How can you tell if you are a kite junkie?

[Tom183]

7- read/write on http://www.kiteforum.com

I thought that was #1

[alpower]

Your only criteria for your next vehicle is whether it will hold all your gear or not.

You tell your wife she can re decorate the house if you can upgrade your quiver.

You drive for 3 hours to 4 different beaches because the ikitesurf sensor has gone off there. By the time you get there the wind is back down to 6mph there but the beach 45 minutes away is blowing 15.

[Faber]

When the only difference between you and a kid is the price of the toys
When you secretly go to kitesurf shop
When people complains about bad wheater coming and you smile alone like an idiot
planning work meetings based on windfinder / windguru forecast

[Capi]

When the only difference between you and a kid is the price of the toys
When you secretly go to kitesurf shop
When people complains about bad wheater coming and you smile alone like an idiot
planning work meetings based on windfinder / windguru forecast

100% true

[xspataro]

if you have read this far...

[waimanu]

- If you are more pissed about the wind conditions in Southern California than the traffic on the 101 and 405

I think that says it all.

[uka]

If you can sit around our ever shrinking Utah mud puddle for 6 hours in the hot sun and bitting bugs waiting for wind that may or may not come with 10 other guys that would rather catch west nile virus than doing something alittle more produtive.

The new guy from Maui, he doesnt want it bad enough yet, but he will....

[gail4ce]

When this is your favorite thread, you've forwarded the link several times and still laugh each time you read it because 90% of it is totally applicable.

When the only guys you will date are kiters or guys interested in learning, and you won't make any plans before 8pm.

When you've moved from Toronto to Hood River to Maui and finally to San Francisco so you can have a real job and still be on the water as much as possible (and you have a kiteboarding company on your resume).

When you lug your shit up and down four flights of stairs everyday because you live in an apartment with street parking, then hang your wetsuit on your fire escape.

When you buy a motorcycle so you can shave time off your commute to get to the beach faster.

When the first thing you check Monday morning (instead of work emails) is ikite and the kite forum.

When you blow off a friend's going away bbq to have an incredible session at Stinson Beach!

When you can keep going with responses to this link but know you should stop and get back to work...

[Tom183]

When you actually consider "cash-out" refinancing of your home loan for the sole purpose of buying a new quiver...

[howdoyouflythisthing]

1.You spend at least an hour or so every week (ok ok, a day) at work with a calculator working through the numbers;

If I sold the house, cashed in the pension, shares and other investments, how long could I live in a place like Brazil (or some other place that I always see in videos here but have never been to) without working?

2. You go to work conferences, some of the guys are bragging about their latest BMW, mercs etc. They ask you, watcha drivin'? Your eye's perk up. "A beat to crap" 14-yr old Astra you bought 4-yrs ago for £600 that even your kids don't won't to get in it because of the wetsuit smell. The thule roofbox (full of kiting gear of course, just in case it's blowing & you can get away) is worth more than the car. Then you go into a rant about kiting and their eye's slowly glaze over (just as your did when they went on about their latest cars and golfing).

Lester