the walks said..
I have no idea about blackmail, bullying, smear campaign or rangers being called, as for this backfiring, your missing the point, I'm actually feeling like i'm being bullied for asking for opinions on a public forum.
How sad

Well, if you are the experienced instructor you say you are then looking at the graphs Christian has posted, you shouldn't need to ask anyone for advice. However if that's the case you may want to seek another career... I mean 9 years experience as a kitesurfing instructor and not able to read a wind chart, it sounds like you choose the wrong career. Anyway, better late than never

It really is plain and simple....

Christian has gone above and beyond what most instructors do by documenting every aspect of his one on one lesson, which really speaks volumes about his professionalism. His approach to safety and teaching students to be a safe kiter is second to none and is apparent through his posts on here, especially in the noob section where it is most warranted....

The op on the other hand has nothing but a second hand hearsay story..

Dude! man up, apologise and move on!

Thanks Christian for the countless contributions on this forum (and I'm sure on the beach as well).
Rest assured we all know what's happening here.

Hi Jhana,

Sorry you feel that way but that side of it was common knowledge. The agreement was about other stuff which is of no value to the public knowing.

All is is not what it seems, is all I'm saying and I will defend the good name of my business when I feel it is necessary.

Let's all just move on and enjoy the season ahead, eh?

peace out,

DM

I've just turned off home and away to follow this

Aspiremr said..
And there definitely should be more kiting wihtout bikini tops for sure.

in onshore so we can see dude

Yeh
peace and offshore winds

cauncy said..
I've just turned off home and away to follow this

Bad call Cauncy.

So what's happening with Frank and Bobbi these days? The Caravan Park, Pippa?

ActionSportsWA said..
Hey Peeps

Firstly, after having been teaching on Pinnaroo Point exclusively for 12 years we were not happy about Kitebud being given a permit to open his business on the same beach.

Hey Darren, Christian
please don't take this the wrong way as I mean this with the best intentions, having owned a few small business in the area I feel you are dealing with this all wrong.
Darren You have two permits to operate, one at mullas and one at pinnas. As you said you have had this exclusive monopoly for 12 years. Every other school in the metro area has to share a beach with several other schools. No one else has had the privilege of 2 exclusive beaches just for themselves.
This monopoly was never going to last forever. I feel you should be grateful it is not a cowboy operator that has set up there, because if it was, and they were teaching with bad practices and dangerously, as sure as eggs are eggs your reputation would get tarnished with the same brush. If kitebud becomes a better role model for a school, it will increase your rep too. If you kick him down, your rep will also get dragged down, if you build him up, your standing will be built up. Like it or not because you are now operating together, in the eyes of the general public you will be grouped together as the pinnas kiteschools. It's like when there was a bad accident on the river, who can remember which of the many school there it was.
No one really cares about what happened between you two, but the smartest thing to do would be to move on, water under the bridge and try and work together, building each other up will increase both of your schools.

Thirdly, "the walks" is a sponsored rider of our shop, but not staff.

Darren If I were you I would be more concerned about this. If the walks is not working for you or a member of your staff, he is teaching without a council permit and is not covered by insurance, certainly not by your insurance. So you have one of your sponsored riders doing illegal lessons at a beach you have an exclusive permit to operate from (mullas) and then trying to cause trouble at pinnas.
I hope you two can sort this out soon, cos I just want a nice atmosphere at the beach.

the walks said..

I wanted to leave this alone but please steve, get your facts right before you start giving advice or making personal comments about people you don't know. Darren only had a permit to teach for one year at mullaz, no permit has been applied for this year !!!!!!! By anyone !!!!!!!!
Makes you wonder why they gave Christian a permit to teach at pinna's,
Food for thought !!!!!!!!
Bring on the circus

Sage advice about getting your facts right........... pity that was not the case when this post was started!!!!!!

thefacts said..

the walks said..

I wanted to leave this alone but please steve, get your facts right before you start giving advice or making personal comments about people you don't know. Darren only had a permit to teach for one year at mullaz, no permit has been applied for this year !!!!!!! By anyone !!!!!!!!
Makes you wonder why they gave Christian a permit to teach at pinna's,
Food for thought !!!!!!!!
Bring on the circus

Sage advice about getting your facts right........... pity that was not the case when this post was started!!!!!!

Once again, missing the point

Just wondering where the new school will be situated? As a regular to pinaroo at times it feels a little crowded. Two schools operating there could get messy. Must say happy with the new people running the school at Aks. Much better vibe.
I keep hearing about the old days back in pinaroo. Very social vibe, bbq etc would welcome to see it go back to those days.

NorthernKitesAUS said..
I think St Kilda has like 4 schools at the moment, in an area no larger than someone's backyard - I kid you not.

And it is a dog beach, and it has heaps of kids splashing in the water. And the kite community has an extremely friendly vibe. I think this may be called civilised approach. Yes I know, weather is a bit so so, and seabreezes are nothing like WA... You can't have it all but you can always winge

Hmmmmm, has there been a issue at Pinnas? In the toilets again?