fark self landing at that place all ways hectic with wind swirls, lull's and gusts on the grass, if I was last man standing id just flag the kite out over the water seen too many eaten by the tree.

why would you attempt a self land at peli , that's just plain idiotic ?

punch out in the shallows.

I would say he had a BOW movement after pulling the qr . glad you made it . Yep I am with others if it is a just a little suspect get into knee deep and flag it . The only way to be safe .
Live today to kite another .

I'm sick of hearing about people kooking out and nearly dying.. You made a crap decision, and you paid the price.

Self landing at pelican point = plain stupidity

You were quick to pay out on the guy that needed rescuing a few weeks back..

If you were smarter you wouldn't be attempting a self land at peli.. Or even bother kiting there full stop

Just wondering why you would flag out in the water??

I self land all the time in the water and no need to flag out?? Just do it exactly the same as on land and run up your flagging lines and grab the kite??

belldiver said..

Just wondering why you would flag out in the water??

I self land all the time in the water and no need to flag out?? Just do it exactly the same as on land and run up your flagging lines and grab the kite??

If you are comfortable with that then do it, i never liked having the lines loose around me in the water. If you kook up on land self landings you will probably kook up using the same method in the water, in which case play it safe and pull the safety. Also never hurts to give your safety a go now and then.

well at the very least your one day closer to your demise

Freddofrog said...
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Be safe people..

Directly translates to - kooks, get an idea, fast

Speaking of easy and quick, marking prices on your buy/sell adds doesn't take much time to do ITL

Freddofrog said..

I probably should have pulled my safety the moment it took off again but thought it should be ok.

Yeah, probably eh so what in your wealth of experience made you think it should be ok?

QR is the first reaction you should have, not the last. Yet again QED.

I personally believe self landing and self launching should be covered in the progressions when learning to kite. It is something you are inevitably going to do at some point and we are all left either learning from word of mouth or watching badly made You Tube videos to learn how to do it. If the proper education was there around self landing and launching and when and when not to attempt it I think there would be a lot less kitetastrophies. Of course common sense at the end of the day is going to make the biggest difference which unfortunately is in short supply a lot of the time. Simple rule???.."If in doubt DON'T!"