Why do poleys call kitesurfing "the darkside" ?

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waveslave
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4 Dec 2009 11:07pm
I don't get it ?
Emos don't kite...
nor do goths.
lol.
swoosh
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5 Dec 2009 1:10am
why are you always trolling? the ocean's already overfished.

Pugwash
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4 Dec 2009 11:53pm
Simple. Because brown is darker than...
pierrec45
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5 Dec 2009 2:59am
Never heard that term from 99.99% of all guys.

Windsurfing, kiting, to each his/her own.
Just don't hug the beach and waters with the lines, that's all.
Richiefish
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5 Dec 2009 8:31am
waveslave said...

I don't get it ?
Emos don't kite...
nor do goths.
lol.


Goths and emos dont participate in any fun outdoor watersports. It may mess up their delicate serotonin levels leading to undesired happiness.........(or it could be the clothes)
Al Planet
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DunkO
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russh
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5 Dec 2009 10:33am
Its just the general terminology for anything thing that looks like fun but you know its just wrong and your mother would never approve
ka72
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5 Dec 2009 11:08am
LOL classic, My 8yrs old son asked why Darth vader and storm trooper were in a supermarket.
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ka43
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5 Dec 2009 1:01pm
As its understood most kiters around here come from wakeboarding, skate background so dont understand or have experience in the ocean, lakes, bays etc.
Lots of windsurfers come from surfing background so see the "interlopers" as coming from the "darkside". Seeing that lots of kiters show no respect for local etiquette they get branded with the name. Luckily the kiters from a windsurfing background are aware and do the right thing. They also stick to the "known" kiting areas so there is no conflict.
Then again writing this, waiting for the family to get ready to go do the dreaded Xmas shopping so Im already in a bad mood. Not that theres anything wrong with that!!
mineral1
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5 Dec 2009 11:27am
waveslave said...

I don't get it ?
Emos don't kite...
nor do goths.
lol.


Cos we are a bunch of smart arses, and thought of it first
Now I am sure kiters are just as clever, but not as quick on the tongue
shark
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5 Dec 2009 1:07pm
pierrec45 said...


Just don't hug the beach and waters with the lines, that's all.


Im sure thats just a typo and you either meant "dont HOG the beach" or "dont hug EACH OTHER on the beach"
NotWal
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5 Dec 2009 3:19pm
Because windsurfing is God's gift to humanity. It is pure and wonderful, and is the proper order of things whereas kiting is the medium of dark satanic thrills, the way of lost souls, the work of Satan. The delights are fleeting. Soon you will be called to pay the piper....[}:)]

Oh and windsurfing is sexy. That's why they call us "poleys".
Ellobuddha
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5 Dec 2009 5:14pm
and its a lot better exercise
windtechno
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5 Dec 2009 11:24pm
The words 'the dark side' came from a guy called simon back in 2000 when kiting was just takeing off as a sport in melbourne. Simon had alot of windsurf friends. Anyway one of them said to simon one windy afternoon at st. kilda beach ''i am going to take up kiting'' and next he became gothic and he loved the look and name of the mystic warrior kite harnesses so much he brought ten of em for all his gothic buddys. Then simons other mate took up kiting and he turned gay. Next his other mate mick took up kiting and he became Emos. Then his other mate phil got into kiting and just went plain mental. Then his other good mate got into kiting and turned into some kind of a greeny peace bro, dude. next mate jason then converted to kiting and became a she male.

so by this time simon was really ticked off, he had lost all his windsurf mates to kiting and seen what it had done to them. so the next guy that said to him i am thinking about taken up kiting, he replyed ''you take up kiting and you enter the dark side'' so the words stayed with his mate and he never did take it up. In fact those words 'the dark side' went all around the world from st kilda to maui and stopped thousands from converting to the dark side.
greenleader
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6 Dec 2009 1:01am
waveslave said...

I don't get it ?
Emos don't kite...
nor do goths.
lol.


ever watched star wars "slave. get out "episode IV a new beginning" if they have it on vhs in wa. all will be explained.
pierrec45
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6 Dec 2009 4:39am
shark said...

pierrec45 said...


Just don't hug the beach and waters with the lines, that's all.

Im sure thats just a typo and you either meant "dont HOG the beach" or "dont hug EACH OTHER on the beach"

Yeah typo you're right of course. Came out funny though.
BrisKites
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6 Dec 2009 8:22am
ka43 said...

As its understood most kiters around here come from wakeboarding, skate background so dont understand or have experience in the ocean, lakes, bays etc.
Lots of windsurfers come from surfing background so see the "interlopers" as coming from the "darkside". Seeing that lots of kiters show no respect for local etiquette they get branded with the name. Luckily the kiters from a windsurfing background are aware and do the right thing. They also stick to the "known" kiting areas so there is no conflict.
Then again writing this, waiting for the family to get ready to go do the dreaded Xmas shopping so Im already in a bad mood. Not that theres anything wrong with that!!


