping about in your place late last night after you had gone to sleep I saw that you have that poster on the back of your toilet door. Have you got another copy on the ceiling above your bed or something ?

By the way, stop tieing that trip wire or whatever it is across all your doors, I have got cuts across both my ankles this morning. It is really annoying. I broke most of it off.

And, where do you keep those adult diapers, I am getting really desperate. Nursey says she won't keep helping me unless I wear diapers more often.

Carantoc
WA, 6970 posts
8 Mar 2012 8:21PM
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hjnks said...

gday my name is hamish im 19 and wanting to start either kitesurfing or windsurfing, can someone give me the pro's n con's of each sport and then your preference please, thank you


Have you considered Jetskiing ?



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