At last I too can concede to Mr. Groper. 
Night kiting does diminish one level of safety. And 'yes' less than competent kiters should NOT add this level of increased risk to their already risky escapades with their kite/s.
This is precisely why the CLEAR safety guidelines remain very non-specific. They are all about assessing the conditions, situation and location thoroughly then applying knowledgable common sense to rate every session as either appropriate or inappropriate. All variables change in every situation.
Night kiting with safety depends on applying ALL of the CLEAR guidelines including consideration of the diminished light factor. A sensible decision then is still a sensible decision. Pushing the boundaries - yours or the conditions - is ALWAYS increasing the risk. That risk is mostly your own but as Mr. Groper points out the consequences can also effect the whole kiting fraternity. Keep that in mind too.
KITE SAFE (always) & ENJOY
I can see the logical dangers of night kiting without sufficient experience. I have done a great deal of daytime practice with a blindfold - giving the feeling/practice for after dark, all with the benefit of not contravening any maritime legislation. I can now kite safely whilst being as blind as a bat!
I TELL YOU WHAT! To be safe let`s just not kite at all! Stop stop stop people, Arrrrrrh!
It may not be for everyone, but for those who want to do it let them carry on. People jump out of airoplanes and sometimes ** happens, but they are doing what they want to do. Car racing, motor bike racing. Even sailing there are fatalities. I personally know of two guys who have been paralised through playing rugby. A chap got killed mountain climbing with his brother in NZ the other day. And we hear about mountain climber fatalities alot. A stupid hobbie? Who`s to say? If it wasn`t for such people taking risks Oz would not have been discovered, test pilots, astronauts, deep sea divers....... I`m not saying kite boarders are in the same category as astronauts, but humans are risk takers by nature and that is a fact. If I want to go kiting at full moon that`s my choice. If you don`t think it`s your cup of tea then don`t do it! I know there is some risks but peronally I`d much rather "go out" doing something I want to do than go through life wondering what it would be like. It`s just not me.
now we have a waning moon .What is the critical point in a waxing or waning moon where night kiting is absolutely out of the question (for those that think that kiting on a full moon is kindof OK )
I have had 2 almost fatal kite related accidents, one was at night, both times it was in the car driving to or from a kite destination.
Kite safe, don't drive.
North team rides at Night~ Good on them ))- towards end of vid..
too bad u cant see much in the promo vid.
.....you can go wild as long as you don't risk anyone else but yourself.......full moon after sunset: no swimmers / surfers / boater....appears to be the safest time......damn seabreeze, the major risk factor.....please PM me if you are in for the next ....January....in Perth....-
full moon kiting! 
most sureal thing ... and nothing wrong with it, if all precautions are taken, its fine.
did it at lagouina, brazil.
in cumbuco, brazil ... they have (not sure if they still do) full moon parties : kite , then the party. errr and apparently in the nude is not unheard of. 
hey sebbo - nice pics. the adebo is in one of them!!!
Did some night kiting in Cabarete - couple of times during a full moon, and once or twice in storm weather. Always close to shore, and under major spotlights.
Still, i've been meaning to put a couple to strobe lights in my pack. One for my board and one for me. Something like this kayakers strobe from Seattle Sports would do nicely.
I've been snowkiting at full moon in France, it was magic.
with the snow reflecting the moonlight we could see nearly as well as in full day.
It was my first time kiting on the snow, we waited all day for the wind, and it just came at night.
I just had trouble untangling the lines, cause we didn't even have a torch.
I've been night kiting at pelican point on the swan river.
with the city lights around no problem
I was kiting late in the day, and the wind didn't drop at sunset so I kept kiting more than one hour.
I landed my kite in a tree, and damaged it
i've dusk kited at peli, it was too dark to see much more than the out line of your kite but there wasn't anyone to land our kites so we just kept going until someone chickened out and went to the beach.
FFS you still on about this groper, dude
The Sydney to Hobart is reckless but doesn't bring sailing into disrepute or does it?Oh that's right a boat sank and the crew had to be rescued!
Also anyone that doesn't acknowledge that kite surfing at daytime isn't extremely dangerous practice is a fool ah yeh lots of people have been injured and killed and rescued whats that you say, at day time oh crap That's right life is dangerous and kiddies don't drive at night its dangerous to you better have ya wool rapped tightly around you when you go to sleep at night so you don't hurt yourself when you fall out of bed! Groper get over it let the people live THEIR lives and you live your own!
Enjoy the wonders of life don't wonder about life
edit to add Im not under 30
ah yeh lots of people have been injured and killed and rescued whats that you say, at day time oh crap That's right life is dangerous and kiddies don't drive at night its dangerous to you better have ya wool rapped tightly around you when you go to sleep at night so you don't hurt yourself when you fall out of bed! Groper get over it let the people live THEIR lives and you live your own!
we are a fairly tight knit kite community up here... we look after noobs, keep em away from the clubbies and the public, and try to limit our footprint on the general populace. we also occasionally kite at night. (moon or not)
groper who the fk do you think you are to be sprouting your opinionated blanket bullsh!t comments to all and sundry...?
like most things, there is a time and a place... a bit of common sense go's a long way...
maybe it's time for lawn bowls dude...
oh, and i'm well over 40, and no mans fool.[}:)]
