Allowing again kitesurfing in Greek waters (by KiteMag.gr)

Eightsmileys Kitesurfing School

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2011-06-03 10:28

The democracy permits cigarettes, alcohol, very non healthy products to be sold and consumed by people. It is not nice to ban any sport that brings joy, happiness and health to people! Sadly the people that make this kind of decisions have no clue what athleticism is about neither what is the sea. They just know that is blue and dangerous :( Ancient Greeks had a saying that in order to have a healthy mind you had to have a healthy body! Kitesurfing for some people in Greece = health. Society decides to make a law when someone does something stupid! Ex. Someone gets in a swimmers area with his kite and performs tricks! You don't need a law to stop this...it's logical! Just put him in jail or make him pay a fine! Unfortunately in Greece after such an event the "authorities" decide to ban the whole sport = banning kitesurfing surely derives from a few incidents of "show offs, stupid" people that had the authorities taking them seriously and just saying "Let's ban kitesurfing, it's easier" This is not a wise decision because the majority of kitesurfers are good people that love the sea & environment + respect the forces of nature...authorities this is a sport it is not gambling, selling drugs etc...Gather a group of top athletes-kitesurfers to tell you what is kitesurfing and what can go wrong = write down restrictions..."You don't close down a school because a few students are behaving badly"

THIS IS NONSENSE...GREECE HAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND FOR ATHLETICISM, THE NICEST WEATHER ALL YEAR AROUND, GREAT CUISINE...GREECE CAN GET SO MUCH TOURISM BUT THEY DECIDE TO "BAN"...IS THIS THE BEST SOLUTION?!