2018 12 28 - Brighton beginner carnage

It's been such a strange summer season, a horrible lack of sea breezes and really inconsistent wind.  When it blew up a little I was straight down the beach to try and grab an opportunistic session.  I headed first to Hampton, where it wasn't hitting the beach at all.  Then up to Brighton, where one guy was out and there seemed to be a little more on the beach in the straight southerly.  The only catch - heaps of people around and Brighton is really crap if you don't have enough wind as downwind is chaos -  a pier and a yacht club.

I launched and quickly jumped in the water, but soon realised there was not quite enough wind.  I went out a long way, and ended up on a tack just in front of the yacht club.  After about 30 mins, the wind picked up and I was suddenly able to get some air and pull some rotational tricks.  Perfect wind for looping so I did a lot of looping transitions and tried some new tricks from the trickbag.  To my amusement, two beginners/intermediates couldn't handle the wind conditions, insisted on launching anyway and got blown around the corner close to the pier.  A bad beach to pack down on.

Then a total numpty girl who obviously had had 1 or 2 lessons had launched and was trying to get going.  Kiteloop straight into a crowded beach where kids were in the water.  I went straight in and told them that Brighton was a more advanced beach, there were way too many people to be learning and that downwind is chaos.  They desisted, but I got a tonne of lip from the lady insisting that the internet said Brighton is great for beginners and St Kilda was too crowded.  No clue.

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