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faradroka1 · Joined: 14 May 2001 Posts: 216 Location: East Bay

tpierce: glad you are ok, you are one tough boardhead. Glad you got your head sewn up. See you out on the water!

chibichibi · Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Posts: 275

tpierce, glad you're ok.

In regards to Pt. Emery as a windsurfing launch, I use it often for that purpose. As you know, it's better than the Berkeley Marina or Lordships launch especially on a SW or S wind. And other times it just plain blows later at Pt. Emery from West, I can get there at 6pm and get a session sometimes. It's also the only all sand launch, aside from Alameda, that we have in the East Bay. Sometimes launching down the rocks at Hs Lordships and docks at Berkeley Marina sucks even for windsurfers. We need to share that Pt. Emery beach launch, as well as Ashby beach, we can't just give it to all you kiters now. Rolling Eyes

I believe you can also park on the right side of Frontage rd. just north of the Pt. Emery turn out. I've launched and caught kites for you guys on that sand, so let's keep up the good will and good vibes.

shitan · Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 271

tpierce,

I can't believe you want to keep point emery for kiters only. What about all dog walkers, joggers, fishermen, pot heads and so on. They take parking spots right? Why don't you just go to the city of Emeryville and try make the whole parking area into " kiting only" and see if you have a case...

As long as i don't need to launch from there i won't bother anyway because of all those kites flying around, but if i need to use the launch site i will use it just like anybody else. Competition for parking is allover, from the grocery store to the sailing spot.

So a kiter (clearly lacking common sens, climbing over slippery rocks hooked in to his kite ) is trying to tell me to go away and don't sail from Emery Point because he needs my parking spot. Something "interesting" about kiters i wanna discover!!!!!

tpierce · Joined: 06 Aug 1995 Posts: 4

charlie12 · Joined: 06 Apr 2001 Posts: 254

I think i'll start kite launching at hs loRDSHIPS...
then ill dangle there at the put in ...

dropping charlie BomBs
on all you Wa hOos....

besides half of you couldnt make it up there, if you didnt put in there
...

timwnitram · Joined: 03 Aug 2002 Posts: 130

Not to jump into the fray, but it just sounds like the kiter was asking us (windsurfers) to be considerate and if we have a choice of launches, that we think about our fellow waterfolk and choose to launch at one of the many windsurfer friendly spots since the options for kiters at Berkeley is limited.

Reason people, I think we're all talking about being considerate.

andymc4610 · Joined: 19 May 2000 Posts: 684

muldoon · Joined: 04 Sep 2001 Posts: 31

Re: Windsurfing at Pt Emery.

Really? Straight to the reactionary bs? Did he really say only kiters should park at Pt Emery? Did he mention civilians?

Readers with a basic grasp of the language can figure out that the question was why not launch at the THREE other launches in the immediate vincinity, which kiters can't?

Fuycking retards.

shitan · Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 271

muldoon,

When you hate a sport to the point you don't wanna do it any more, then you would hate all the people are enjoying it.
I see this attitude a lots with ex windsurfers-full time kiters. I don't blame you because "if it was easy it would be called Kiting"

regarding the parking again, it's not the windsurfers fault that kiting has limited access. It's the nature of your sport that is needy, space, beach, a buddy to launch you,a buddy to land, a buddy to get you your board and a windsurfer to donate his parking spot for you

muldoon · Joined: 04 Sep 2001 Posts: 31