kitesurfing dangers.

Kitesurfing Dangers

yep nice little article   kitesurfing dangers,  especially considering the next piece on the shark attack in western australia.


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Kitesurfing Dangers



Jakob Jelling





Kitesurfing is a very dangerous or, as some people call it, extreme
sport. Before you try kitesurfing, you should definitely try to find
out about all the potential kitesurfing dangers. The kitesurfing
dangers may result from many different things: from equipment failure
to human mistake to problematic weather conditions. Learning about the
potential kitesurfing dangers will help you to prevent yourself from
getting into dangerous situations and making dangerous mistakes.

Of course, there are very good safety systems available to prevent many
kitesurfing dangers but these safety systems cannot protect you from
every single danger. You will need to make sure that your equipment has
a very good and reliable safety system and that you know how to use it
and are comfortable with it. Practice using your safety system as much
as you can.

how about this a near shark attack

this has to be the wildest thing I have ever heard,  imagine skimming along then have your board suddenly stop!!!  would be best not to know at that stage......

Shark decides to lunch on a Starboard Acid

Category: Windsurf

Our Western Austrlia brothers are just starting to enjoy the windy season and one shark decided to join in early too.

Report from 'Old Git' on the seabreeze forum.

I was at the 3 mile camp when the incident happened. One of the
Geraldton locals sailed out from the key hole at the camp on Friday
afternoon in light winds. He was out the back of the bommie and his
board stopped suddenly and he was thrown forward onto his sail.

A shark around 8 feet had bitten the back of his Starboard Acid
Wave leaving a teeth marks the size of a large dinner plate. I can
confirm this as I saw the board afterwards. The guy ended up with
grazes down his legs from the abrasive skin of the shark. In the
confusion they separated and he managed to waterstart and head back in.

One of the fishermen saw the board and made the comment it was
red and white like the most popular lure in Australia and it was no
surprise to him that a big fish would be interested in it being trawled
through the water at around 8 knots. Everyone at the camp was in a
state of shock for about 5 minutes and then went sailing again. Mind
you the surf line-up was pretty quiet the next day.

Apparently when the shark launched its self on the sail it
actually got stuck between the boom and the sail and was more intersted
in getting off the sail than having lunch. This probably saved this
guys life. I am sure will here more about this event.