G'day guys
Im a newbi at this game and am wondering what are the essential safety gear?. I know that a QR on the harness is a must but what about hook knifes and boyancy vests?

What are your opinions on teh nessesity (sp) of hook knifes and boyancy vests and any other safety gear i should look into. Cheers

P.S i will avoid a leg rope

Most of my mates wear Gath helmets, and I'm getting one too.

Booties can be handy, depending on where you kite. One of my mates wears an impact vest, like a wake board stykle one. See the odd guy with them on. I have been winded from crashes, it's porobably worth considering I guess.

In the end it's down to how much gear you wanna cart around and have to put on when you're frothign to get out there. Helmest always make sense I reckon. Unconscious and hooked in would not be a good thing.

i wouldn't take a knife out, your just as likely to stab yourself after a massive crash

I thought as a last hope thing to cut the lines?,,,, or fishing... fark i dunno :P just collecting some info hahaha. Do people recomend boyancy vests? or are tehy too restricting?

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knives have one purpose cutting lines off of cray pots that have 20m flowing behind or blow across a narrow channel, put in the surf break or belonging to hardie (just joking on the last one)