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Friday 14th October, 2011 - 9:29am

URGENT - ACTION REQUIRED: Kitesurfers have been working on getting access to Ho'okipa and according to Josh Stone, who has been communicating with Maui County Council, the lifeguards and the Police, are very close to restricting the access of windsurfers as well.

Signs have even been ordered by the Parks Department with the rule changes. The original 'kiter plan' is alleged to have been that if 10 surfers OR 10 windsurfers were in the water, the kiters should leave. (Windsurfers already have to follow the 10-surfer rule regardless of wind conditions).

 The oonsensus is that this would allow kiters a safer environment without potential for line tangles with windsurfers. It seems now that the kiters have campaigned to be allowed access to middles - which would allow them to avoid the main Ho'okipa and point section rules - AND to have a 5-surfer rule put against the windsurfers.

Sources suggest that Josh Stone is unhappy with this and that the change is not what was discussed at meetings - referred to so far as 'the gentlemen's agreement'. Serious and polite messages of opposition can be emailed urgently to Maui Councillor Mike White via his website.

Issue 28 - Read it Now!

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