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Kite Surfers At The Pond

Karl

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Karl Fehlauer
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The Pond is located in Rockingham Western Australia and attracts kite surfers from all over the world.

Every year our local council would carry out sand works to keep a channel for small boats open and not get filled by incoming sand; however, last year (Jan 2025) they decided to stop doing that as it was costing too much and as a result nature has taken over. Many claimed that it would be the end for kite surfers; however, it has made it more popular, in fact yesterday there would have been at 50 kite surfers enjoying both The Pond and the open ocean. Image 1 is from Jan 25 and image 2 is from Aug 25 and the rest of the images are of some of the kite surfers enjoying themselves there.

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It is for me ;););)

AFAIK there has only been one serious injury there in a longtime and that was a few years back when one of the Kite Surfers went too high, got caught by a big gust of wind and was forced into one of the big pine trees that you can see in the background - he was lucky it was there or he would have ended up hitting a house :oops:
 
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