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Door: RC-Kiter / 16 June 2003 / 23:37 / 1274 Hits / 0 Reacties

by Brad Symington
Through my time kiting I have put myself into some pretty silly situations and have been lucky enough to get myself out of them with all limbs still intact. The one thing that has happened more than anything else especially when I was starting out was my kite coming down and either due to lack of wind or equipment failure I have found myself floating in the water with a downed kite being dragged downwind. This in itself is not a place you want to be for too long for various reasons. Cold water leading to hypothermia, sharks, being dragged out to sea or dragged into rocks and a whole lot of other things too.
If your kite is down you need to get it up or get to it. If getting it up is impossible getting to it has to be done right away or you could find yourself in a tangle of lines with your kite trying to re-launch, not a good place to be. It is possible to get to your kite without this happening though. It is a method taught by the IKO as standard in all their courses and though the best thing is to have an instructor show this to you and then have you do it yourself. I will try to explain the procedure and let the Pics give you an idea of whatâ€™s going on.

youâ€™re on the beach. If they are a bit of a mess donâ€™t worry too much about them while youâ€™re still in the water. As long as there are no lines floating around you in the water and they are wrapped up you can sort them out later.

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