NSW
1302 posts
Any news on the Kiter who hit rocks at soldiers last week choppered out hope he's ok I didn't think anyone kited there with huge stretches of beach on either side compared with soldiers which is pretty tight.safe kiting everyone
NSW
96 posts
It was in the paper today but not much news other than he was from Yamba and had suspected spinal and internal injuries. In a serious but stable condition at John Hunter Hospital.
Ive kited soldiers a couple of times and it has never been great. Very gusty in a northeasterly and too onshore in a southerly for my liking. The rips are ferocious too and if you get in trouble out there theres no easy way in to shore either. As you say there are pretty awesome beaches either side for all wind directions and heaps of space and no cliffs. I can only presume he thought it looked like a great set up on Google maps (which is why I've tried it a couple of times) and unfortunately got into trouble in a gust.
WA
1549 posts
He lost control of his kite apparently.
NSW
42 posts
His names Pete he set up his kite to close to the cliff and a gust lofted him into a huge bolder and dragged him over it and onto another rock on the other side and woke up being air lifted out. He's ok was out a day lafter with two broken ribs lots of bruising and some chipped teeth and lots of abrasions. And in true kite obsessive disorder was kiting a couple of days later
