Hey dumbass, if you read everyone's post before mine stating IF he had O shit handles this could have been averted or at least helped. I agreed with that statement. No shit he doesn't have them Captain Observant.windrupted wrote:Someone stated: "I agree with the others though, I think a right hand tug on an OS handle would have prevented his eventual rock stuffing."
He doesn't have the O Shit option. Climbing the leader lines right after he yelled the F word, until the kite kite was neutered, then removing his leash, then ditching the rig was his best bet (assuming there was no one around to grab his kite.) If there was anyone downwind then he could have yelled at them to go away......then ditched it. You can always stand there holding the leaderlines until your dinner is getting cold.
Oh crap look at me, I AM MR. KITE-SAFETY-KNOW-IT-ALL.
Generally, the MOST DANGEROUS obstacles, in order of importance, are:PVITfrumBYRAM wrote:Very good observations from everyone. ........
When teaching students about the quick release systems, I always ask my students, what do you value more, your life or your 1500 dollar kite? I then make it clear that you need to know that answer before shit hits the fan because if you wait for it to happen and then ask the question, you end up dragged into a jetty......
........... As I did, I remembered I was riding suicide so I was going to go through some more yardage if I didn't ditch my secondary. Anyways, there was a jetty about 80-100 in front of me, but I knew I had a short amount of time .......
This is a spot I taught at and managed...........
Most people don't teach and I feel like few people really spend much time thinking about the scenarios and rarely observe them second hand. They probably don't practice emergencies, self landings and self rescues either. ......
Imagine if instead of a tree, you got dragged over to power lines.RickI wrote:........Once the lines of a powered up kite go into a tree, the branches act as pulleys so as long as the kite is powered up, the lines and rider will follow. This can also happen with current pulling your kite on the water if your lines slide under a rock or fouling on a piling. This can cause you to be pulled and held underwater. ........
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Imagine if instead of a tree, you got dragged over to power lines.
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