Sketchy launch?

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NJPornstar
NJPornstar
WA
790 posts
WA, 790 posts
28 Jun 2010 11:10pm
Fore sure that's the fastest rock hopping I have ever seen.
Not the best place to kite in that particular wind direction thou.
I recon he is shackled in and it pops open on a rock. Or his guardian angel magically opened it just in time!
He should go buy a Lotto ticket cause he's lucky to be walking away from that.
Blownaway
Blownaway
QLD
776 posts
QLD, 776 posts
29 Jun 2010 10:31am
Looked like crap wind,not even worth kiting in !
One lucky bugger, could have broken some bones real easy doin that stuff.
More arse than class with the kite release too
Spacemonkey!
Spacemonkey!
SA
2288 posts
SA, 2288 posts
29 Jun 2010 11:57am
Agreed, however he released looks to be more luck involved than anything. To me he appears to be hooked in holding the bar with one hand when the kite is going up (one of his mistakes instead of easing it up slowly with both hands) ten he takes a fall and some how in the process disengages, I don't think he was leashed in the first place...
waveslave
waveslave
WA
4263 posts
WA, 4263 posts
29 Jun 2010 10:40am
If you think the launch looks sketchy ...
can you imagine self-landing at this spot in nuke-wind ?
Spacemonkey!
Spacemonkey!
SA
2288 posts
SA, 2288 posts
29 Jun 2010 12:12pm
waveslave said...

If you think the launch looks sketchy ...
can you imagine self-landing at this spot in nuke-wind ?


5th line, easy.
getfunky
getfunky
WA
4485 posts
WA, 4485 posts
29 Jun 2010 11:46am
Wow! That has gotta be worthy of the tool o' the week award.

Hey we have all made the mistake (er.. well I certainly have) of standing too far upwind in lightish conditions when you can't really 'feel' when the kite is filled with wind. To not be extra sure, too casual about the surroundings and setting up where he is, adds the 'on the way to hospy' points up exponentially.

Let's hope the silly sod learned his lesson?

He he - made me laff the bloke sprinted after the kite, only after the poo really had hit the fan, not when he had a chance to save his mate some band aid credits. Same for bloke who eventually checks if the nong is ok. Too casual all round eh bros.
GalahOnTheBay
GalahOnTheBay
NSW
4188 posts
NSW, 4188 posts
29 Jun 2010 11:20pm
poor relative said...

I bet he doesn't do it again. lol


I would take that bet...
kitepilotoz
kitepilotoz
QLD
181 posts
QLD, 181 posts
30 Jun 2010 8:03pm
Definitely wins the FRIDAY F...WITT!!! AWARD!!
simonp
simonp
215 posts
215 posts
1 Jul 2010 6:22am
Pungarehu. The reason you'd want to kite there is that it is a very fast and clean left hand point break. There doesn't appear to be any waves on this particular day though. It's best to wait for the tide to be a bit fuller so that you can body-drag over the rocks. I don't know if I would ever kite there, the wind tends to be more off-shore and gusty than further down the coast.

I broke a boom in a 45 knot gust there while wind-surfing in the mid-90s. Hell of a swim back home as it's the very tip of Cape Egmont so you're effectively being dragged off-shore and there's big rips too.

Simon
getfunky
getfunky
WA
4485 posts
WA, 4485 posts
1 Jul 2010 10:42am
Maybe they should just call it Darwinian beach?
Burls
Burls
209 posts
209 posts
4 Jul 2010 3:56am
The last time I did something that dodgy while kiting, I was suffering very bad case of ‘no-wind-i-tis’. This far too common disease has been known to create poor judgement, including making people kite when there’s not enough wind, it’s way too gusty, there’s too much wind for your kite, risky launches etc……… lol
GalahOnTheBay
GalahOnTheBay
NSW
4188 posts
NSW, 4188 posts
5 Jul 2010 9:34pm
getfunky said...

Maybe they should just call it Darwinian beach?


Isn't that in the Northern Territory?

Oh never mind...
egga
egga
NSW
18 posts
NSW, 18 posts
13 Aug 2010 2:43pm
I feel the guy was bloody lucky, don't launch a kite unless the air is clean (no objects like hills, trees, buildings etc in the air flow. I fly hang-gliders and the rule of thumb is if you go down wind of a hill etc to land make sure you are ten times the height of the thing back to be in clear/clean air. Even then you have to be on your toes. One other thing I have learned is if you have a person helping you launch, make sure you tell him/her to make sure the kite want's to fly forwards out of their hands not backwards. Old mate in the vid lets the kite go and she goes backwards..... into the power zone!!
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