I'm glad you guys managed pretty well where you were and noone else was hurt. I was at the causeway (not riding) when the incident occured and there was another guy on the far outside on a 17 who got as far away from shore as quickly as he could and then dumped the kite without incident. He was a bigger guy, but still 40 knots is way too much wind. Chris was so far away from everyone, near the end of the causeway when the gusts came through and we were booking it to him. Unfortunately, noone could get there in time. I hope Chris recovers because he fell very hard onto his back on the guard rail from 20ft as well. Its only a minor point, but I think his kite is still lost too. 12m cabrinha switchblade 2 colors yellow/red. A guy in a cat tried to pick it up and ended up getting dragged straight downwind so i think he let it go.
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