I have quickly learnt that kids are attracted to bright objects in the sky. I have also quickly learnt that the notion of responsible parenting has completely gone out the window.

On Saturday I was flying my trainer kite at one of the more popular kite boarding beaches. The wind was in the wrong direction to be on the water so there was absolutely no one on the beach.

About 45mins into my session the wind picked up and started gusting very strongly. I was starting to lose control of the kite so was starting to land the kite. Due to the strength of the wind it wasn't the easiest task. Whilst this was happening I noticed 2 kids walking along the beach, they would have been 4-5 years old max. Knowing that it wasn't the best situation I wasn't feeling very comfortable having kids around me. I was trying to tell them to stay away, however with their parents some 500m away it wasn't really working.

Anyway to cut a long story short my kite powered up again and flipped over and went into a death spin. Before crashing back to earth some 5m away from these kids. Who now proceeded to quickly move away.

So how do you deal with young kids who don't have their parents near them?? I don't really want to have an accident and risk the council banning kites from the beach.