I have friends in Los Barriles who insist they launch with the kite towards land. Not anything about the length of the walk but they pointed out how many kites miss launched ended up in the fence or on the shack. They strongly believe that when things go wrong, the kite pulls throughout the wind ...

FromIKSURFMaG on Facebook sums up my thoughts
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Great reading on this thread. My comment is to relax!!!! 2011 I barely wanted to go to Nitinhat because of what I called Kite Nazi's. So many ego's with their vision of what needs to go on.... I've kited all over the place and encountered some really different launches, go to Maui & check out that ...