BurbleChaz

We pedalled down through Westgate Park and on to Port Melbourne this afternoon. Rather than come straight home, we pottered on through the force 6 crosswind to St Kilda. As we approached, we saw increasing clouds of kitesurfers. There were over 20 of them, being hauled acrosss the waves at astonishing speeds by their enormous parasails.

It doesn't really appeal to me. The learning process seems to involve being hauled nose-down across the beach at high speed. When you have some control of the kite, you can upgrade to the joy of being hauled nose-down through the water. When the survivors move on to the next level, they get to hurtle across the water surface, totally focused on managing the kite, risking painful injury and death. I'd rather ride my bike. Same risks, more fun.

They are very pretty, though.