Kite the Reef, progress and man down!

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NSW, 884 posts
15 Aug 2015 11:43am
Yep, man down, not 100% confirmed who it was so won't say anything yet, but he suffered a broken femur! There is footage of someone being choppered out sometime yesterday....

Follow progress on the website here

http://www.kitethereef.org/
Lambie
Lambie
QLD
742 posts
QLD, 742 posts
15 Aug 2015 6:35pm
This is the link to the kite tracker - location and speed etc (very similar the to Sydney to Hobart yacht race yacht tracker).

You can also see where the 'man down' stopped - and all of the others hung around (by their tracks)

The one that hasn't continued on is Alex Unsworth by the look of it.

yb.tl/kitethereef
WillyO
WillyO
QLD
263 posts
QLD, 263 posts
16 Sep 2015 3:58pm
Is there any videos or blogs from this trip as the website doesn't seem to offer much information?
cauncy
cauncy
WA
8407 posts
WA, 8407 posts
16 Sep 2015 7:34pm
WillyO said...
Is there any videos or blogs from this trip as the website doesn't seem to offer much information?


Pretty sure kiteworldmag will have a big read up in issue 76,
Loftywinds
Loftywinds
QLD
2060 posts
QLD, 2060 posts
17 Sep 2015 6:49am
What a great idea.
KIT33R
KIT33R
NSW
1716 posts
NSW, 1716 posts
17 Sep 2015 8:25am

They raised over $100K for Motor Neurone Disease Research.
AntoineS
AntoineS
NSW
122 posts
NSW, 122 posts
17 Sep 2015 11:42am
WillyO, Loftywinds, they had daily updates and great video footage on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/kitethereef

Some mentions in mainstream media too: www.smh.com.au/national/so-long-and-thanks-for-the-sharks-kitesurfers-worldrecord-1000km-journey-20150820-gj3nno.html and even on overseas TV: www.nbcnews.com/video/kite-surfers-kite-the-reef-in-australia-to-fight-lou-gehrigs-disease-519472195566
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