Safety Tip... Don't electrocute your kite!

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VIC, 203 posts
29 May 2013 9:30am
Hello Melbournites... with the winter squalls we have come to expect each season make sure you give yourself plenty of safe distance downwind.

BBQ'd kite is never great...



Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity by flying a kite.

I honoured Franklin's legend with a similar discovery. See what may happen in kiteboarding with too much speed, power lines, and a beginner. Shot in Boracay's Bulabog Beach with a GoPro2. Many thanks to the professional staff at Ocean Republic for their help.

Bzzzzzzt!!! I wish Ben Franklin is proud of me.

RPM
RPM
WA
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RPM RPM
WA, 1549 posts
29 May 2013 7:33am

I love the kookey look and fist pumps on the dude.. Priceless!

Ah the memories at Boracay.. Never again
austin
austin
671 posts
671 posts
29 May 2013 8:33am
or if the sky turns black and you get a tingly sensation on the bar come in!
seb2
seb2
VIC
231 posts
VIC, 231 posts
29 May 2013 1:31pm
I'm really surprised he didn't get electrocuted. I wonder if some bars are designed in order to prevent this....
I think he should count himself lucky.

When i'm kiting in stormy conditions i get quite big electric shocks from Static discharge whenever i do a jump, others around me didn't seem to have the same shocks, so it suggests some bars transfer electricity differently.

I would like to know if he was holding the bar when it hit the lines or if he had let go, i wonder if it makes a difference..perhaps not. Maybe the bar was submerged?


here's a Benjamin Franklin article.
http://www.codecheck.com/cc/BenAndTheKite.html


Chris_M
Chris_M
2132 posts
2132 posts
29 May 2013 6:34pm
Ha! All filmed on the kooky go pro too! Too funny!!!
kiteboy dave
kiteboy dave
QLD
6525 posts
QLD, 6525 posts
29 May 2013 9:51pm
Any chance of the straight footage too?
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