Dont know about Frantic Mike but doesnt appear to be any of the regular crew.......given the wind only got to about 15 knots its shaping up to be a newbie... still, hope hes gonna be ok...multiple critical injuries doesnt sound to good.

If it was a regular we would have heard by now...

A kite surfer died after he hit the concrete at Redcliffe's Suttons Beach yesterday afternoon.

The 28-year-old Wynnum man was kite surfing on Suttons Beach when he was caught up in a gust of wind.

He then hit the concrete footpath and suffered head and chest injuries.

A Department of Community Safety spokeswoman said emergency services were called to the incident at 2.26pm and the man was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital in a critical condition.

A Queensland Police Service spokeswoman said the man died from his injuries late Sunday afternoon.

www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/moreton/kite-surfer-dies-from-injuries-suffered-in-accident-at-redcliffe/story-fn8m0yu3-1226289241589





This is the only information we can find after much calling around and investigation. We need some more information from anyone who know's more - please give us a call at the shop on (07) 3284 1186

All at Kitepower QLD offer our condolences to this mans family, this is terrible news for all involved :-(

Not good at all , my heart sank after reading this , condolances to his family.

... damn,,,, thats horrible news indeed , condolences to the family!!

INTHELOOP said...

so sad!!
how far is the rock wall from the waters edge?

Low tide at the time it happened - 30-40m from the waters edge and the back of the wall is totally lined with trees.

Still no more info...

Tragic news, condolences to family and friends.

God thats tragic. 28! so young. Iv been kitting for 12 mths and id have to say there is always someone to lend a hand for new kiters. It reminds me to be safe, leave room and step in when i see i can help someone. I might rethink the helmet thing to!!

The next time i see a newbie struggling ill step in faster. I feel for whoever saw this bloke "if anyone was there" and didn't step in, in time.

If his family needs help let us know, at 28 there could be a wife or child that needs support. Perhaps we could all put in some cash to help them. We all spend so much cash on the pursuit of speed, i know we can all give a little.

Ill be wearing a black band next time Im on the water to. Might be nice for his family to see. I don't no, iv not lost like that, so Im no expert.

RIP brother!

We are not too sure who he is yet, is there anyone who can shed some light on who he was? I am sure Briskites and Kitepower would have no problems at all teaming up to raise money for the family, I know I will be there to lend a hand and raise money.

Thanks SadDay for passing on the information.

On behalf of all the Seabreeze community we send our condolence's to all Julian's loved one's, family and friends.

Please update us with any information so we can assist anyway possible

so sad so young
thoughts to family and friends

Very sad indeed.....a sad reminder that Redcliffe is not a place for beginners....things happen very quickly when mistakes are made with a kite. There is very little room for errors around the redcliffe beaches. Such a sad way to see a fellow kiwi go home .
Hiere ra
and to his family ....E aroha nui atu ana ki a koe i tēnei wā

so sad...

If there is anything to take from this is not to hold back from giving some friendly advice to someone who looks inexperienced or out of their depth...

condolences to his family...

RIP brother...

wldistel said...




God thats tragic. 28! so young. Iv been kitting for 12 mths and id have to say there is always someone to lend a hand for new kiters. It reminds me to be safe, leave room and step in when i see i can help someone. I might rethink the helmet thing to!!

The next time i see a newbie struggling ill step in faster. I feel for whoever saw this bloke "if anyone was there" and didn't step in, in time.

If his family needs help let us know, at 28 there could be a wife or child that needs support. Perhaps we could all put in some cash to help them. We all spend so much cash on the pursuit of speed, i know we can all give a little.

Ill be wearing a black band next time Im on the water to. Might be nice for his family to see. I don't no, iv not lost like that, so Im no expert.

RIP brother!

Sadly, everyone was at clean up Australia day demo with most of the kite surfers from Redcliffe attending. If any of had of seen him there would be no doubt at all that we would have stepped in, even to the point of deflating his kite if he doesn't listen. But lets not turn this into one of 'those' forums, lets leave this page for condolences.

Greetings all ...
I am a guitar teacher living in Wynnum and this guys girlfriend is one of my students (and a good friend).
With the help of some of my other students we have been trying to comfort Karice in this time of sorrow. She is absolutely shattered by the untimely passing of Julian.
Maybe some support from your community would be a help to her ... I'm not sure.. but I'm quite concerned about her at present as she is taking it very hard.
Just some emails to her Facebook account (Karice French) might be of help... who knows.
She is deverstated that she cant attend the funeral as it will be held back in New Zealand.... Anyone work for a travel agent...??...
Myself and my musician friends are trying to get some money together for the
air-fair for her to go...I'm sure we will get it together but we are all musicians so we're not rich so any help would be greatly appreciated.
I can be contacted at

[email protected]

Thank you all and be safe out there

Regards

Randall