Another one to add to the where's wally archive !!!!
Stuff him ... clearly he's cannon fodder and deserves a graze or 5 from his own ignorance 
.... but I reckon I counted at least 8 or so VERY lucky innocent by standers. All of which should have been allowed to whip his butt with a towel at least once each [}:)]
Take a lesson .... find a friend
Happy Days
HAhahahhahaha what a twat. But you cant always blame the learner. What if he sees people kiting, gets second hand gear with no questions asked and knows nothing about the danger of the sport.
You dont get lessons for surfing, bike riding and many other sports, why assume this to be different with limited knowledge.
Watched an idiot just yesterday. Did many things wrong.
-Offshore winds, a few other guys out, i assumed he was good and knew the risks etc.
-Launched with no safety on. again i thought, oh well hes forgotten
-He launches, and i see afterwards he has done so unhooked.
-Fully powered 9m kite in 25+knots offshore winds.
End results, getting dragged into the air his mate comes to hold him down, they both start lifting off the ground. Kite smashes into fishermen. Dad and i run over to help, i go to the kiter, dad to the kite.I tell him ill grab the chicken loop, and for him to let the bar out al itte. i get "thats not the problem". It was a bow kite, and it would solve the problem.
Dad comes over "You dont really know what you doing do you?" (in a nice way)
"Oh and i surpose you do??" (in douche bag talk)
"Actually yes ive got some idea"
"Lewis (the guys mate), grab the ktie, this guys starting to piss me off".
He left very sheepishly,and thankfully didnt see him again.
But can we fully blame him. How would he just "know" that lessons are required. He might have seen kiters on tv, thought oh yeah ill give it a crack, and with no idea of kiting off he goes on his merry way. i think we need some advert of tv to just show people the sport a little.
I was kinda hoping he woudl let go of the bar, kite goes out to see. Then i could quickly set up, collect kite, and quickly drive off. As i need a 9m.
ebay should post this video next to every piece of sh1t kite that gets bought by some sucker thinking they're getting into the sport!
Scenes like this are frighteningly common on our local beaches. One day .......
Bit like that twat with a kite (was not a kitesurfer) bodysailing through the bodysurfers/swimmers at Brighton Beach /Scarborough yesterday.
Acted like a Euro - did not do a great service for other kiters wanting to use the beach.
A fool .....
Oh dear
Just out of curiosity, anyone know where this was shot? Accents on the vid were Aussie, unless I'm mistaken?
Man that is sad.....the camera person's voice is great "I think he is out of control (laugh laugh) holly ****" ...only person with a brain here it seems.
I got a stoke of a different kind today but not from kite surfing in some sweet winds!
I am not iko qualified but have helped couple dudes out that wanted to get into the sport with gear selection and what not… as I wont teach on my gear (unless I sold it to them, to update my quiver), anyhow.. last dude was couple days ago and over two lessons on how to set up and all the rest of the gig, self rescue ectra. Normal IKO stuff... to being a safe and educated kiter, well today he dropped off a carton of crownies and a bottle of wild turkey 
! But more to the point he left a letter (as I wasn’t home) how he was loving the sport and so forth... makes one feel pretty good when helped someone out, although I think the main point isn’t so much how I felt or how he felt but the fact... looking at that video with that dude that its a shame he wasn’t able to get the stoke as he might have if he sort some advice ,instead of getting draged down the beach like a fkentard!
I think launching unhooked is the stupidest thing I have ever seen! IKO endorsed or not. It has precluded nearly every accident where somebody gets lofted or looses their kite that I have seen
I teach hooked in myself. There is no need to launch unhooked with 100 % depower kites.
