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Moondog1
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 Tue Sep 24, 19 5:37 pm Stay off the grass |
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There were exactly 0 windsurfers at the ES today Sept. 24th. There were 25-30 kiters. There were 15 spectators. What a joke that we can't use the grass for launching and landing. I called Daryl twice to discuss the situation and she has never returned my call.
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Youre a kook you cant even safely launch at the sandspit ,maybe you should go back to Bingen! |
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tgautier
Since 22 Oct 2016
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| Thu Sep 26, 19 5:37 pm |
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Today from 1-3 there were all of about 7 kiters on the water maybe 5 spectators and one windfoiler sailing the waterfront.
So I guess that we just aren’t going to get an ok at all this season? I mean seriously what gives.
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knotwindy
Since 25 Sep 2011
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| Thu Sep 26, 19 6:36 pm |
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Maybe
Learn the history
Join an organization trying to help
Take some positive action
Oh yea, and quit bitchin’
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Trent
Since 10 May 2012
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Hood River
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| Fri Sep 27, 19 3:31 am |
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| Oh man, these rich white people problems are heart breaking. |
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a.benjamin76
Since 27 Jul 2017
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| Fri Sep 27, 19 6:16 am K |
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| Trent wrote: | | Oh man, these rich white people problems are heart breaking. |
I'm glad someone said it 😆😆. The privelidge and first world problems are hilarious. This summer at ES, i heard a group complaining that they didn't have their kite caddies here like they usually do on every other international trip. It was painful to hear lol! Exercise and the hike are a good thing. Stay humble and happy kiting! |
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SalmonSlayer
Since 27 Nov 2005
648 Posts
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| Fri Sep 27, 19 12:12 pm |
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| Trent wrote: | | Oh man, these rich white people problems are heart breaking. |
No doubt it is a first world problem, but your statement comes across as racist because it is. To be clear I am not saying you are a racist, but would you be as comfortable putting any other race into the same sentence? doubt it. |
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Trent
Since 10 May 2012
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Hood River
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| Fri Sep 27, 19 12:28 pm |
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I would not be comfortable putting any other race in my statement BECAUSE the overwhelming majority of kiters in The Gorge are white males. It's just an observation.
My statement also speaks to the issue of white privilege. It's a thing. Too many white people pretend it's not a thing, myself included often times. |
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StevieNix
Since 19 Sep 2015
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Hood River
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| Fri Sep 27, 19 2:08 pm |
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I launched off the sandbar, because the wind was changing directions every couple of minutes, but the fact that some people want to launch of the grass is understandable to me. When the water was really low and the lessons were on the west side of the sandbar, I saw two tangles between experienced kiters and beginners. It made me nervous enough I usually body dragged in past the lessons. I think the port had an opportunity to enhance safety there by opening the grass which they missed, but I understand they have a lot going on and sometimes we, the kiters, will disagree with them.
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Trent
Since 10 May 2012
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Hood River
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| Fri Sep 27, 19 2:14 pm |
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| The Hate in my voice? Whom do you think I hate? |
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caps
Since 23 Dec 2010
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| Fri Sep 27, 19 3:45 pm |
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| First, I try to always follow the local rules based on respect for the people that made them. There’s no way I want to jeopardize access just cuz I’m lazy or think I know better. But it’s so sweet to just launch from the grass, know your launcher, save the walk time and keep my gear dry and sand free. But until it’s legit, you won’t catch me grass launching till it has the grace of the port, even though it’s irritating! |
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SalmonSlayer
Since 27 Nov 2005
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| Fri Sep 27, 19 6:21 pm |
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| Trent wrote: | I would not be comfortable putting any other race in my statement BECAUSE the overwhelming majority of kiters in The Gorge are white males. It's just an observation.
My statement also speaks to the issue of white privilege. It's a thing. Too many white people pretend it's not a thing, myself included often times. |
Nice dodge. Then you doubled down on white privilege BS. Waste of time.... |
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Nak
Since 19 May 2005
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| Fri Sep 27, 19 7:22 pm |
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| Jesus Christ, this is a KITEBOARDING forum. Leave your politics of any type on Facebook. Rather than buy into the hate and divisiveness of the day, we like to promote peace through kiteboarding here. There are other venues for your politics. This applies to both the Left and the Right. Nothing destroys a forum like this faster than politics. |
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wylieflyote
Since 30 Jun 2006
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| Fri Sep 27, 19 8:33 pm |
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| Nak wrote: | | Jesus Christ, this is a KITEBOARDING forum. Leave your politics of any type on Facebook. Rather than buy into the hate and divisiveness of the day, we like to promote peace through kiteboarding here. There are other venues for your politics. This applies to both the Left and the Right. Nothing destroys a forum like this faster than politics. |
Isn't this stuff seasonal? Our summer breeze and session days wane.... we start bitching again.
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Trent
Since 10 May 2012
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| Fri Sep 27, 19 8:42 pm |
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| My message here is simply this - stop whining about where we are allowed or not allowed to launch our $1500 kites and just go enjoy the lifestyle that we are all fortunate enough to live. The whining just makes us sound like self-important, unaware douchebags. |
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McLovin
Since 11 Sep 2017
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| Fri Sep 27, 19 11:02 pm x |
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tgautier
Since 22 Oct 2016
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| Sat Sep 28, 19 4:00 pm |
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Man I gotta say this thread has been disappointing.
