the guy asked for some advice not for you to all act like a bunch of little girls and give your stupid opinion
We all drive our enviroment damaging ,fossil fuel consuming ,oil burning,beach recking cars and 4wds to and fro constantly every week. ??????????
Is that a diesel kitesurf truck ya drivin on the beach????????
So it look like were all fwits
OK how about this
Answer this one...."What is worse than a jet-ski rider?"
All i could come up with was " A jet-ski rider who supports Milwall"
Anyone else, this could be a long topic, loving it so far.
I'll preface this by saying that I've never ridden a jet ski and they've never really appealed to me, but...
There's a lot of holier-than-thou folk around here! Might be time to take a step down from the moral high ground people.
The "we're environmentally aware folk who ride wind powered toys so it's fine that we hang sh1t on jet skiers" attitude is a bit of a crock isn't it? Kites are generally made in a less developed country by people paid considerably less than those who buy them, are made of oil derived materials and (with the exception of Dojo who is one step holier than the rest of us because he takes public transport to the beach) are generally driven to the beach.
I just took a visit to my favorite "paddling in boats made from locally sourced, renewable materials with no carbon footprint and taken to the beach on foot" forum and they're all saying pretty much the same stuff about kiters there. I.e they are environmental vandals who are dangerous, noisy, show-offs who clog up the beaches.
Then I took a visit to my favorite jet skiers forum, and they're hanging sh1t on private motor yacht users, again for the same reasons.
1) I dont think any of the posted comments have been directed at the original poster but more at jet ski's in general.
2) I dont think peoples concerns regarding jet ski's are to do with enviromental issue ( although they are damn annoying on a quiet beach ) but rather the morons ( at least 90% of them ) that ride them.
as KH mentioned and quoted 1/3 of total fines for a group that covers only 7% of the total number of boat and pwc users......... tells the story.
Using a jetski to tow in etc..... is fine and I dont think anyone really has a problem with that at all ....unfortunately only a very small percentage get used for that and most can be seen and heard racing up and down your local beach about 25-50m from shore with some wetback on board who thinks it is fully sick !! Often also spotted wearing a gold chain and euro shorts....oops now Im stereo typing
You can buy a box of Jute?
Jute - Strong, glossy, coarse fiber, made from two East Indian plants, which is used for making burlap, mats, ropes, sacks, carpet backing, etc.
Cheers,
KH
we had a yamaha 4 stroke we used for tow ins until my brother had his second kid and he decided to sell it. (well his missus decided for him)
4 strokes are way better for tow ins, you don't go that fast when towing in and the 2 stroke ones you have to ride flat out or stand still as they don't like chugging along at the middle speed you need for towing.
4 strokes are also way quieter than a 2 stroke and they don't exhaust smell as much.
the novelty of flat out from a to b wears out pretty quickly, i'm guessing unless ofcourse you're the type of person who likes to spend thier spare time hanging in public carparks comparing car stereo's and exhaust systems with like unminded friends.
i do miss the jet ski, we have a seven kilometre back beach where a bunch of us would throw in for fuel and tow each other into waves for hours, never bothering (or even seeing most times) anyone. and the once a blue moon swells where the outer bombies would break and we'd get whipped into a few big ones while dozens of people would line the headland all hoping to see the jetski get swamped.
when it came time to sell, a group of slicked up young fellows drove down from the western suburbs of sydney in a car with a loud stereo and an even louder exhaust and the first question they asked was, 'eh bro how fast does it go' when we told them, all they replied before handing over the cash was, 'fully sick'
then we watched as they tried to work out how they were going to tow it home on a car without a tow bar...
When the storm came last Friday at 5:30pm, at Brighton 1st Groyne, lightning was out in force, and all kiters made it back to the beach in a hurry, all but one kiter, who's kite couldn't relaunch. A jetskier, zoomed past him twice about 200 metres away, and didn't even slow to ask if he needed help.
Steve, your mysterious jetskier that asssisted would be only be one of a few minority. Give me one good story, i'll give you 10 bad ones.
Isn't the line.....
"Pill popping Juke box"
ie in relation to the fact (allegedly) that most Dj's are drug takers who play songs.
Dont really see the they would be making reference to East indian string or whatever Jute really is?????
i honestly don't think kiters have any room to talk on this topic. The average kiter has the same look at me attitude and jumps close to shore just so people can see them. They don't seem to give a **** about other water users and also conveniently don't seem to know the water laws until the police pitch up.
The next thrill for jet skiers. - Actually using a jet, reaching mach 1. And giving everyone the sonic boom, at the beach.
Maybe they can do the shark patrol aswell.
KR
You guys have fairdinkum lost the plot.
There is more noise coming out of this thread than a 3 stroke helium cooled triple turbo 2200 skidooowaverunnerrrrski with a titainum highspeed prop
Just like most of you have complained that 90% of jetski riders are d!ckheads, 90% of the respondants to this thread are just that by not even writing anything that would be considered an answer to the original question.
It would seam that just like a jet ski rider or a kiter doing their sh!t just offshore to show off to bystanders, you guys have taken it upon yourself to showoff your writing skills and impose your thoughts on the people who genuinely read the thread with interest.
double ^^^
if you're going to post and ionclude inklude include references to writing skills at least check your own spelling furtst 1st!!!
mmmmmm just like most ppl all you guys cant focus for too long.
Im looking at a 260hp 2010 Kawasaki Jet Ski Ultra® 260LX to rip up the beach
Bring it on
Rode / towed with the ULTRA 250X in QLD over Xmas too bad there were no big waves.
Freaking awesome 0-80 in about 2s top speed 110+ ? Plenty of pull to tow a wakeboarder with 2 people on the ski. Apparently the 260 has only marginally better and costs another $5K.