G'day all,

kite fever can affect people different ways but one of the funniest was one of the guys here was so keen to get out, when going back to his car 40 minutes later after a session and grab a smaller kite, he realised that he left his car running. He had jumped out of his car in such a hurry he forgot to shut the car down!!!! Doh!!!

Anyway, just thought I'd share for a giggle, any one else had something similar happen?

cheers,

Robbie

Was once in such a hurry that I joined the bridle lines together instead of connecting them to the lines, turned it a bit for a self launch and it blew away down wind

Have rushed into the water many times still wearing my sunnies.

I've changed to a smaller kite, then unhooked, missed a trick and let the bar go only to realise I never hooked my leash up when I changed kites

NickT said...

I've grabbed my kite and board in a hurry to the beach before only to have to turn around and get my harness and lines i'd left out drying the night before.

Ha Ha . Ive done that one before!! Luckily my mate had a spare one in his car so i didn't have to drive home and get it..

pull up on the beach 24+kn cross shore 4'+, already a few out ,rush to set up.
4 hours on the water smile from ear to ear then realised i'd left window open...

looked like someone had emptied a 10kg bag of sand all through the car

wouldn't of liked to clean the vacuum filters at the local car wash

last session on my brand spanking new kite... I noticed the bridle and steering connection points were different, aka bridle was a larks and the steering lines were loops. What i didn't notice was that i had connected up the left steering line to my center so that i only had 2 lines connected to the bar, went for a self launch in offshore conditions, solo kiting at this point. Very lucky I noticed instantly and sprinted towards the kite and it dropped in a good position. very VERY LUCKY!!

NickT said...

I've changed to a smaller kite, then unhooked, missed a trick and let the bar go only to realise I never hooked my leash up when I changed kites

hahahaha thats gold, did that at the start of the week, but didn't let go! Never been so hard to get the damn chicken loop back in its place!

I lost 3 pairs of those fancy Ion sunglasses in a month, lesson learnt I now use safety glasses.