Hi All,

I have noticed a lot of people landing their kites at Dutchies by attaching their bars to the bollards at the base of the dunes and then flying thier kites down to sit on the sand, on edge, whilst they walk down and grab them.

This is a bloody stupid, dangerous and has the potential to do people and the bollards some real harm. There are always people about to land you kite and if not do a self land or worse case scenario drop it and wrap it in on one line. We do not need any further reasons for the rangers to pull the plug on our patch of sand so if you see anyone contemplating this genius behavior please word them up or even better catch their kite!!


Cheers

an unmanned and uncontrolled kite powered up on a popular beach frequented by the general public
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? When not if something goes wrong dont call it an "accident"

If its on a bow kite, then there shouldn't be an issue with this technique. With the kite max depowered it will sit at the edge of the window on the sand with very little pull and wait to be landed.

So its safe on bows???? What happens if theres a change in wind velocity???? doesnt your wind windows edge change...
an invert/twist is scary when youve actually got control of the thing

"accidents" are unforseen unexpected events. Negligence is that what this will be in a courts/councils eyes

could just yank on a front line and land the bow thing properly??

Hi guys,

I think this is a pretty dumb way to self land in general when there are other safer ways to land on your own, I'm sure the novelty is appealing but if there are other people around to land your kite, then take advantage of their help as it is a lot more fool proof, not perfect either but a lot better.

If no one is around and the beach is clear it may be OK, but personally I would still prefer more traditional methods, like letting go of the bar, letting the kite crash down on the adge of the wind window, walking upwind a bit and then pulling the front safety line to drop the canopy to the beach. This method works just about everytime for me and if it does go wrong, at least the kite is flagged on the safety leash and can do no harm.

It's time to be a bit more responsible. If a newbie with a "C" kite sees this method and decides to try it for themselves you could inadvertently and indirectly be the cause of a ban.

Play it safe people, especially with the beaches being so Christmas crowded.

Good winds,