Just wondering Dimitri. How did you lose the kite but keep the bar??
Hello Mr.
JamesVegas,
It is very simple, I should of changed my lines on my bar because I have been using them for all summer, but forgot. So while I was kiting, one of my lines broke and the kite went down and crashed so hard on the water and started deflating. By the time I got to my kite I realized that the
DEFLATE valve opened up from the hard crash and some water have gotten into the LE of the bladder. (
I never put the elastic band around my INFLATE & DEFLATE valve because I pump my kite so hard that when I crash, I rather have my valve open up them having to spend time in repairing my bladder or my Leading Edge of the kite. But in the surf yes I do put the elastic band around the valves and lock my struts to be safe). So I rolled my bar and try to pack my kite the best way I could, then gave my kite to some kiter to take it back to shore and got a ride back from some one else after 10 minutes of swimming who was doing a down winder and was going 3 miles down wind. And since I did a 3 mile up wind to get to that place the timing was perfect.
So the video shows it all. Once I got to the place I started, I took my car and ask my son Cameron to come with me to help me look for my kite and drove back up looking for it, which I was able to find.
This is the reason why I had only the bar with me while I was getting pulled by another kiter.
I hope this answers your question.
