This has been an awesome read and has both myself and my hubby lurkin' in the shadows reading since it's conception....
The ad has been on tv since Tuesday night...and this thread is up to 8 pages...I reckon it may hit that many again just tonight after the program has aired....
This will do wonders for channel 10's ratings....every kiter in the country will be glued to their tv screens tonight!!....
So thus far the jury is 'still out' for me....will be interesting to see what happens on film and how it's portrayed....
Well I am sure tonights episode will do nothing but label Kitesurfers and our sport as a dangerous and arrogant lot with no concern to the other beach goers! I look forward to the editing of the event and blown up sound track! I had my lines wrap around my bar at Woodies a couple of months ago its an experience I would rather put to bed.
cabrinha advise you to ride in 'suicide' mode because the bars have the override system giving you enough depower so that you cant even feel the kite anymore.
when you pull the safety or if you are unhooked and let go of the bar the bar will slide through to overide basically killing the kites power. also then your lines dont get tangled unlike if you put it on the outside line flagging system.
ewan
This will just confirm it for the rest of the population.
You have to read what sbray said here. Puts even more icing on this topic.
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37001
Best comedy I've had today
the mob goes wild....oh ohh
Think of it this way, this guy got hurt real bad but he's become a bit of a beacon of hope for steering retards away from the sport and luring in more intense people.
That was probably the only pole that trout could get ha ahaha
(watch the youtube video above)
Yeh sorry poleys, I'm just having fun. But you guys did hyjack the Kiteforum and start the pissing contest.
As per Lovely's question. The Cab would go into a deathloop. But if he had his bar in override then it prob wouldnt.
The rev's bridle is shown below. It flags from one of the centre lines so it would have to snap 3 bridle lines for the flagging system not to work.
Only 5 hours to go!
Some things I've learned from this thread:
1. Kite setups look 10x more complicated than windsurf setups (diagram at top of this page, unless I'm on a new one). We have mast, boom, sail. Adjust sail using downhaul and outhaul. That's it.
2. Safety argument revolving around whether to release the kite or not has not been thought through, or I'm missing something.
Do I really care if a kite is flying toward me across the beach/carpark/football field/highway with someone attached to the end or not?
I propose we all have a drink together.
Just as the segment comes on, everyone open a beer
last time i watched bondi rescue they had paris hilton in a bikini and not once did i see her nipple. so my guess is they will cut out a lot of the reality this time as well.
Also it must be hard being told where you can or can not kite.. up here we have a kiting population of about 5 and we kite where we want when we want. and any newcomers are always welcomed with a smile.(except peter lynn guys) we also have some epic spots that work in all conditions.. just today was out in 15-20 souwesters and it was butter glassy. we may have to pay 75 cent per litre for LPG and you cant go to the shop with getting stuck behind some hat wearing 90 year old doing 35 kph in a 60 zone but its a small price to pay for uncrowded beaches and bays.. there you go one step closer to 9 pages..
Ps just kidding about the peter lynn guys .. your all welcome.
I think Grant was bloody lucky he had an impact vest on. Unless that guy who posted as Grant wasnt really him and old mate is actually still in hospital.
Cant wait to see the rest! It doesnt look like he got pole driven head first into the wall or rail, which is a good thing.
4.5 hours to go
I strted driking att te of tihs furom...
whats the difference between a woman and a refrigerator???
the fridge wont fart when you pull your meat out.
is that nine pages yet?
I'm going to record it on my DVD recorder so I can listen to the slap as he hits the wall in slow motion.
Also I can zoom in to catch that final look of desperation on his face as he accepts the inevitable,.. "this is going to f. ing hurt!"
(actually, I'm only joking, which I can because as it turns out, nothing much serious happened. If it did he would have my sympathy rather than my gales of laughter. I like it much better this way. )
Geeez! I've stumbled into the kiters forum again. I wonder if I can discreetly shuffle back into the windsurf forum without them noticing.
Last time a whole lot followed me back and gave our forum a good flogging.
With a bit of luck they're still on the after lunch nap.
(shuffle shuffle, step step step,,, run run,,, click, door slamming shut. Phew!)
Is anyone savvy enough to record it, and post the edited juicy bits on Youtube?
I hope the whole thing is a good shake up for kiting safety in Australia. Hopefully more kiters will think twice about where they are kiting, and maybe even test and understand their safety options before they need to use them. From the brief clip of the show it looks like Grant had 100's of meters to land his kite in, he had his leash attached in the close up when the lifeguard tells him to drop it, seems to have his cabrinha chicken loop attached to the spreader bar with a wichard shackle, spent much of the kitemare trying to undo the shackle instead of pulling the safety above the chicken loop. In general a complete kook out. Looking forward to it....
Maybe there are other kiters from "back in the day" who trust a wichard shackle over their kites quick release system? Get with the 21st century dinosaurs! All the gear, no idea.
btw that clutch ** was f**Kn terrible. you should die for having such **** taste in music.
