Thanks Lincoln for the clip.
& Thanks Steve for this bit of backgound.
This makes me really angry - big time.
100's of kiters spending 1000's of hours of their free time trying to maintain beach access at sites where kiting can be done safely and one stupid twat risks putting the whole game backwards by who knows how much all around the country in just seconds.
Anyone who doesnt have sufficient brain to realise that kiting at Bondi Beach is just plain stupid doesnt have enough brain to be allowed under a kite. It is people who should be banned - not beaches.
I sincerely hope the beach marshalls confiscated his whole kit - as I believe they have the power to do?
Good luck to any kiteboarders who r fighting to keep their local spot after this **** airs.
IMO its good to show whats goes down when it all goes pear shaped. It will show the general public its a serious bit of power generated by these kites when the safety goes wrong and when people kite in dangerous places like bondi. Hopefully a few comments on how the safety should be set up would be positive for kiting. otherwise it will be a negative for kiting. It is reality though.
I told everyone I know to watch the show.
Steve
Thanks for naming and shaming, i,m all for it!! Kudos 
the hardest part is making the public realise that these Waaaankers are a minority...
personally it really pisses me off to see such an ignorant tosser on TV destroying our sport.. the whole what am i doing wrong thing makes me wanna smak him in the head!! maybe thats just what he needs.
I,m really cranky!!!!! GGGGGGrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!
It looks like he already got a smack in the head!
Great thread! Very entertaining....
It's gone from a learner, to a Euro tourist, to an experienced kiter, to the former president of AKSA!
Perhaps Grant could let us know how his safety system went so horribly wrong? It might prevent someone else being dragged into a huge wall and handrail at Australia's busiest beach and subsequent humiliation on national television.........
Yeah Grant tell us why youre safety wasnt working?? please curtail my anger... by the looks of the video you had plenty of time to pull youre safety... unless you didnt have it set up correctly..
besides that fact... WTF were you doing kiting at Bondi in the first place?????
every responsible kiter knows you dont kite in crowded areas.. youre just asking for an accident.. even if you are a veteran kiter...
GGGGRRRRRRRRR!!!! 
maybe grant could also let us know how much 'reality' was actually at play... this thread has gone from novice to euro to seasoned veteran, maybe this seasoned veteran with previous history was approached by desperate producer looking for a spark to ignite interest in the 'ego tripping bunch of wonkers saving turos' in slow motion' show....? remember dear people..... it is television...
Imagine weighing up "I could get seriously smashed if I try this stunt, but they're going to pay me a lot if I do."
Not that I'm advocating that's what happened, just wondering what it would be like to ponder that choice were it given to me.
Yeah very good point Pat.
Wonder what story is the truth.... hmmm.
So much UNI work 2 do.... Nothing like procrastinating....
just tell the focker to never touch a kite again. i say we burn his quiver to Heuy ultimate sacrifice of entire quiver = one year straight of perfect wind conditions
You could be right Pat 
He looks sort of in control at first then it cuts to very different looking footage where he (or is it him) hits the wall.
Guess we will find out Tuesday night.
Maybe
I have only been to Bondi twice in my life, and way before I started kiting, and I still know that its a bad bad place to choose to go. What a d_ick.
I think one of the main things to be taken from this is that even though kites are getting more and more manageable and the safety systems are getting better there is still a chance of something going wrong, so keep to the designated kite beaches. Its not like Australia has a shortage to choose from...
I still think you should use a leash and a flag to 5th/front line system though. Apart from the heartbreak of seeing your baby fly off into the yonder, there is the safety issue of a kite flying into someone or something...
Don't forget that one dickhead with a gun in Tasmania got guns taken away from responsible users (don't need a debate on this one) and a few idiots street dragging gave the police the right to confiscate cars now we have people on national television giving the media ammo to increase bans. This guy isn't alone in bringing the sport into disripute. I've been to the southcoast of SA and spoken to people that run surf classes for kids who have complained about "experienced" kitesurfers not only riding through groups of kids during their lessons but in one instance actually trying to boost over them. The media wait for things like this so that they can fabricate a "serious concern", raise debate and then feed off the spoils of war. If the guy was a member of the AKSA that's even worse because it means the entire kitesurfing community will be tarred by the same brush. Mind you from watching the show they should ban japanese tourists from Bondi as well as ir seems as if their ignorance places more people at risk that a lone kitesurfer. Lets not always blame newbies either instead lend them a hand. The ones we should be giving a hard time to are the hero show ponies who's need to be famous makes us all look like idiots and will mean more bans for us all. Even a "Kite buy back" where the government buys our kites back from us then sells them to Indonesia to recoup some of the compensation......LOL.......
I reckon he knew there was a good chance there would be cameras at Bondi. And maybe the film crew hammed it up a bit too. I also think there's a good chance he knew it was banned - he's a kitesurfer from Sydney (apparently) so he must have noticed that no-one kites at Bondi.
I think someone liked the idea of being on TV.
Considering he was former pres of AKSA, he would know better than to ride at Bondi and to get non-kiters to help land his kite. A complete peanut i think.
He needs a good clip around the ear. If any-one sees him give him one for me.
Even if it was for TV he should have know ALOT better and i hope the wall hurt.
what a friggin brainless f**kwit.
unbelieveable... there is no excuse. none!
looking forward to seeing what he looks like so if I ever see him on my beach I can tell him so personally.
Dunno why you're all being so concerned about his wellbeing, I 'd be quite happy if he got injured so bad never kites again !!
how embarrassing! " its too dangerous out here"
"alright mate" SSSSSSSSMMMMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
as if he didnt know.
Waveslave I reckon its time you got a kite with a good flagging system like most 5 line kites and similar systems to the 4-line Rev.
If your up sh_t creek then flagging the kite usually gets you out of it.
I reckon its much more dangerous to have stray kites tumbling down the beach that WILL take someones head off if they got caught in the lines.
wave slave ,this is not about you ....it about some F:::KWIT screwing up our sport............. start another thread if you wanna talk about yourself
