Real shame about the finger mate.
Pulling the V will not be the same again.
Hope you make a real speedy recovery and are out at it again.
geez..now there's a good reason never to nude kitesurf... for us blokes anyway...
Colin Nice finger mate i grabbed your board and I think robbie has kite ect now.....
Good to see RDH are being kind to us up here in NT I spent 7hrs there last night in a collar after being slapped into that shallow water at the creek. Im on camera duties now for couple days so looks like we can both sulk and drink together mate !!
sounds great!!! (the beer and photos...not the collar bit)
hey, how good is the macro on the pentax w60!!! chaged the dressings today and the detail is increadible. Hard to believe it will be a finger one day.
Cheers mate,just eating a steak that is a bit tooooo rare ,and looked at those pic's.
my dog just got a prime bit of meat for dinner
yOUR BUGGERED NOW!!
YOUR FINGERPRINTS WILL BE SO IDENTIFIABLE!
THERE GOES ANY CHANCE AT A LIFE OF CRIME.
Speedy recovery bloke!!
I still have scars on my little pinky toe from same scenario
Scary poo!
. It wasn't too painful at that stage, but i knew it was coming..... So the vegas lives
!!
thanks big-time for the tow in, you're a life saver.
Beers (or U18 equivalent) coming your way.
a new kite!!!... that'll cost an arm and a leg...... consider this a deposit
(couldn't help myself)
Poor old kite. Not many kites have had their own song, sounds like its number may be up this time.
Holy crap - it's Frankenfinger!! 
Hope ya frankenfinger sorts itself out pronto and you can get back on the water bud.
Not nice to lose body parts! Excellent photos, thanks for sharing the gore. My wife will not like to see that. Good reminder to all that this does happen. Heal quickly and recover!
cheers
Just heard about the accident(s) today - here's to a speedy recovery for Hedges and Col.
Col, before your next sesh you'd better talk to an instructor - maybe he can give you a pointer or two.
Thats sik mate! like I am sorry for you but geez is this sport hardcore or wat a good story to tel annyway!
Colin sorry to hear about your injury (I cut the top off one... about halfway up the nail when I was a little kid and it f'ing hurts!!)
Just like to mention though, in a previous thread where I complained about a wavesnake kiter and disregarding the giveway rules etc, I said I was concerned about being caught up in lines and if the kite relaunches it could do some serious damage. I was mocked by a number of kiters who said it could never happen and that as I poley I have no idea about how kites work etc.
Looks like this is a wakeup call to those (minority) kiters who think that lines in close proximity to people is no problem.
Well my luck gets better. We got ransacked on the weekend and they took alot of **** including stacks of irreplaceable digital photos. Unsure of insurance for rest of stuff at this stage. They didn't take any kite stuff
The rights of way and stuff will always be hotly debated, but to say that kite lines aren't dangerous is a well known dumb-thing-to-say. Most reasonable kiters will agree that lines can be dangerous. The remaining think it will never happen to them.
People, please be aware of the potential for damage caused by your lines. I got off lightly with just a finger tip gone, (i'll still milk it for all it's worth,) but one tenth of a second earlier it would've been my whole finger, a full second earlier it would've been my hand.
Thanks to those well wishers and one-liner comedians for brightening my day. Stitches come out thursday and i'll put in some more photo's if it's gory enough.
So Darwin kiters get the most out of this windy weather, it's due to end on Saturday, when i may be back on the water. But probably not till next weekend.
Col.
Awww feck Col - that is crappy news! These things tend to come in threes (if you are supersticious) so there may be one more kick in the bollocks coming - hope not though.
In the mean time get an A3 sized pic of Frankenfinger up on your wall with a caption saying sumpin like -
"This will be your freakin weaner if you try to flog anything from this place!!
Now put the flat screen down, back the fk up, and go pilfer the cashed up bogun with 2 SUVs, jet ski, outdoor kitchen and jacuzzi down the road!!" 
Keep buying lotto tix mate, I reckon you are about due for some good karma.
