I met Fabrizio, while he was taking pictures in Playacar
I was riding, I remember the day was really good, and I saw this guy with a crazy camera shooting from the beach...., of course, like bees go to honey, I couldn't resist to pose in front of the camera.... any type of advertising is good advertising!!!, later after my session, I approached to thank this guy with the Camera who turned out was a kiter as well!!! and this is Fabrizio!!! we exchange Facebook information on the beach while my kite was still in the air, so I continued riding, you know how it is between kiters and when its windy on the beach, everyone is on a hurry!!!, anyways..... I remember he said he was going to post the pictures he took at a Facebook page that he was calling ( with american accent ) KITE ROSS, he was saying.... I will post it on KITE ROSS!!!! he said, you don´t know it? is a local group.... I thought it was weird, as I am a local, but, ok, I will look for it later....
when i got home, I got a Facebook notification saying I was tagged, on the local group KITEROS, and you have to read it in spanish, KITEROS ( KITERös) , that means KITERS, or Kiteboarding Riders.... I started LOL!!!! of course, in english can sound like KITE ROSS, and I finally get it, KITEROS; KITE ROSS....lol....anyways , I thought it was fun to share this story....
after I saw this Amazing pictures that Fabrizio took, we started knowing each other better, and I have been following his work, his blog and his travel, and I have to tell you, it´s very amazing!!!!!! he is one of the few that has a lifestyle, that I envy.... ;) on the good way....
Here some of the pictures that he took that day...
anyways,
he is another great interesting person I found thanks to this great sport called Kiteboarding.... and here is what he wrote.....
Morph regards,
David Morph
and here is a text that the creator of Kitesurf Culture
Locals, locals!
I’ve always considered myself a gipsy kitesurfer and thanks to this habit I had the chance to visit many spots and to encounter any kind of interesting guys practicing this great sport.
So I could notice one of the best side of the kitesurfer communities: the great help and friendship that the kitesurfers all over the world are eager to offer for the newbies and newcomers.
It’s doubtless that when we approach a new spot, we always need information in order to do a proper spot assessment, before getting out in the water: this helps us to avoid unnecessary dangers or to break some local rule and to enjoy at best our kite session. An expert kiter can do that by himself, but he also knows that the local riders can give him more detailed information and advice, which might not seem relevant, coming the first time on the spot, but those might turn very useful while being out on the water.
Furthermore it is very important to respect the all the local rules, because those could involve safety issues and, creating accidents by not following them, it might create many problems for the practice of kitesurfing in that particular spot. Keeping this in mind it’s easy to figure out the tension which can be caused by a just arrived reckless rider towards the locals: avoid this kind of situation is as easy as it is stupid not to do so. It might also lead to some bad confrontation that will get everybody nervous, ruining everybody’s kite session.
Communication is a must when we travel to new kitesurfing spots: it helps a lot to avoid the problems we mentioned above and it makes the difference between kiting through unknown people and having fun with new friends in a group session.
I have met no kiter that doesn’t want to share his experiences and expertise or just some amazing kiteboarding story with other kiters. Some guys out there might be pretty shy and be afraid to strike up a conversation with a group of local kitesurfers, but a nice smile, a ‘hello’ and a couple of words about the wind will break the ice easily. Sometimes just helping launching or landing a kite can be a great way to meet new friends.
In my travels I remember many groups of great riders that turned out to become also great friends: last winter season I stayed in Riviera Maya and met the local ‘Kiteros’ which invited me in many session, events, downwinds and dinners. Those guys are great kiters and friends, they made me feel as if I was in my home spot. I can also remember many others: the kite group in Pirangi (Brazil, close to Natal); the Byron Bay kiters in Australia; the Xkite riders in lake of Garda Italy; the Beach Culture Community of Silver Sands in Barbados… and so on.
We have to consider that every time we visit a new place in a kite trip we have the chance to make new friends: let’s not lose this chance. Happy kitesurfing to everyone!
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