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Time is on our side here. No real current, no real waves, it's not cold!
I just chill unless something looks really whacky and let the kite pull me in. (not advising that, I think you should do whatever your instructor tells you is best). I think the 45 minute drift was the longest. I remember just laying back and zoning out. When I got to shore, Fire Rescue was there. That sucked. I really wasted their time and I guess by law they had to do a semi health check on me and have me sign off that I was okay. That just took even more of their time. I was embarrassed that I wasted their time while quite honestly, I enjoyed my time doing my little drift. They probably thought I was dead, cuz I was literally not moving, just zoning out. In hindsight, had I known they were on the beach waiting for me, I would have self rescued just so they weren't worried. Oh well. They didn't seem to mind checking out the bikinis as I remember. |
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Man... what timing. Check out this nightmare from Pat. He just posted it 2 minutes ago.
He is a very advanced rider and waterman and in incredible shape. Quote:
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is this common w/ those right-below-the-bar push-out releases??
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I don't know. I don't think so.
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Wow dude that's a horrible experience. Glad Pat is OK.
Not sure I would have tried to pull the kite in... would probably have just ridden around near it to keep track of it until it got closer to shore. |
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when i was in HR there was a guy down in the middle of the river w/ twisted lines and in pretty bad shape. I was right next to him and offered help and he asked me to grab his kite.. I basically said "no f**king way".. but offered to help him in any way if he ditched the kite.. it was nuking.. i was on a 7m ..he asked me to get help .. he didnt want to lose his kite..i asked him to pull the OS release.. he said kite had wrapped too many times.. he wanted to save his kite.. he even told me he was tiring out..
i tried to find a boater or jetski at the sandbar to help.. to no avail.. then went back to the kiter (took 5 minutes of upwind riding) and another guy was in the process of deflating the kite and dragging it back in.. I got to the rider and it took me 30 minutes to tow him into shore.. cant believe he risked his life to save a 7m 2006 waroo..insane. i've always remembered a story that Ebone told me a long time ago about a botched kite rescue that almost took him down.. not worth it at anytime.. Pat could have died trying to rescue a kite. |
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WTF!??
check out the forum at extreme kites.. ANOTHER experienced rider had the safety release .. and his leash broke.. that thing must be touchy... |
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I'll be rigging mine on a Best Bar for sure! The kite is in the mail! If it is blowing tomorrow PM I should be out after work. It looks like Thurs might be good early and late. I'll be taking off work.
Bob |
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bob, can you pencil me in for a demo of that kite if the wind is here?
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Yup
My 12 Era is in the mail too! I will have it tomorrow! Woo hoo!!! Yup I will be riding the best bar on the kite too, I thought about getting the Era bar with it, but I love my best bar! Plus the Era bar in the pictures looks like it kind of sucked IMO.
I had the same problem with the Flexi Bar with the 06 ION. It only happen once with me, and close to poping off many times. I got into the habit of making sure that QR was pushed all the way down before I went out.
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