Okay, you're right. Sorry for the hijack.Tony Soprano wrote:Thor29 wrote:What really bugs me is that all you guys are worried about losing Crissy as a kiteboarding spot and in the meantime the upper launch at 3rd Ave is eroding away and will disappear in a couple of years. Nobody, including the SFBA, seems to care.
You have thread jacked my discussion, please remove your post and resurrect this thread.
https://www.bayareakiteboarding.com/for ... ion#p85933
You will see the SFBA position on this subject.
But really, this thread is just a troll anyway with the suggested ban on twin tips. What are the "real" solutions? As I see it, there aren't any. Newbie kiters, out of towners, and people with no sense, will continue to do dumb things. You can try to self-police the area, but as seen in discussions of bad behavior at Alameda, people don't listen. So all that's left is to convince a government entity to create beach cops (thugs) who can use the threat of violence to stop people from misbehaving. Then when you try to pump up too big of a kite, or show up with a Go-Joe, a beach cop can beat the crap out of you "for your own safety".
If the Coast Guard ever gets tired of picking up downed kiters, they can institute a fine and put up a big sign on the beach that says that if you have to get rescued, you have to pay the fine. Of course, some cheapskate will refuse to get picked up and drown.
So here's the "answer" - keep trying to educate people both here on the forum and out on the beach and then just have some fun while you can and stop worrying so much.