dusta said..

Kozzie said..




whats with all you guys suggesting being 3kms out is a stupid thing?!?! thats literally bloody nothing. ive lost count the amount of times ive been 20+k's off the coast. 3 is bloody nothing. just give the coastguard a heads up and take a waterproof uhf with you some water and lunch. ment to be a bloody adventure sport and all you all do is mow lawn and boost jumps for retirees on the beach. second you do something outside of that you try to throw the book at them for being dangerous etc etc this sport was a bit more fun before it became the new toy to have for your midlife crisis.

cool story bro

+1

If you go 3kms out to sea or any distance that you can't actually swim back in by yourself (especially un assisted or alone) you are a****** moron.
Should have left him out there... he will probably be the same guy down the beach tomorrow kiting through the flags at your local then telling off the life guards when they get angry at him for it.

and he was kiting in a non- kiting zone. Far out!

after dropping marvin and the crew off at their accomodation i saw this guy landing at the exact spot coldshot passed away .

And saw many other people kiting at that particular spot . You would think people would know better but obviously not .

^^oh no don't say things behind peoples backs^^

Thanks for all your concern and mis-information. Nothing like a Media/Forum Beat up.

Had a crash 1.9 km off shore. lost my board and some how managed to crash through the bar into my lines. Had lines tangled on lifevest and kite was death looping out to sea. Last time this happened I let the kite go and swam in. Took my 1 hour 40 min to swim in from further. Some how it happened again line was twisted/caught on bar and not much I could do. Once its twisted up and inverted good luck.
This time I held onto my kite to try and save it but kept on looping. Managed to pull the front lines and get into the kite. Was all wrapped up in lines from swimming over them. For some reason the kite did not want to self rescue and kept on falling into the water. So I just sat in it and waited for a mate.

Gps watch said I had moved 300 meters in 10 minutes so I knew in about a hour of drifting I would be back near the shore.

For all concerned I was only 1.9 km offshore, fit and willing to swim in. ** happens some times. I am sorry if I have brought the sport into disrepute.
I was wearing a lifevest, had flare, e-flare (broken from crash) water proof phone in waterproof case, and PLB (epirb). Also had mates watching from close by. Was able to check into facebook and see how Tindr was going. Should have brought lunch or a fishing line.

I have thanked ALL involved and dropped numerous slabs off to all involved in rescue.

The Helicopter flew straight past, then doubled back some 26 minutes after being in the water, gave me the thumbs up, then opened the door and took some photos which you all would have seen. I have better resolution copies if you would like them for the back of your toilet door.

Blokes in the Boat were absolute legends excited about the waves we could catch on the way back in. Once again I thank them and all involved.
They and the crew on shore were more than happy to help and clearly aware I had safety gear with me. Initially I was with two other kiters, but really, there would be not much they could do, I would have needed a piggy back, or a longer leash/rope to get a lift back in a drag myself through the water.
Marker show's where I had stopped being dragged down wind by looping, blue dot but other line is point where met by boat.

I understand the risks and enjoy our sport for the adventure and opportunity it provides. As some of you know I work for a Emergency Service and have been with them as boat crew for the past two years. My brother is a rescue swimmer with another Rescue helicopter service, my family are fishermen and very experienced sailors, I go off shore regularly. I understand and Accept the risks involved in the sport. The only thing I was lacking Saturday was some flippers and snorkel to make my way back home. Shark shield is just another thing to break or loose. I have new gear that I check regularly and always help other water users be it kiters or boats drifting through the bay if they are ok.

I was at Sets on the beach Sunday eating a million pills after juicing all week, so missed out kiting in a no kiting zone Sunday sorry Inderloop.

Some times things just go wrong. I was never stressed or concerned. Its a great story. I have thanked all services involved and was not using resources that were needed elsewhere.

If you see me out and about, come and say hi, I am more than happy to appologise for it, give you a beer and take/share some advise for the future. If you would like to play where's wally and post my daily location great - I'll be at Safety bay - teaching four mates with a North Rhino today.

^^^ the rescue guys love getting called, that's what they train for! They get to put their skills to use.

The guy had an unforeseen stuff up, and sounds like he took way more precautions then a lot of kiters.

This may be helpful

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Not at all mate, in my opinion you are perfectly ok (more than that even). The disrepute comes from all the ignorant and uneducated comments. It is important that we show that we can handle emergencies, are prepared and informed about the risks and risk management. There is no shame in calling the rescue guys when you need it, the problem is the press sensationalising a minor event and brainless people commenting without knowledge of the subject and/or minimal or no experience in the matter. How many boats, swimmers, bush walkers get in trouble and we hear nothing about and don't bother.
Good on ya .. hope you got your board back.
regards
gmd

sir ROWDY said...
So you guys are fine with paying the bill for the chopper???

Why do you bother to comment when you obviously have so little knowledge about the localities ?
Move along, it will be more productive.
Have a nice day
gmd

^^
rowdy

i guess i could get p*ssed about tax payer dollars etc, but i see plenty more degrees of waste in my line of work so i am probably just de-sensitised. i just assumed it was one of the shark spotting choppers that are doing the rounds constantly on the WA metro these days that spied him and called in the clubbies or rescue boat - whhich is probably what gmd is referring too as well (i know you've spent your share of time out west, but the shark paranoia at present is beyond reason - and when the chopper hangs over any one spot for a while, most people in the water start to get a bit sketched).

anyhow, got any vids to throw up yet? haven't seen any of your cuts for a while, always liked the diversity in them...

cheers

sir ROWDY said..

Because you effect everyone with problems like this Australia wide... I have heard as much as I need to know about the subject to know it's not a good look.
What more do I need to know??? Fill me in seeing you seem to have some higher wisdom that I appear to be obviously oblivious to, I'm keen to learn about it.

Seems to be a perfectly plausible and reasonable explanation by "Picker".

Good luck to you picker, you were well prepared.
As for sir Rowdy, well you sure are .....

If you don't know what to say nothing is a good option

No you're 100% right it's not a pandemic, but if everyone thinks this type of situation is totally fine then this type of thing will happen more and more and as I've raved enough about already you should know why that is bad for kiting in AUS.

Lessons to be learnt -

Major lesson that can be learn here is; F#ck up offshore and expect that a boat or Heli will be out to help you, to the rightful dismay of other kiters.

Minor lesson to be learnt; If you go further out than you can swim in be prepared for the worst (not like that isn't common sense anyway... but after some responses in this thread I'm starting to question that).

hahaha, oh that explains a lot, especially if he's from Melbourne, I know this one guy from there called Ewan he's totally cooked.

Maybe Picker should throw some Christmas cheer in the form of $500.00 into the SLSC kitty as a thankyou for rescuing him?

Good to hear the clubbies over there are top blokes! Well done boys and thanks for helping us out.
Still I don't think you should be reliant on this type of service happening everywhere. Play it safe guys.