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3 Responses to “I Get Hysterical In Open Water, I Love To Learn To Kite Surf But I Can’t Get Past My Knees?”

1. spaghetti arms Says:
   December 1st, 2009 at 1:38 pm

   hysterical? really? i don’t recommend doing anything in the ocean if you’re hysterical. in fact the most important thing in the ocean is to remain calm and alert. perhaps you could start tackling your fear by taking swimming classes in a pool and working on becoming very physically competent in the water, which would give you a solid base of confidence with which to begin approaching the ocean. maybe you could take your child with you to swim class as well. mommy and me perhaps?
   please don’t follow the other posters advice on practicing in a tide pool or other kind of standing water near the beach. such “ponds” as she calls them often seem safe to moms and children but they are well known to be rife with bacteria, ecoli, and other nasty bits, so the ocean though perhaps daunting is much safer for you and your child any day. just stay in the shallows.

2. She's a Rebel Says:
   December 1st, 2009 at 4:23 pm

   if you wanna learn to kite surf, try doing it over a pond. by pond i mean the salwater ones that connect to breach water, because they are usually calm, shallow, and perfect for learning to to kitesurf, that is where i first leanred to windsurf

3. Suspension Queen Says:
   December 1st, 2009 at 8:14 pm

   jump off a bridge to get over this fear quickly. It’s called “flooding” in the Psychological world.

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