6 whoppers ... lessons learned

[ricki]

Six notable kiteboarding accidents from the past were summarized in the latest Kiteboarder Magazine.

http://www.theringmedia.com/PDFS/TheKiteboarder/Covers/TheKiteboarder_November07Co.jpg

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album309/1_G.jpg

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album309/2_G.jpg

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album309/a.jpg

http://www.fksa.org/albums/album309/test720071005.jpg

Checkout the whole mag. at:
http://thekiteboarder.com/

[ricki]

More info about some of these accidents at:

#1 http://fksa.org/showthread.php?t=135

#5 http://www.kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=3425

#6 http://fksa.org/showthread.php?t=3466

[ricki]

I remember hearing about Blake's accident, #3, shortly after another kiter died on the same lake in Colorado. The initial injury reports were startling. I saw him a few months later at Surf Expo. You wouldn't know that he was almost killed and pretty mashed up recently. The power of healing.