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edmis
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Postby edmis » Mon Jul 01, 2002 8:46 am
there are rumours in riga about bad kite accident in pirita, estonia on june 21 or 22?
does anybody know details?
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ERX
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Postby ERX » Mon Jul 01, 2002 8:28 pm
sveiks edmi,
according to some Estonians newbie launched 16m2 kite in almost 20m/s wind....have been lofted over nightclub building and thrown in glass doors of another house. Luckily ended up in hospital alive.
But thats what You know as well without any details. Who knows more?
BTW, this rumor were spreaded during Neilpryde windsurfing cup in Ventspils (Latvia) where we invited Morten Lander (named Kamikaze) from Denmark to rip.
Some photo report from Estonians:
http://team.extreme.ee/pildid/?folder=021
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Postby RickI » Mon Jul 01, 2002 8:41 pm
That sounds like one nasty accident. It is great that the rider survived. If anyone hears of additional details I would very much appreciate it if they could email them to me.
I just found the wind graph from my lofting at about 10:30 am on that date. It shows unstable weather that it would be well to avoid.
http://www.iwindsurf.com/windandwhere.i ... lAreaID=14
Thanks,
Rick Iossi
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