found this little snippit...coldn't stop laughing hope it doesn't happen to me

Static

Last night was interesting. Out at Long Rock, Marazion, Cornwall, UK, wind was dropping, felt around 12 mph, low cloud and the odd rumble of thunder.

I threw up my 18 meter X2 and was happily crusing for 15 minutes until CLICK my whole arm just, erm, clicked. I looked at my hand to check it out, then CLICK my other arm did it, but I guessed what it was. My kite was picking up static from the low clouds.

Holy sh#t batman. Lets get the f#ck outa here.

..... no, no, no. Hang on. Would my idiot brother get out? No. *sigh*

The wind picked up quite a bit over the next 15 minutes. I was nicely powered, then on a long run out to sea ...BZZZZZZZT. Aaaarrrgh! With the whole of my left side twitching and hurting I dipped the kite onto the water and limped back to shore. Scared ****less, crapping my pants. Also cursing myself for being supid enough to stay in.

No doubt, that was the worst electric shock I've ever had.

1st of October, 2004@8:17:32 AM

oioi that happended at tannum one arvo i kept gettin zapped by my bar from all ther static. and whan ya do jumps on the beach when ya feet hit the ground its zaps ya feet sumthin chronic.. was acually pretty fun.

yea i know a few people that has happened to

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Originally posted by sanamarco

azza

Are you serious???

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you're not really canadian are you sanamarco, you're from the US?

Hey, Stamp....i take offence to that!!!

So i'm a little gullible (ok, a lot gullible) but i work in electronics manufacturing and some of the electrical engineers here do some wierd things.

hey sanamarco,

wanna job as an off shore survey technician based in WA/Perth???? PM me if ya do, could be a work visa and relocation in it for ya! This time I BS you not.

Cheers,
AzzA