Number of kiters in the Bay Area

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Number of kiters in the Bay Area

Post by Ron » Mon May 20, 2013 5:00 pm

Maybe it's just me but I find that there are way more kiters in Alameda, 3rd Av and even Waddell than 2 years ago. Is the sport growing this fast or is this just me getting old or something? How many kiters in the bay area?

500?? + -

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Post by kandrey89 » Mon May 20, 2013 5:07 pm

Probably 3000.
With 1000 semi-regulars and 200 regulars.

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Post by Loscocco » Mon May 20, 2013 8:15 pm

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Post by adamrod » Mon May 20, 2013 8:22 pm

how many members are on this site? seems like you could get a decent order of magnitude estimate from that.

I'd guess about 1000.
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Post by schwede » Mon May 20, 2013 8:48 pm

Considering KGB swag puts out 1000 lessons a year with Living Social and Groupons probably 5000. The word is on the street these days that anybody and your great grandma can learn to kiteboard with no athletic ability

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Post by kitenaked » Mon May 20, 2013 9:55 pm

schwede wrote:Considering KGB swag puts out 1000 lessons a year with Living Social and Groupons probably 5000. The word is on the street these days that anybody and your great grandma can learn to kiteboard with no athletic ability

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Post by stompdit » Mon May 20, 2013 11:15 pm

according to kitenaked, you only need to know how to swim.
There are a few skills Gatewood recommends a beginning kiteboarder possess before signing up for lessons. “If you can swim, that’s a good thing,” said Gatewood. “It’s a good skill to have. A person with a basic understanding of sailing will have an easier time than someone who has never sailed.”
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Post by Aloha » Mon May 20, 2013 11:17 pm

Now we've got ourselves a thread with potential

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Post by le noun » Tue May 21, 2013 12:24 am

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Post by kitenaked » Tue May 21, 2013 4:59 am

stompdit wrote:according to kitenaked, you only need to know how to swim.
There are a few skills Gatewood recommends a beginning kiteboarder possess before signing up for lessons. “If you can swim, that’s a good thing,” said Gatewood. “It’s a good skill to have. A person with a basic understanding of sailing will have an easier time than someone who has never sailed.”
http://benicia.patch.com/groups/busines ... nt_4865033

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That's all you need. :grin:
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