- Winter in Northern California and big waves are running

- Two surfers are flushed a mile out to sea in a 5 kt. rip current

- No one knows they are out there, sunset is approaching

- Exhausted from fighting the current they drift further offshore, deeper into cold and despair

- Hope slowly grows from the sea in an unexpected and unusual form ...


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Originally posted by kitecrazzzy

not about kiting...
2 surfers rescued by a stand up paddler

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ex surfer, ex wind surfer, ex kitesurfer.... I would say a personality worth to know of his good doing!!!

True, not directly about kiting. It is about a 60 year old kiter and waterman who saved two surfers through ability and heart in some fairly intense circumstances. In that way it has a bit in common with Mark Barnett's astounding NSW rescue of two tow-in surfers, fksa.org/showthread.php?t=742 . Or other rescue stories in "Way To Go" about other guys in Oz and beyond saving others.

These are stories of watermen who do what they love and sometimes pull others back from the edge. Standup is growing worldwide and among kiters too. Just one more possible benefit that comes with it. I suspect there are quite a few thinly populated kiting launches in Australia. Some might copy Ray's example in carrying a standup board just in case.