I'm about to go out for a run and all I carry is my house keys, and my driver's licence. The licence is in case I end up unconscious in a hospital and they'll know who I am and who to contact.

It occurred to me that I carry no id when kiting, except my name and phone number on my board.

A friend had a kiting mishap a few years ago and ended up in hospital. From where we were he just disappeared without a trace. We called out search and rescue and had helicopters and 7 divvy vans of cops looking for him. When he came out of surgery they called his family, but not until well after dark (He got some deep cuts from an impact with a reef. Bystanders packed up his gear and carted him off to hospital).

It would make sense for the kitesurfing association (KSA or whatever they call themselves this week) to provide members with silicone ID bracelets with our name and a contact number on them instead of the dopey tags and cards they keep sending out. That would be useful.

While I'm on the subject, a bunch of us are doing lots of foiling. It is possible to cover a distance upwind in literally half the time of any other kind of board (because you just ride straight there instead of doing 10-20 gybes). It's possible to be lots of kms away from the beach you started at. It's reaching a point where you would need to think about carrying stuff in case of a breakdown. i.e. tools to dismantle the foil, money for a taxi back (or a myki card), maybe even a satellite tracker so you can be found.