I could see the petition working if it got banned because it wasn't an Olympic sport.

Very obvious that they are suppressing or denying kiteboarders existence,it is in their agenda.Start with NY and your local State beach will follow soon.it's very importance that we all need to sign this petition immediately. kite manufactures also need to involve in this,when all State banned kiteboarding,you won't have a strong good market anymore. Come on you guys ,it's time to show some resistance,let's not acting like sheep.We need 100,000 signatures .So sad irony that USA has becoming like Taliban society where kite flying is also banned.I'm worried.

Agreed
What do you expect when everything becomes corrapt and money issue aligned with BS politics,
above with special interest groups who wants to control the area, in a name of PROTECTION
Today you see this Ban here tomorrow another Ban there, so there is nothing new here.
Its all because of don't give a sh!t Punk Jet Ski mentality infiltrated into kiteboardings,
and ignorant rude b!tches who has no consideration for the rules and swimmers and people nearby.
I hate to say that, the only way is probably to monopolize the area and open a concession like rental
and teaching facility who would self police the area people like it or not, to get the power back
That way they could get rid of those ignorent b!tches and they would also have the authorities
with the park managements at the beaches as well, because it is sad but these days everything is a pay off

DrLW

Well,that is how most of the Paraglide and Hang glider sites operate nowadays,but i think that by Federal laws,no one can buy the ocean or beach,am i right?if this is true then perhaps someday our great grand sons/daughters will see kiteboarding at the beach... is like we see horse riding on city street is not acceptable today.Get it while you can ,you guys!

At this point there has only been about 300 people signing it, we need to ban together to change this, as it has been mention, officials will look at New York as an example and see it as a model to follow in your area. So we need to show them that is not worth their effort if enough of us unite to overturn it no matter where you are from.

899 people have viewed the thread, but only 300 have signed.. sad.

wouldnt sign it unless i know the story behind it..
cant find anything online about this ban..??

that is what you get when you are cheap on information.

what exactly is banned? national park's coast line, wildlife preserve, sandy beaches for swimmers at swimming season or whole state coast line?
if it is three of the first so join the club, pretty much whole of the EU is doing this.

You might try creating multiple petitions.

Besides getting more sigs (duplicates probably won't matter since it's unlikely they'll get close attention), some petition sites may be less warm and fuzzy than the wimps at Change.org.

They removed my below comment, evidently because it wasn't asslicky enough. The fact that it is probably the EXACT underlying reason for the ban was irrelevant. They must have thought that it could strike a nerve with all the hard working Parks employees and cause them distress.

"Park officials created this NEEDLESS ban in order to do LESS WORK. It is their JOB to facilitate the maximum use of public resources for the MAXIMUM number of users. There are obviously MANY State Park locations where kiteboarding could be implemented reasonably safely. The ONLY reason not to do so is to AVOID the WORK involved. FIRE the lazy bureaucrats responsible and hire people who are willing to do their jobs."



All you really need to know is that there are MANY, MANY MILES of beaches where it would be perfectly feasible to allow kiting. Of course, this would mean REGULATING kiters to some extent and this would necessitate a certain amount of WORK. BANNING involves virtually NO work.

What a convenient coincidence for these government bureaucrats and other Parks employees who are evidently already so overworked that they can't find the time to at least allow access at a few locations on a trial basis in order to find the best procedures etc. to facilitate kiting with minimum problems.

Richard M.
Malibu Kitesurfing - since 2002
(310) - 430 - KITE (5483)
http://www.MalibuKitesurfing.NET
kfRichard@MalibuKitesurfing.NET

LOL. The us and them mentality!


Government...."for the people, by the people"


LOL....must be a conspiracy!!!


Only yourselves to blame!!

To boot... a petition with FA names on it speaks volumes, as does an international petition with FA names!

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."