Ok what work do you guys/girls do to keep the kiting dream alive . I have been on contract or self employed for over 23 years and will be getting back to work soon (a contract is running out) and I want to get back into a wage paying job 38 hour week not 80 hour week with weekends free . Ideas so far a deck hand at one of our east coast islands or they class them as a porter , mechanic on the 4x4 buses on tagaloma island , a run about person on lady Elliot island .

Just thinking Thanks Sam

Govt job, shift work, in a subsidised rental 3 minutes from the beach in one of the windiest places in Oz.

Not so much about what you do but where you live is the biggest factor, no substitute for time on the water.

I'm a self employed programmer. I can work basically at any time if I don't have meetings. It allows me to get the best of the wind 95% of the time, not to mention surf when the wind isn't up.

Absolutely love it!!!

High school Maths Teacher, who lives 3-5 minutes from epic waves or flat water...But would rather be self employed like the programmer. Too many westerlies and easterlies lost during the middle part of the day....not that I'm complaining, I got it pretty good.

male gigolo

majority of my work is after dark, so there you go

Part owner of an accounting practice.

Work is 15 minutes from beach and home is in between the two.

I'm the boss so unless busy or in meetings I can scoot off as I please.

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male gigolo

Now I know why you can afford six new kites every season.

I work from 7am to 14knots...
or till I see a kite up from my studio window

FIFO mining. Short rosters, even time off. Live 2mins from perfect flat water spot and 2 mins from great wave spot. Can kite in winds close to home in almost 360 degree wind variations. Hard to be on site when the wind is in but being home with nothing to do but kite for 7 days a fortnight isn't too bad.

Paedophile hunter. Work hours vary.

Design and fix other companies IT .... working from 6 am to 2:30 ... guess when the seabreeze comes in... living 1 minute from the beach :-) life is good

as little as possible

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Part owner of an accounting practice.

Work is 15 minutes from beach and home is in between the two.

I'm the boss so unless busy or in meetings I can scoot off as I please.

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male gigolo

Now I know why you can afford six new kites every season.

Yes business is good with all the FIFO blokes away all the time

Steal burgers, at random times between Wind gusts, so people buy more
burgers to keep uncle Ronnie mc happy

I work in IT and volunteer to do after hours stuff and then take the hours owed as time in lieu.

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bene313 said..

Part owner of an accounting practice.

Work is 15 minutes from beach and home is in between the two.

I'm the boss so unless busy or in meetings I can scoot off as I please.

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male gigolo

Now I know why you can afford six new kites every season.

Yes business is good with all the FIFO blokes away all the time

Retired at 45
Will work if the right carrot dangled.

Building Project Manager. Long hours. 2 days a week in the Pilbara. Young family.

Yeah time is limited! still weasel in 2 sessions a week.

Retraining to be a High School Design Teacher.... Holidays are good yeah Eppo (all maths teachers are good at what they do BUT GOD THEY CAN BLUDGE) I am joking Eppo...

I was a Boat Builder specialising in Yachts... Worked right next to the water... Wind kicked in Kite went up... Boss was cool he was usually out fishing or sailing his wooden couta boat...

Then Kids came along and all of that stopped... So going to teach design and wood and 10 weeks holidays are pretty good. I live 10 minutes from the bay in Melbourne...

High school teacher. Live 2 mins from epic kite spot. On peninsula that picks up nearly every wind direction. Currently starting a school based kitesurfing club, demanding that school recognise me officially as "Dean of Kitesurfing" once club is fully functioning.

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Retraining to be a High School Design Teacher.... Holidays are good yeah Eppo (all maths teachers are good at what they do BUT GOD THEY CAN BLUDGE) I am joking Eppo...


No need to apologise, I was an extractive metallurgist in the my early days, teach maths now so I use 0.5% of my brain and bludge, then kite...that's the whole point, oh and to have a good old laugh with the kids, funny shts they are!




So going to teach design and wood and 10 weeks holidays are pretty good. I live 10 minutes from the bay in Melbourne...

Awesome, need more practical crew with experience...

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bene313 said..

Part owner of an accounting practice.

Work is 15 minutes from beach and home is in between the two.

I'm the boss so unless busy or in meetings I can scoot off as I please.

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male gigolo

Now I know why you can afford six new kites every season.

