Was it one of the new "bow" kites or an older "c" kite????

I've heard that the bow kites are a lot safer, but if anything goes wrong they tend to fall out of the air. (That's what makes the safer) Where as the old C kites tend to just keep powering up.

If it was a bow, then in this case falling out of the sky is maybe not so safe.

Think the windsurfer was lucky the lines didn't tangle in his rig/him that could have been nasty.

If I was windsurfing and that happened in front of me, if the kite was downwind, I'd drop into the water, till he'd got clear. If he was upwind, just have to pick the safest looking course and keep fingers crossed and get out of there as quick as possible.

Sounds to me like one of those things.
sometimes kites will luff and if not rigged/trimmed properly can drop out of the sky, especially in gusty conditions and/or in a newbies hands.

I guess it has to be asked, but why kite right smack bang in a mob of windsurfers all trying to break the 200km/h mark?

I think you should call it your local Leech
And I am bummed to the max that you mentioned you were there with a couple of mates
But I agree totally with you on the windsurfer/kiter interaction thingy. With 8 to 10 windsurfers out the place does get squishy. Throw some strings in amongst the action and it gets stoopid
I personally think that the kiters who kite there are surfers and go there for the wave?
Thats why I go there