The reason people were doing the opposite at alameda was that the beach deteriorated so badly that it was impossible to launch that way at high tide (launcher would have have been in the water to do so).
If you see people launching the old way (like until last year) kindly remind them that the beach is now large enough to launch the other way (kite towards the water) and explain to them why it is safer to do so.
I've had no "resistance" so far when explaining people that they are launching the wrong way since the beginning of the season.
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