Yes business is good with all the FIFO blokes away all the time

I reckon on behalf of all the FIFO crew out there, it would be clear to say that a good accountant deserves good wind. Mine is a legend.

Draftsman....hrs 6am-3.45pm perfect for seabreezes, office has a window looking out on some trees that let me know when to rush home

I am Satan....I steal peoples dreams....rob peoples emotions and drain peoples will.
You mortals have given me a great starting list.......bwaaahaaaaaa...


and ps.... I work when YOU least expect me to.

I hate you all......

hate out.... Lucey

Im sure my boss checks seabreeze regularly so I work really hard and never have any time to get out on the water :-) - but yeah I work in a job that is super flexible and being kind of tied up in water quality stuff - means I have to go kiteboarding often to check out the water quality!!!

thanks for all replies . all sound good options
lets look at some of them : by the sound of it I have to go back to school (don't think so at 43 years old)
: become a teacher
: a computer nerd
or my favourite so far and it had to be stabber with the batman stealth kite design a brother to him as you cant beat Satan .
After all that I am very keen to hear about the labour workers out there . I am a diesel fitter , fitter and turner by trade , security officer , caravan park manager , c and b class wielder including high pressure , come with crane , loader and end loader tickets but I still want to learn more and given my age something less stress full on the body . Any thoughts out there not the male gigolo I did say less stress full .

Yeah, run you're own business with staff, your the boss take time off when you want....NOT !!!!!!!

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I am Satan....I steal peoples dreams....rob peoples emotions and drain peoples will.
You mortals have given me a great starting list.......bwaaahaaaaaa...


and ps.... I work when YOU least expect me to.

I hate you all......

hate out.... Lucey

I'm sure your my old boss
Keep them fires burning you grubby barstool

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thanks for all replies . all sound good options
lets look at some of them : by the sound of it I have to go back to school (don't think so at 43 years old)
: become a teacher
: a computer nerd
or my favourite so far and it had to be stabber with the batman stealth kite design a brother to him as you cant beat Satan .
After all that I am very keen to hear about the labour workers out there . I am a diesel fitter , fitter and turner by trade , security officer , caravan park manager , c and b class wielder including high pressure , come with crane , loader and end loader tickets but I still want to learn more and given my age something less stress full on the body . Any thoughts out there not the male gigolo I did say less stress full .

Yeh changing jobs, careers (whatever the tossers call them) is bloody hard. I have mates in the building trade, some skilled, some semi skilled and they seem to be able to start when they want, so early if they know its a Seabreeze, some of them even go back after to finish jobs off. That seems quite flexible and you seem to have some great practical skills.

Me I can solve a complex maths equation but couldn't put a bloody shelf up! Its the Homer Simpson job over and over again, just don't have it. Respect dudes who can do that practical stuff hey.

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suface2air said..

thanks for all replies . all sound good options
lets look at some of them : by the sound of it I have to go back to school (don't think so at 43 years old)
: become a teacher
: a computer nerd
or my favourite so far and it had to be stabber with the batman stealth kite design a brother to him as you cant beat Satan .
After all that I am very keen to hear about the labour workers out there . I am a diesel fitter , fitter and turner by trade , security officer , caravan park manager , c and b class wielder including high pressure , come with crane , loader and end loader tickets but I still want to learn more and given my age something less stress full on the body . Any thoughts out there not the male gigolo I did say less stress full .

Yeh changing jobs, careers (whatever the tossers call them) is bloody hard. I have mates in the building trade, some skilled, some semi skilled and they seem to be able to start when they want, so early if they know its a Seabreeze, some of them even go back after to finish jobs off. That seems quite flexible and you seem to have some great practical skills.

Me I can solve a complex maths equation that 99.9 percent of the population couldn't, but couldn't put a bloody shelf up! Its the Homer Simpson job over and over again, just don't have it. Respect dudes who can do that practical stuff hey. And don't think I'm smart or anything just maths comes easy to me, most other things I'm as dumb as sht.

So maybe something building trade orientated??

Hi guys.......just Satan here again. I just wanted to say......."I stole your Funking wind" , replaced it with burning fires and a heatwave suckers!

And just to pliussen you off some more, tomoz I'm gonna give you a nuking wind.....IN THE DEAD OPPOSITE OFFSHORE DIRECTION.


Suck it.