Helmets and Impact Vests To Be Required In Belgium

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Un casque, une combi, 2 fusées de détresse obligatoire et une interdiction de sortir Ã* plus de 6 bft en mer.... Le ministre de la mobilité Renaat Landuyt veut ainsi réduire le nombre d'accident de kitesurfer Ã* la côte Belge.
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Nous comprenons sa peur et nous-même nous nous rendons compte qu'il y a quelque chose qui cloche. Il est vrais qu'une réglementation est indispensable mais ces réformes sont inadaptées au sport.
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Il faudrait peut être responsabiliser les débutants qui apprennent seuls et qui se mettent en danger (ainsi que tout le monde qui se trouve sous leur vent), car c'est eux qui augmentent les stats d'accidents.

Avec les voiles actuelles, le kitesurf n'est pas plus dangereux que le windsurf! A condition bien sur de kiter avec sa tête et non avec ses ... pieds.

Réagissons avant qu'il ne soit trop tard! Débattons-en dans le forum et exprimons nos idées de réformes utiles, faisons une manif, faisons nous entendre...
Vos réactions sont fortement attendues dans le forum ici!
http://www.kite4life.be/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=63

L'article complet est dispo ici!
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From: http://www.kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2316694&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

[ricki]

Un casque, une combi, 2 fusées de détresse obligatoire et une interdiction de sortir Ã* plus de 6 bft en mer.... Le ministre de la mobilité Renaat Landuyt veut ainsi réduire le nombre d'accident de kitesurfer Ã* la côte Belge.
http://www.kite4life.be/Images/Media/News/gva3.jpg
Nous comprenons sa peur et nous-même nous nous rendons compte qu'il y a quelque chose qui cloche. Il est vrais qu'une réglementation est indispensable mais ces réformes sont inadaptées au sport.
http://www.kite4life.be/Images/Media/News/gva2.jpg
Il faudrait peut être responsabiliser les débutants qui apprennent seuls et qui se mettent en danger (ainsi que tout le monde qui se trouve sous leur vent), car c'est eux qui augmentent les stats d'accidents.

Avec les voiles actuelles, le kitesurf n'est pas plus dangereux que le windsurf! A condition bien sur de kiter avec sa tête et non avec ses ... pieds.

Réagissons avant qu'il ne soit trop tard! Débattons-en dans le forum et exprimons nos idées de réformes utiles, faisons une manif, faisons nous entendre...
Vos réactions sont fortement attendues dans le forum ici!
http://www.kite4life.be/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=63

L'article complet est dispo ici!
http://www.kite4life.be/Images/Media/News/gva.jpg

From: http://www.kiteforum.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=2316694&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

[ricki]

and an Internet translation of:

http://www.kite4life.be/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=63

To regulate is not always a bad thing....

Here the article published in the newspaper "Het Belang Van Limburg"!


Personally, I am for the responsabilisation and the regulation of the sport. However I am not sure that to do it to the extreme is a good thing...

Let us analyze point by point:

• the rocket of distress!!
Yes it can be very practical when one is only on the open sea (even if us will not be able to go there any more). I really do not think that that is necessary (in general the kitesurfeurs can swim) and the principal question is: where let us put we it...

Is what the windsurfers, wakeboarders... must also have one or is this Juste for us??


• not to wrinkle more between laying down it and raising it sun
Is what I dream where we are with the Caribbean one? is what the squales come when the sun falls? I do not see too the interest since it makes still clearly a few hours after the lying one of the sun...

Not to be able to sail if the visibility is lower than 100 meters, I would find that much just...
How will that occur on the beach?
Is what that applies that to us where also with the windsurfers...?


• not to sail more with the top of 7Bft
As much to stop the sport immediately if one cannot burst oneself any more in a good gust of wind. 7Bft it is a little limiting, starting from 100 km/h (11bft) yes and still...


• more not to sail with more than 1/2 miles of the low tide mark.
Who will put the limit? Personally I have evil to estimate on water... One is already so much at the edge of water, Si in more one little more leaving at sea...

With when the radars which limits our runs?

Veiled, I said what I thought! Nothing signal.

Mr. minister, could you probe people who make this kind of sport before deciding to you on points also Draconian...
Prende contact with the IKO (www.ikorg.com) and if required to make laws which adapt to the level of kitor (IKO delivers charts which indicate the level of the kitesurfer, a little like a driving licence)...

With if not, it is the death of the assured sport!

Do not hesitate to leave your message with your opinion. If nobody says anything, the sport is lost in Belgium...

We will try to transfer the messages to the minister then to remain courteous please...

[ricki]

and an Internet translation of:

http://www.kite4life.be/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=63

To regulate is not always a bad thing....

Here the article published in the newspaper "Het Belang Van Limburg"!


Personally, I am for the responsabilisation and the regulation of the sport. However I am not sure that to do it to the extreme is a good thing...

Let us analyze point by point:

• the rocket of distress!!
Yes it can be very practical when one is only on the open sea (even if us will not be able to go there any more). I really do not think that that is necessary (in general the kitesurfeurs can swim) and the principal question is: where let us put we it...

Is what the windsurfers, wakeboarders... must also have one or is this Juste for us??


• not to wrinkle more between laying down it and raising it sun
Is what I dream where we are with the Caribbean one? is what the squales come when the sun falls? I do not see too the interest since it makes still clearly a few hours after the lying one of the sun...

Not to be able to sail if the visibility is lower than 100 meters, I would find that much just...
How will that occur on the beach?
Is what that applies that to us where also with the windsurfers...?


• not to sail more with the top of 7Bft
As much to stop the sport immediately if one cannot burst oneself any more in a good gust of wind. 7Bft it is a little limiting, starting from 100 km/h (11bft) yes and still...


• more not to sail with more than 1/2 miles of the low tide mark.
Who will put the limit? Personally I have evil to estimate on water... One is already so much at the edge of water, Si in more one little more leaving at sea...

With when the radars which limits our runs?

Veiled, I said what I thought! Nothing signal.

Mr. minister, could you probe people who make this kind of sport before deciding to you on points also Draconian...
Prende contact with the IKO (www.ikorg.com) and if required to make laws which adapt to the level of kitor (IKO delivers charts which indicate the level of the kitesurfer, a little like a driving licence)...

With if not, it is the death of the assured sport!

Do not hesitate to leave your message with your opinion. If nobody says anything, the sport is lost in Belgium...

We will try to transfer the messages to the minister then to remain courteous please...