Not sure where you get your stats from but most kitesurfers come from a Windsurfing or surfing background.

If your local kiters show no respect for "local etiquette" could it possibly be you never discussed it with them?? Is this "local etiquette" written somewhere for all to see?

What is a "known kiting area"?? I though it was the ocean?

My local is kiters and windsurfers alike, all sharing the same patch of water and having a good time. Issues only arise at spots where either party is too ignorant and pig headed to talk with the other party.

my 2c
DavMen
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6 Dec 2009 9:53am
I always thought it was a tongue in check term used for Windsurfers who 'gave up' the challange of windsurfing and have taken the easy path to gratification of the wind and water elements through kitesurfing. Not kitesurfers in general - nothing worse than a ex-windsurfer bagging thier former passion.
Don't really care - each to their own, but I would rather see positive posts than this sort of troll.
saltiest1
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6 Dec 2009 12:49pm
DavMen said...

I always thought it was a tongue in check term used for Windsurfers who 'gave up' the challange of windsurfing and have taken the easy path to gratification of the wind and water elements through kitesurfing. Not kitesurfers in general - nothing worse than a ex-windsurfer bagging thier former passion.
Don't really care - each to their own, but I would rather see positive posts than this sort of troll.




just like the bodyboard to stand up surfer thing. One of these days ill give it a go but not exactly bounding to the nearest inflated square of cloth & string. each to their own.
DavMen
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6 Dec 2009 9:52pm
saltiest1 said...

DavMen said...

I always thought it was a tongue in check term used for Windsurfers who 'gave up' the challange of windsurfing and have taken the easy path to gratification of the wind and water elements through kitesurfing. Not kitesurfers in general - nothing worse than a ex-windsurfer bagging thier former passion.
Don't really care - each to their own, but I would rather see positive posts than this sort of troll.




just like the bodyboard to stand up surfer thing. One of these days ill give it a go but not exactly bounding to the nearest inflated square of cloth & string. each to their own.


I'm an old bugger - In my day it was us stand up Surfers V's Kneeboarders or surf Ski's !
king of the point
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7 Dec 2009 4:21pm
COULDNT HELP IT

Well........Sorry to tell you ...........but the beer used to taste better before you converted , came out as a new born, and started to preech, rave and rant. about your failing bladders,strings, and pinis pumps.

Mean time we blast past on better and better equipment

ginger pom
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7 Dec 2009 7:45pm
It's a compliment in some ways.

If someone leaves to take up golf, they just get called a wanker...

Kitesurfing at least has a draw to it - a short term easy fix sort of draw.

Star wars analogy is a bit strong - it won't help you save your friends (Empire Strikes back, Return of the jedi) nor will it stop Padame dying in childbirth (the third one). At most, it helps you to get air if you can't stick with windsurfing or get laid if you look a bit funny.
sausage
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7 Dec 2009 10:10pm
ginger pom said...

It's a compliment in some ways.

If someone leaves to take up golf, they just get called a wanker...

Kitesurfing at least has a draw to it - a short term easy fix sort of draw.

Star wars analogy is a bit strong - it won't help you save your friends (Empire Strikes back, Return of the jedi) nor will it stop Padame dying in childbirth (the third one). At most, it helps you to get air if you can't stick with windsurfing or get laid if you look a bit funny.


Argh Ginger, Padame doesn't die, does it/he/she? There's always someone to spoil the ending. BTW - who's Padame and when did the third one come out and is it still playing at the talking movies

Ginger Pom is right - Darth tries to convince Luke to join the Empire (the dark side (kiting)) but Luke knows that the Resistance Rebel Alliance(windsurfing) is a much more noble cause and is respected heaps more through the universe than a bunch of cool wannabes. So it is only the weak who would be sucked in by all that Darth could offer, like the pretty kites and boosting, and nude girls even hanging off the back of an aging former record company owner and defect to such an evil thing like kiting.

But I think Waveslave knew this already and was just exercising his evilness in trolling the windsurfing forum.
saltiest1
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8 Dec 2009 10:14am
i get called poley all the time.
westozwind
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8 Dec 2009 8:51am
waveslave = failed poley
Don't feed the trolls.
windtechno
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8 Dec 2009 1:11pm
trolls like to eat cheeze
pacman76
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8 Dec 2009 2:08pm
ginger pom said...

It's a compliment in some ways.

If someone leaves to take up golf, they just get called a wanker...



Have ur say on the kiters all you want but leave us golfers out of it, we never hurt anyone....
harry potter
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5 Feb 2010 12:26pm
king of the point said...

COULDNT HELP IT

Mean time we blast past on better and better equipment




Certainly have not seen any windsurfers blasting past kiters.......usually the other way around with kiters blasting past & over poleys ....... sorry but ahhh..... who holds the records ahhhh thats right kiters do
Squid Lips
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5 Feb 2010 10:33am
Piss off troll. Why are you reading two month old threads in the windsurfing forum anyway?
Deano
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5 Feb 2010 11:25am
Because you might not like "Gays on Trays"
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