john8oy76 said...
Anyone heard about this accident in Jomtien in Thailand ?
I'm not familiar with kitesurfing in Thailand at all. One of the people in this story is only 14 years old.
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Bangkok post story

Paragliders end up injured on hotel rooftop

Two French paragliderswere seriously injured when a gust of wind blew them onto the roof of a Jomtien Beach hotel in Chon Buri province Wednesday afternoon.

Narayan Keita, 28 and 14-year-old Tatyana Fadeyeya sufferedbroken bones and serious cuts when wind shot the paragliders 200 metres into the air before dragging them onto the roof of the Marina Building of the Ambassador City Jomtien Hotel in tambon Na Jomtien of Sattahip district.



apparently the were paragliding behind a boat, the usual tourist thing in Thailand, I watched them In Phuket last year, many close calls with unexpected dumps in the water, missed landings, hitting palm tress, and other objects/people on beach, not surprised, tow rope probably snapped.

Surfer62 said...
Bangkok post story

Paragliders end up injured on hotel rooftop

apparently the were paragliding behind a boat, the usual tourist thing in Thailand, I watched them In Phuket last year, many close calls with unexpected dumps in the water, missed landings, hitting palm tress, and other objects/people on beach, not surprised, tow rope probably snapped.

While I was in Pattaya a woman on her honeymoon tried this paragliding behind a speedboat (very popular there). The tow rope wrapped around the prop pulling her real fast straight into the prop. Needless to say she did not survive the honeymoon was over. One hour later it was business as usual and paragliding was as popular as ever.

ParaSailing, is a way of introducing peeps to a (lame) aviated activity, i.e. rope generating lift.

Please don't confuse it with the other free flying sports..

puppetonastring said..

surfingboye said..

I knew someone would!

I was hoping this was said troll from the start.

Tony Armstrong said..
ParaSailing, is a way of introducing peeps to a (lame) aviated activity, i.e. rope generating lift.

Please don't confuse it with the other free flying sports..

Be careful, the windsurfers may substitute the first word in that post with 'kiting'

In those days even the 4 line kites had almost no depower!