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Forums > Kitesurfing General

Stay OUTSIDE the buoys if coming to Melville (WA)

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Created by shmoo > 9 months ago, 28 Oct 2008
shmoo
WA, 40 posts
28 Oct 2008 2:45PM
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After a number of windy arvo's since the new buoys have gone in people still insist on riding through them right up to the sand...

Unless i seriously misunderstood the WASKA post on this issue, access to Melville will cease unless people heed the new DPI enforced regulations?

I fail to see what's so hard to understand people?

The guys throwing HP's and mobes on the waters edge, cool, we know you can cover your asses. But its the guys with less experience and skill who follow suit when they see all the good riders busting out inside the buoys.

Pat & Laurie - any chance of making this one a sticky or using that WAKSA post on the situation at Melville? At least until these new signs go up?

GreenPat
QLD, 4087 posts
28 Oct 2008 4:10PM
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How about we make this one sticky for now, since it's got a more 'noticeable' title, and get WAKSA to post the details here as well.

WAKSA
WA, 813 posts
28 Oct 2008 3:12PM
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The buoys are compliments of DPI Marine Safety. Signage from Melville council will follow.
For the benefit of those who may not know the buoys delineate an area, approx 50M from the shoreline, inside of which is a 'launch and land' zone only. Session kiting; ie kiting into or through the area and including learning; is prohibited. Signage will eventually make this obvious to all beach users.

Interested kiters should follow the beach user group discussion on the WAKSA website. see :
www.hugedomains.com/domain_profile.cfm?d=waksa&e=com

dachopper
WA, 1792 posts
2 Nov 2008 9:06AM
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What we need also could do with there ..... Is a limit to where beginners can kite... A beginner zone downwind of the rest of the ppl that know what they are doing.....Nothing grinds my gears more than 1 end of the beach to the other end covered in dudes getting lessons ..... and they wonder why they get cut off ????

gruezi
WA, 3464 posts
2 Nov 2008 10:08PM
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The people who are not upwind comfortably should be kiting down wind of the big kite eating ghost gum....hopefully this advice will be on the new signs, otherwise it will just have to be tribal law, either seems to work me thinks...we just need to self regulate what happens on the spot. And if you are a reckless ass and break someones line, then you should pay for a new set.....otherwise kite somewhere else.

elmo
WA, 8768 posts
14 Nov 2008 8:32AM
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Why doesn't someone put up a bit of a map so there's no misunderstanding

Superhearing
WA, 9 posts
14 Nov 2008 4:10PM
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I was once confused when the new buoys were put in place. I made a pic to make it easier to understand.

Redskin
WA, 22 posts
18 Nov 2008 1:18AM
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Dachopper you used to be a begginger no need to cut anyone off!

dachopper said...

What we need also could do with there ..... Is a limit to where beginners can kite... A beginner zone downwind of the rest of the ppl that know what they are doing.....Nothing grinds my gears more than 1 end of the beach to the other end covered in dudes getting lessons ..... and they wonder why they get cut off ????






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