What did you end up doing to your arm and shoulder , the boys said it looked pretty ugly .
Sounds like you came pretty close to doing a lot of damage .

Hope you get better soon mate .

Mike

A few drugs and poped the bitch back in, and all is well. ok.... I did scream like a little bitch.... They said it was a weird dislocation, pushed the arm bone into a odd place. The first they had seen like it at the Charlies. Looked like a nasty snap and felt like it. Hi speed impact. I'm still picking sand out of my nose and ears.

P.S - A split second after the line broke and the kite went into a powered kite loop, my game was to drive the kite into the sand, achieved this on the second bounce... a tip for young players

no probs johnno. i'm sure you would have done the same. when i spoke with ozzy this morning and said it was only dislocated i was stoked for you. if that had of been a break you may have missed the whole season. i was sure it was broken when the ambo's and everyone rolled you over and saw this mangled up arm i was sure it was in 3 pieces. definately the worst wipeout i've ever seen. hope your back on the water soon.

surely the lesson for young players would be to engage the safety quick release as soon as a line snaps? Bugger diving the kite, your only asking for another loop

be careful on the immediate eject. you never know, it could be the one that would flag the kite.
but also, if it is really bad, dont hesitate. just a thought.

Hope you have a speedy recovery Jonhno.

When did this happen mate? I thought that was your car sitting there this morning, was it a yesterday afternoon adventure? My sympathies.

JohnnoKeys said...


lose a front line on a hybrid type kite and they straight into a powered kite loop, especially at 25knots. A really scary concept.

Oddly enough I had the front line go on a crossbow two and nothing happened, but maybe I was lucky. I was mid way through a jump, the line snapped and I dropped like a stone.

A scary one for sure. Good to hear it is not too bad.

I stayed off the water this past weekend.............to cold.

Feel for you Johno I had this happen on my 13 m Ozone edge at Scaborough beach Queensland ...... had a Rear line break just up from the bar, I dropped the kite into the water and managed to get hold of the free line and walk to the beach with the kite pulling me in,almost got the kite over and down on the beach and got a gust. The line was ripped out of my fingers,and off she went,looping like crazy, the force from the kite ripped one of the handle pass safety line connections off one side of my new hadlow harness when I let the bar go, this turned me around so I was facing away from the kite,I couldn,t reach the safety so got dragged up the beach into some rocks. The bar got caught momentarily on the rocks. This held the kite just long enough for me to pic myself up and turn around, just as I reached for the safety the bar slipped off the rocks took out the headlight of a car parked in the car park and took off looping over the car park and dragging me backwards again. Up over the rocks and through the car carpark we went. The kite eventually got caught on a fence on the other side of a clearing throught the carpark, and we all came to a rest,dirty ,sore and bleeding like a stuck pig, I was kiting with the regular crew that day but there was no one on the beach to help land as they were all out on the water, they were curious to know why I was packing my kite so far from the beach though. .....Lesson of the day leave the safety hooked to the number 2 or4 line when landing or launching an ozone edge if something goes wrong it will flag out completely and ....no worries. I had it around the stopper ball under the bar (makes it easier to unspin the lines ). The 5th line on these kites don't operate like the 5th line on most kites. The bridle type connection to the leading edge changes completely the handling characteristics once you let go of the bar compared to say a North Rebel or Rhino. This was nearly 2 months ago and I am still feelin the pain. I wish you a quick recovery (glad to know I am not the only one to suffer this sort of an accident.)

getfunky said...

I am sorry to hear about your pain Johnno.

Perhaps the lesson here should not only be about replacing frayed lines but pulling moves "fully powered 5m from shore "???

As an expert kiter I am sure you would drill it into every newbie you meet to leave a margin for error...

Could have been worse than it was by the sounds. Hope you get back soon (so you can share your new-found wisdom).

settle