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Nice one Picker, why don't you come over hear and ignore the rest of the rules we have in place aswell to give kiters a bad name! Rules are there for keeping kiting at our beaches and the race numbers are limited to ensure the event is manageable and keeps going.
Maybe make a contingency plan or cancel your ticket
Hook, line and sinker...
seriously tho. who's stopping a few extra from doing the run?
just like a few extra that join a marathon for the fun of it.
sure it happened last year. pretty **y that only a few get to do it and a ton miss out.
who's keeping it honest and letting everyone have a fair chance of entering, v's hooking your mates up?? just so happened i was only the island at the time, missed the ferry and decided to kite back.
"ignore the rest of the rules we have in place aswell to give kiters a bad name!"
thought you could kite with swimmers, and dump garbage at the beach.. thats cool hey??
jokes dude
Would be good if waska get the entry list happening soooooner rather than later so Guys like picker and me coming from the east can plan and book flights etc 
Hey y'all,
I ain't entering coz I've done my fair share of racing and competition and reckon others can have a go. My thoughts are that if you are doing it just to say you have done it and have no intention of seriously racing, then you shouldn't be entering. It's a RACE, if you aren't there to give it a good rattle and you displace someone who is keen to race, then that's p1ss poor IMHO.
I know a heap of peeps did it last year and had no intention on keeping the pedal to the metal. Strapless surfboards FFS?
Be a bit fair and let the racers race. A good idea would be to run a qualifying series. Top 20 finishers from last year get automatic entry. Everyone else fights it out over three short simple races in the lead up. If there aren't enough people willing to race and fill all the positions, then open it to the random social punters.
DM
Have 2 runs the first for the racers and 30 minutes later a second group who just want to do the run..............would take extra work and need extra support boats but would keep alot of people happy.
3rd of dec isnt that clashing with PKRA Gold Coast?
if so that would suck- its not to hard to check the few kite events in OZ and make sure they dont clash
quote "if so that would suck- its not to hard to check the few kite events in OZ and make sure they dont clash"
Exactly - you'd think that the muppets organising the PKRA would do their research...
I am sorry , I disagree that the Pro's should only race, it is the nature of racing to have element that can disrupt your progress to GLORY 
. Tough cookie if some pleb in front of you beats you on his strapless board or wipes out in front and hinders your progress.
For myself, I like to race/do sport for my own gratification, I don't care about winning but more on competing and enjoying myself. That does not mean I am not competitive.
I reckon to keep the "pro's" happy they should have batches that start a couple of minutes apart, it does not change much in regards to logistics other than the race is stretched a bit longer and the rescue boats are on the water for longer. Maybe the longer time will be beneficial to the sponsors and to the vibe of the occasion.
Cheers
Rich
Ok, so it's race day. A ripping 32knots! Woo hoo!
Would any one be considering using an 11m or 12m? As opposed to an 8m?
(I'm 80kg)..... Id be flying like white on rice!
I think it would be a good strategy to be over powered. If **** hits the fan- depower. My only concern is getting too far infront of the Frenchman and seeing him go home in tears.
boo hoo you bunch of sooks....
Life's about making decisions. Pick one event, commit to that & be happy in your decision.
Can you imagine just how many events would happen if everyone got asked if date a particular date suited them??? No, that's mum's birthday...that's the gf's birthday...that's granddad's anniversary...no, Saturday's no good because....blah blah blah....Nothing would ever happen.
Sometimes people just miss out on an event & have to accept that sh!t happens.
Kitestock is also double booked with the new tv cop show CSI in NSW that weekend. B'''ER
Hey Tightlines,
Good on you, why the hell not. The guys on race boards are cheating anyway.
If I could cut the mustard I was considering an Aliaia board, strapless of course.
Freedom to use any board.
Cheers
Rich