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Maybe
Learn the history
Join an organization trying to help
Take some positive action
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How? What's the history? You yourself are not helping you're just trying to put others down for not knowing the reasoning (we can't all know all the reasons and history). This thread has a legitimate question in it - and all you did was contribute nothing but disdain.
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I'm glad someone said it 😆😆. The privelidge and first world problems are hilarious. This summer at ES, i heard a group complaining that they didn't have their kite caddies here like they usually do on every other international trip. It was painful to hear lol! Exercise and the hike are a good thing. Stay humble and happy kiting!
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Wondering how or when we can launch off the grass is not "bitching". It's been a custom every year for the launch to revert back to the grass after the busy season but this year has been different. "First world" and all that have no bearing here - just because the sport is viewed by you as "first world" doesn't mean your opinion is legitimate. Lots of sports are "First World" - Wakeboarding, Auto-cross, Skydiving, etc. etc. Do we just go around turning on everyone that does those sports and because they do those sports and anytime they have a question just harp on them for being first world problems? Your argument is baseless and seems to serve as simply a way for you to complain about the people on the forum...and not provide any value in the way of discussion btw.
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My message here is simply this - stop whining about where we are allowed or not allowed to launch our $1500 kites and just go enjoy the lifestyle that we are all fortunate enough to live. The whining just makes us sound like self-important, unaware douchebags.
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No it doesn't - it's a legitimate concern to understand why we cannot launch or land somewhere. You're just trying to invent ways to criticize people - and not helping in any way. If you really were as chill as you say you were I think you would not be so critical. Most people I know that are truly chill are exactly that - you won't hear them criticizing others. They lead by example and they help out others.
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Now can we get back to the actual question in this thread and as was said perfectly here:
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Jesus Christ, this is a KITEBOARDING forum. Leave your politics of any type on Facebook. Rather than buy into the hate and divisiveness of the day, we like to promote peace through kiteboarding here. There are other venues for your politics. This applies to both the Left and the Right. Nothing destroys a forum like this faster than politics.
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Nak
Since 19 May 2005
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| Sat Sep 28, 19 11:05 pm |
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| Trent wrote: | | My message here is simply this - stop whining about where we are allowed or not allowed to launch our $1500 kites and just go enjoy the lifestyle that we are all fortunate enough to live. The whining just makes us sound like self-important, unaware douchebags. |
Thanks for taking the politics out of your posts. That said, it would be nice if you would also take the condescending tone out of your posts. the terms "whining" and "douchebag" are inappropriate and insulting. I'm not saying you have to agree with Moondog1, but there are better ways to word your post. Personally, I think his/her post is an appropriate question. As I spent years as a member of the BOD of the CGKA, I think my opinion can be classified as "informed." You too have a right to an opinion Trent, but try and be polite. Try and learn to respect other people's opinions, and argue the merits of their arguments. When you make personal attacks you are only admitting that you can not make any reasonable argument against the opinion you attack.
You know, I've been fortunate enough to kite all over the world in my line of work. I've been involved in kiteboarding since 2004. Early on, there was considerable prejudice against kiteboarding in the windsurfer community across much of the planet. (Just like the early prejudice against snow boarders in the skiing community.) Over the years, I've seen this prejudice dissolve almost everywhere, except in the Gorge. Why is the Gorge holding out? It is my opinion that the reason is that we continue to segregate the kiting and windsurfing communities.
Today in Kailua I was launched twice, both times by windsurfers. There is NO antagonism here between the two communities because we all use, launch and land from the same beach. We all hang out and drink together, and rush to each other's aid when needed. The launch at Kailua is FAR smaller than the Event Site and FAR more crowded with non-participants. There is NO technical reason not to allow full kite access at the Event Site. The rest of the world does it...
If you will all remember, it was the CGKA that did the work and got us all partial access at the Event site. Thanks to people like Moondog1 "whining." (Sarcasm of previous insult; no insult intended.) Without people pointing out problems like this, nothing gets done. (Yes, it's a first world problem, as is everything in our first world life's. Does that mean we should just sit back, shut up and never try and fix anything?)
So why don't we have full access at the ES? Simple: the CGWA opposed it. As does the CGWWA. I personally have spoken to CGWA board members in the past--who did not know that an OG like me was a kiter--who expressed severe hate and antagonism towards kiters. I do not know if such attitudes still exist in any CGWWA board members. But I do wonder. What I do know is this: it is past time for the artificial separation between the two communities to end. When the CGWWA starts treating kiters and windsurfers equally, I will cease wondering if antagonism towards kiters still exists in any board members.
I'm not saying that it is always smart for a kiter to launch/land at the ES. It isn't. I am saying that the decision should be left to the kiter and peer pressure at the launch. When we start using the same space as the windsurfers, we will all learn that we have more in common than not. (As most of the rest of the world has already learned.) We will learn how to help one another. That makes the river safer for all of us.
In the end, we are all just playing with water-toys. What the hell does it matter what our toy of preference is? Keeping the ES segregated only keeps the mistrust and antagonism alive. (As segregation does in all of life.) It's past time for the CGWWA to keep it's word and end the distinction between ALL water sports. This is more important than you might think, and transcends which water toy we choose to play with. The better we all work together, the better we'll be able to defend the mighty Columbia River from the many dangers that threaten it today.
This is just my opinion. I do think though that it is pretty obvious that the more cohesive we are as a group, the more effective we will be on a wide range of issues. Some of which are pretty darned important. |
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