Geez, best of luck Jono!

Just awful to hear this - best wishes for your recovery Johnno.

Stay Safe everyone - be super careful with onshore winds.

tightlines said...
Damn that sucks, one of the most experienced kiters in Perth.
Get well soon Johno.

Doesn't matter how experienced the guy is... Melville is a ****ty place to kite...

RPM said..

tightlines said...
Damn that sucks, one of the most experienced kiters in Perth.
Get well soon Johno.

Doesn't matter how experienced the guy is... Melville is a ****ty place to kite...

I don't suppose anyone has ever pointed out that you lack social skill and empathy, have they?

Hope you get well soon JK.

Sorry to hear the news Johnno - Hope for a fast recovery.

Best wishes for a quick recovery Johnno

Allan

It does look like the clam cleat on the ozone race bar has let go, please check your bar for cracks or wear.
What a lucky man !
It could have been a lot worse if he wasn't wearing his helmet & impact vest.
The vest had a whole gouged out of it, lucky not to have been impaled.
Long road to recovery.
Better than the alternative.!
Be safe people
Get trained in first aid , you never no when you will need it.
Better to have it & not use it, than need it & not have it.

How old is your bar skubaste?

Ouch. Get well soon Johnno.

What are the injuries from? dropping out of the sky from a height? being impacted in the tree?

The gust surely must have been higher than 15 knots? Just can't see that a 15 knot gust would loft you. Even on a 18m.


Does someone have a photo of the location? is it real tight from beach to tree's?

Underoath said...
A damaged cleat if anything would depower the kite- as your depower rope would exstend.

Not quite right. It would extend, letting more wind into the kite, but still, in those wind strengths, something else may have happened.

Get well soon Johnno and hope you get back on the water soon

Sorry to hear this. Get well soon!

Johnno sorry to read about your Kitemare.
Hope you make full and fast recovery.
All the best Jon.

Plummet said..
Ouch. Get well soon Johnno.

What are the injuries from? dropping out of the sky from a height? being impacted in the tree?

The gust surely must have been higher than 15 knots? Just can't see that a 15 knot gust would loft you. Even on a 18m.


Does someone have a photo of the location? is it real tight from beach to tree's?

I've never kited there Plums but the location and Johnno's kite they showed on the news was a beach barely a few metres wide before there trees and road. From every other thread I've seen about Melville Beach its a challenging spot, you have to head out into the water to launch, either stand in the water with the kite on the beach, or kite and rider out in the water for a drift launch.

Do a Google Earth search for Melville Beach Road, Attadale, Western Australia, in the overheads you can see kites on the water and on the beach/grass. Street view gives another perspective. Can't say for sure but it sounds like along here?

Being a strong guy we all know he'll recover and be back on the podium many times again.

Very sorry to hear about Jonno's accident. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Sounds like a nightmarish situation. I remember pull on old 12m fly surfer warrior foil kite. A 19m foil is like a 24m c kite. The pull and power is very scary in anything above 12 knots. Add broken cleat and yes just freakish accident. Get well soon.