Kiter boy posted a gumtree ad and in the thread it got talking about how stuff can be really crazy.

Below is 2 things that have happened to him in the past (or that he's seen), and I'm interested what crazy s**t others have seen from guys with kites???

I haven't seen anything as plain old stupid as below but I'm sure lots of you have!

Please share


Yeah I've stopped a few in my time - like the dude with the 12m in gusty frontal 25kts with his mate hot launching him dead downwind. I sprinted a long way to stop that happening. Bar rigged all in reverse. He listened for 10 minutes, waited till I turned my back, launched anyway. Dragged about 100m on his belly on the sand, pulled safety, went home bleeding, never showed again.

More recently the 2 guys way out at low tide with the 18m kite that wouldn't launch. I'm watching thinking something's really wrong there. I wandered over that time, watched them walking on the kite while trying to launch it, only half pumped so it's flopping everywhere and they're walking up and down on it. Get there and they've got a 2 line bar on a 4 line kite, only attached to front pigtails. He's wearing a weight lifting belt with the bar tied to it. Good thing it never launched, tied to a 18m with no release and no steering. That coulda been fun.

I once saw a fight between a taco and a toasted cheese. ..

Did a good one myself by accident ! I was practicing water starts in about 20 odd knots with a 12 m switchy , not in as deep a water as I should of been , got in to water start position , prepared to dive the kite but barred in on the backstroke ! Got boosted straight up lost my board and crashed kite and all in knee deep water ! While I was sitting there in a fair bit of pain , some random dude ran up to me and said, Man that was f"@&$:n awesome ! Then ran off ! Earned two sprained ankles and a broken tailbone ! Lesson learned

10 years ago at Space in Ibiza saw two high supermodels in bikinis, snogging.. was crazy

Out on a Psycho4 19, having a nice time then the wind shifted and hit gusty as he'll. ride out a surge and got pushed to shore and felt it building again so I hit the QR expecting the kite to drop in the beach...

Nope. A knot on the 5th line broke and kite, bar and lines sailed over:
the beach
the trees lining the road
the road
the YMCA campground and lodges...

Finally coming to rest just in front of the row of houses bordering the paddy fields behind the YMCA.

Not a mark on the kite! Until earlier this year, landng on what I thought was a clear stretch of sandy beach... Ripped a hole on along someone had buried after an illegal fire :(

Maybe it was a Deloreon kite! Back to the future baby !

kemp90 said..
Meny moons ago I tryed landing in a real gusty spot, wind pick up the kite and lifted me into the trees. Kite was unharmed suprising

Many moons ago, I learnt to spell & write correctly. Surprisingly, those skills have been useful in a number of situations.

Hybrid_Z said..
I for one am surprised to read that the craziest thing Plummet has seen is Plummet.

really? i'm not at all surprised...

default said..
10 years ago at Space in Ibiza saw two high supermodels in bikinis, snogging.. was crazy

lucky you, I saw 2 blokes holding hands and walking down the beach at kitestock

default said..
10 years ago at Space in Ibiza saw two high supermodels in bikinis, snogging.. was crazy

Devastated it was 10 years ago. Nowadays you would have your mobile handy to film it and post it for the rest of us to enjoy.

Juddy said..

kemp90 said..
Meny moons ago I tryed landing in a real gusty spot, wind pick up the kite and lifted me into the trees. Kite was unharmed suprising

Many moons ago, I learnt to spell & write correctly. Surprisingly, those skills have been useful in a number of situations.

do you feel cool, giving me a hard time because I have trouble spelling!

Trapped said...
I saw this thread once that could've been cool but went the way of a speeding freight train and derailed into bullshut.
Kind of expected these days on Seabreeze.

I second that! All in favour say "I"

Sounds like all your dreams 'came' true

suniboy21 said..
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/251584093249

30m kite? That's crazy

Would love to get take it out for a spin

Daniel1973 said..

Trapped said...
I saw this thread once that could've been cool but went the way of a speeding freight train and derailed into bullshut.
Kind of expected these days on Seabreeze.

I second that! All in favour say "I"

No wind, no sun... makes Kitesurfers go crazy.

People ask to go kiting ? That **** cray !