Can anyone actually report the feeling of being hit by a kite????
The leading edge is still just an inflated blader and although i am convinced that it could give you a decent whack, i am not even sure that this could really hurt someone.
Don't ask me to volonteer, just wondering if anyone experienced it.

As for the lines i have seen many incidents with kites crossed up and people going down in a tangle mess but never seen anyone hurt other than getting dragged into stationary objects.
Maybe if your kite goes down, you wrap the lines around your hand to pull it back and it relaunches, it could get ugly, but side swept by the lines???

The West is just a 'shock jock' style newspaper which loves scare mongering.

Someone must of mentioned the kiters being there and that just raked the muck.

You're in more danger from the bogans in the car park at Scabs anyway.

sebol said...

Can anyone actually report the feeling of being hit by a kite????
The leading edge is still just an inflated blader and although i am convinced that it could give you a decent whack, i am not even sure that this could really hurt someone.
Don't ask me to volonteer, just wondering if anyone experienced it.

As for the lines i have seen many incidents with kites crossed up and people going down in a tangle mess but never seen anyone hurt other than getting dragged into stationary objects.
Maybe if your kite goes down, you wrap the lines around your hand to pull it back and it relaunches, it could get ugly, but side swept by the lines???

when i was in queensland 2 years ago there was a lady hit by a kite surfer on the beach. it snapped her neck and killed her instenly. another lady was hit in melbourne and smashed he hip to bits. i wasnt there for any of them but i read about them in the paper. i completly disagree with all the hype the paper has made up but i think we still have to aware how dangerous our kites are. they may be inflatable but they are inflated hard and have an amazing amount of power behind them. specially if it hits a kid or elderly...

pynnee said...

sebol said...

Can anyone actually report the feeling of being hit by a kite????
The leading edge is still just an inflated blader and although i am convinced that it could give you a decent whack, i am not even sure that this could really hurt someone.
Don't ask me to volonteer, just wondering if anyone experienced it.

As for the lines i have seen many incidents with kites crossed up and people going down in a tangle mess but never seen anyone hurt other than getting dragged into stationary objects.
Maybe if your kite goes down, you wrap the lines around your hand to pull it back and it relaunches, it could get ugly, but side swept by the lines???

when i was in queensland 2 years ago there was a lady hit by a kite surfer on the beach. it snapped her neck and killed her instenly. another lady was hit in melbourne and smashed he hip to bits. i wasnt there for any of them but i read about them in the paper. i completly disagree with all the hype the paper has made up but i think we still have to aware how dangerous our kites are. they may be inflatable but they are inflated hard and have an amazing amount of power behind them. specially if it hits a kid or elderly...

ive been kiting 4 years and never heard that story.
getting hit hurts a fair bit, much more violent than anything ive ever experienced in 6 seasons of rugby, im lucky i got hit square in the middle and missed the lines. the lines would easily cause lacerations to the bone.

I had a guy dip his kite down straight in front of me as I was scorching past (thought he had seen me). I hit the lines before I had time to bail and they knocked me off the board. It took skin off my arms, the side of my face near my eye and nearly took my ear off.....I was lucky, lines could do serious damage!

What cracks me up most about this article is; in the headline she makes out the kiters are to blame, but "Mr Bell and Mr Peck said swimmers had to respect other beach users."

Jimmyz said...

Vocal minority much?

I smell a lynching? [}:)]

Sorry if that offended you man diddent mean it to come accross that way, And I have no Idea what lynching is, but I get the feeling you dont like me questioning the complaints at mullaloo beach, and I take it you have hardly any experiance with this particular beach since you live in NSW so I cant see why you dont like me getting a bit worked up about possible restrictions beiing put in at my local and favorite ride spot for reasons that are not evident to me? Im sure if your closest and favorite ride spot was beiing talked about like this you would get abit worked up aswell, just guessing.

I was told that story about year or so ago, someone got killed sim to what was described... and over eastern states don’t know if it was QLD...didn’t get it from a forum.. Was on the beach by a kite surfer (think it was a terourist)... who knows if its true... seems odd to come up again though........ Many kiters don’t post on forums....so not hearing it on here doesn’t mean it didn’t happen!

Bet it would hurt getting hit by a leading edge though... i almost got the chop couple weeks back when one landed on the beach 1 meter from me... popped its leading edge from the force...

And i thought i was the only one who noticed the forum safety police

Jimmyz said...

Dazza11 said...

Jimmyz said...

Vocal minority much?

I smell a lynching? [}:)]

Sorry if that offended you man diddent mean it to come accross that way, And I have no Idea what lynching is, but I get the feeling you dont like me questioning the complaints at mullaloo beach, and I take it you have hardly any experiance with this particular beach since you live in NSW so I cant see why you dont like me getting a bit worked up about possible restrictions beiing put in at my local and favorite ride spot for reasons that are not evident to me? Im sure if your closest and favorite ride spot was beiing talked about like this you would get abit worked up aswell, just guessing.

Haha no, mate, nothing against you. I'm saying that what you said shows that infact there are only a few people making a big problem... I was supporting your statement.

Note to self: Be 100% clear on EVERYTHING I SAY in seabreeze from now on

Haha ok cheers