Beach access is being loss mainly to a) privatization of beaches and b) non-kiters are realizing how dangerous kites are near bathers...gipseysurfer wrote:vietkiter thanks for 4 irrelevant points that add nothing to the subject of the thread which is maintaining access to kite beaches globally.
Access to kite beaches is not as important as the preservation of global bird diversity... this beach is too fragile for kiting... as one of 1,002 neighboring cape cod kiters... I voluntarily will not drive 4 hours to kite at this neighborhood beach at any time of the year to avoid potential bad press for kiters... I suggest the other 1001 neighboring 'north east kitesurfers' do the same... Cape cod belongs to the birds...gipseysurfer wrote:at one point you listed your location as sandy hook yet your total lack of knowledge of the facts surounding this incident suggests you have never kited or visited neighboring cape cod.
Actually, Like it or not all of us are ambassodors for this sport. The Sport is still small and new in comparrison to other activities that go on at the places we ride. We are very visalbe and take more beach room per person than any other activity I can think of.waveslave wrote:Why are gifted athletes, professional sportsman, referred to as 'role models' ?
Why are they sometimes referred to as 'global ambassadors' ?
Who started that nonsense ?
They do sport at an elite level.
That's it.
Simple.
They are fallable and they do dumb shit sometimes.
Don't tell me John McEnroe in his heyday was an ambassador for tennis.
He was a champion, an entertainer, a superbrat.......
but not a role model.
Doctors who save lives are role models.
PS. Did a bird die ?
JM was a true sports entertainer and great role model. I loved watching him cuss and swear and hit the Gatorade cups with his racket. A natural Irishman. It made me want to play tennis but he did stand up for unfair calls made against him. He knew the officials in tennis had a dislike and were not impartial to the man kinda like the kiting industry has for SB but as usual all we are good at is speculating without understanding the facts. When people are jeolous of talent they often look for a flaw and define that person based on his flaw(s).waveslave wrote:Why are gifted athletes, professional sportsman, referred to as 'role models' ?
Why are they sometimes referred to as 'global ambassadors' ?
Who started that nonsense ?
They do sport at an elite level.
That's it.
Simple.
They are fallable and they do dumb shit sometimes.
Don't tell me John McEnroe in his heyday was an ambassador for tennis.
He was a champion, an entertainer, a superbrat.......
but not a role model.
Doctors who save lives are role models.
PS. Did a bird die ?
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