you'll eat sh!t

If it happens my guess is your kite will probably keep turning depending upon which one snaps. If the turning one snaps that your pulling on (which is super unlikely) your kite will stop turning and you will fall out of the sky.
This all being said though I find it hard to believe that a line would snap at the critical point in a kiteloop where your kite is at it's lowest and you are at your highest as this point within a kiteloop there is little tension on your lines. In-fact I believe that in reality the likeliest point for your line to snap in a kiteloop would be at the very start of the loop as you begin to take off the water, as this is the point I believe has the most tension and load on the lines. If it did happen at this point it would unfortunately be highly un-spectacular.

ahhhh the old bridal.

Slave has a good point. Most people have never had a line snap and don't know what could potentially happen. If a line is going to go its more likely a front line because they're the ones that take most of the load. But that said, all lines wear with time and use.
Worst thing that could happen is an uncontrolled spiral. Correct me if I'm wrong here but modern kites pivot about their central axis and will spin a fair number of times before, hopefully, crashinng into the water (not the parking lot). This spinning will tie up the lines making for an out-of-control kite. Older kites turned on a wing tip, making for larger arcs and a better chance of the kite hitting the water early.

So, the question remains what to do? If you have the chance to flag the kite and it has gone through multiple spins then the bar will not run up the line and the kite will still be dragging you. If it has not hit the water best option is to ditch it completely and swim home alive.

Very simple answer....
Dont have to postulate about what might or could happen.
Like anything with kiting any number of possibilities are out there.

So the simple answer is ......

Thats why we all have a safety leash.

This is exactly what happens when your line breaks on a kite loop

Dude...."what the fark happend dude"
man....."I snapped a line in the middle of a loop man"
Dude...."did it hurt dude?"
man....."Yeah man, it farken hurt bad man"
Dude...."lucky you had a safety leash dude,other wise when you released your kite it would have taken out all the little kids on the beach dude."
man....."I know man,you would be stupid not to wear one hey man."

I think that video above you will find that it was rider error not a line snapping that caused the crash. I could be wrong though.

^^Another video of rider error.

KIT33R said...

So, the question remains what to do? If you have the chance to flag the kite and it has gone through multiple spins then the bar will not run up the line and the kite will still be dragging you. If it has not hit the water best option is to ditch it completely and swim home alive.

Right-on. ^^^

puppetonastring said...

Very simple answer....
Dont have to postulate about what might or could happen.
Like anything with kiting any number of possibilities are out there.

So the simple answer is ......

Thats why we all have a safety leash.

Is that it, is it ? ^^^
The answer to my question is 'death-leash'.
Gee, I attempt to explore the possibilities of what might occur when a string breaks during a big kiteloop ...
and all you can offer is;
"You don't have to postulate about what might happen cause everything is just wonderful because we all have a death-leash."
lol.

"hey hand whach ya up to"

"no helmet not again"

"ooooaaa come on hand you know you want to"

"helmet you heard the doc he said to leave you alone for a while or youl drop off"

"but hand its a natural part of life "

"i said no helmet no means no "

"come on hand ,well can bum sit on ya for a while and we can pretend its someone else"

"heeelllmmmeeett the only time i'm suppost to go near you is to put ointment on those blisters"














"ooorrrrrrhhh hand can i just borrow two of the sisters you know the fat one on the left and the little skinny one on the right for 5 minuts, just 5, maybe less please"

" hand and helmet shut up you two i'm trying to watch the football"

"but head your usually on my side "

To Be Continued

waveslave said...




If your line snaps during a big kiteloop, ^^^
what do you reckon will happen ?

Just curious.

You hit the water.. now that is solved, we can rant on about death leashes

^^^^where is the leash attachment point???

You can jump higher with Libra,,,they have wings