Yeah, definately looks painfull!

Hope he is alright

Looks like he tried to jump the C kite ready to be landed. Then the small kite he was flying dropped him hard and he over corrected and kite looped on landing.

Twat for boosting on the beach in the first place.

Check out the still, huge BOW style depower throw. But the depower didnt work in this wind, over confidence gave him a proper shafting

http://cbs4.com/local/Kite.Surfer.las.2.798049.html

Ban parasailing in Florida I say!!

Luckily no kiteboarders were stupid enough to go out in that storm.


The end of the news report said he was OK. He'd better buy a lottery ticket after that one!!

tightlines said...
Judging by the fact that he was even going out in those sort of winds you would have to assume he was reasonably experienced

The accident occured at Fort Lauderdale Florida in Tropical Storm Fay.

Which part of "experienced" and kiting in Tropical Storm Fay go together?

Mmmm pies....

I have some vague recollections of my early days when I was getting thumped up and down the beach. Of that first touchdown after being hauled into the air becoming the instinctive time to pull the QR, the kite depowering and the spanking coming to an end. Can't say I've had any serious thumpings on land for a while, but I still practice with the QR regularly.

urrgh .. that was a sickening vision ...

Why did he run and send the kite back?

Looks like there was a crowd trying to save his C kiter mate.
I recon he thought he would show them all he could do a jump and simply depower his bow kite. It's my evil thought for the day [}:)]

Seriously tho

2 things come to mind and sunsequent lessons can be learnt .Florida is notorious for light wind and no doubt when the wind came up with the storm and things looked wicked for a high wind session (as they did at the end of the news story where the guy is out while the guy is rounding out the story) the local crew got raging hard ons and headed out .The big blow came through and the rest is history .We have had crappola winds for nearly a year and when we get a big southerly blow and some good swell no doubt our local crew will be heading out (and have done so in the past ) BEWARE FOLKS there will always be wind at some time in the future and if in doubt go without (yes I know the pain can be hard ,especially if you have taken the day off to make the most of it ,but not half as painful as your brain passing through your eye sockets as your head comes to a screaming halt as it meets the concrete wall)

Perhaps the camera crew filming the " mad" kitesurfers kind of spurred them on to put on a show ,again don't let the desire to be famous for 10 seconds on tonights weather shot allow common sense and good judgement to go out the window

Be safe have fun

windgardium leviosssssaaaaaaa!!!!!

That sounds like a tough life, how many 10s have you been through?

Anyway, lets have some compassion for the guy, his family and friends. We all make mistakes, he has made one now too, and has paid a very heavy price.

Could be one of us next time.................

Your kidding right ?(mr groovy buddhisty type sand drawing photo guy.)
Imagine if his brains had have been splatted .then it would have made the channel 10 nightly news or worse the channel 9 ,7 , SBS and ABC and not only would kiteboarding have been banned there but by the nanny state (wrap us all up in cotton wool) here as well

Uoh alright .....I wish you and your family all the best and hope that your recovery is as fast and painless as possible (ya goose)

well that made me wince. poor bastard.
even if your the best rider in the world sh#t can go wrong so have your below the bar safety hooked up when flying in unpredictable winds so you only have to pull one qr to flag out. that was horrible.

Its good to have your safety leash attached full time to a flagging line. The worst always happens when you least expect it. Like this bloke in Florida on the news.

This is a video of a single action release and how to successfully land your kite the quickest way in cyclonic squals.



There are no moving parts on the kites to surprise the rider. All the kite control is in your hands in reach and its up to you how you use it.
www.newkiteboarding.com

At 0:16 to 0:17 he gets picked up and lofted what seems to be about 40-50m. In the next second he seems to accelerate in the air. This suggests he was moving in the order of 160kph or more.

What strikes me is that while the medics are unsure if he'll live, his so called "friends" are in complete denial that he's not going to be ok. If his "friends" are that ignorant, it doesnt say much for this guys mentality or that of the other guys on the beach who put their kites up in storm that even has its own name.

So is Kitesurfing a dangerous sport, or is it that some people who do it are dangerously ignorant of the hazards ?

Hands up anyone who has gone (or would go) out in an approaching cyclone....

the real story:

fksa.org/showthread.php?p=35987#post35987


courtesy ianc