RushInAir said...
Hmm I remember it was Julie!! She made the mistake :)) so blame her for this :) Just bcuz of her you have to put up with idiots like me :))) Thats not fare Really sorry Mr 69

Wow!

Such a wrong and broken thread.......in many ways

To KB Dave, Elliot and a few others......thanks for keeping it real

RushinAir, please stop posting.......

I was there on the day and tried to help 2 beginners in a bad situation,,,,,,,I am only going to talk about what I know to be true, what I saw and what I did.

It was a gusty day approx. 25knts with frontal systems looming in the arvo, I had been out for a couple of hours and kept looking over my shoulder at the clouds rolling in and could feel the wind increasing so I decided to call it a day. As i am returning to shore on a port tack I notice two beginner kiters had crashed and their lines were crossed, so I kite back out to see if they would be able to free themselves and move on. When I first arrive, I discover that Simon's kite is inverted and Geili's seems to be ok, they were both still attached at this stage but moving towards each other with the pull of the kites. The kites were not tangled, the lines were just crossed but, Geili is tangled in Simon's lines and can't tell me where, nor could I see them. I then tack away for a few seconds to assess the downwind area and see that it seems to be clear, so I return and tell both kiters to fully release and note that Simon had already released QR1, but Geili seemed to be still attached to hers.

I grab her board (don't know where his was), took it to shore and returned to find Simon had swum away and she appeared to be free from her kite. My plan was to body drag/tow her closer to shore, as we weren't far away, so someone could grab the kite (cross onshore) and diffuse the situation. Remember, Simon's kite is still inverted and she is still tangled in his lines with a frontal system on top of us!

I repeatedly tell her to grab the back of my harness so I can tow her to shore but she says she can't. All of a sudden Simon's kite starts death looping downwind at an unbelievable speed (11m Nomad, she is prolly 65kg) with this poor girl tangled in the lines. I try to chase after her but remember feeling nothing but despair at not being able to get to her and thinking she is going to drown.....The kite finally stops looping (approx. 500m down the broadwater) and a boat stops to pick her up. Others had already left in a car to find her.

I arrive back at the beach around the same time as the guy's got back with Geili in the car. I expect to find her injured in some way but amazed to see her badly shaken , relatively unharmed, but best of all alive!

I did not know either persons name till I read this thread.......

By the way.....that is not a jump Simon is doing in the video, he is being lofted!

Learn to read weather patterns!!

I love the immigration nazis... odds are real good you're a recent immigrant yourself, relatively speaking.

What's kitesurfing got to do with immigration? Perhaps spew your toxic political views in another backwater redneck forum so we don't have to read them.

Unless you're an aboriginal then you're an immigrant however perhaps in your case you're just ignorant.

There are no borders when in it comes to kitesurfing.

Thanks for actively helping Gilly3. Someone did bring my board back to shore (thanks).

There have been some well explained posts in this thread which I've read and learnt from. Thanks.

st11 said..
Thanks for actively helping Gilly3. Someone did bring my board back to shore (thanks).

There have been some well explained posts in this thread which I've read and learnt from. Thanks.

i still see what you did as attempted murder. fully releasing a kite while someones entangled in it.

stone the flamin crows Kozzie....head to North Korea and smoke sum weed dude

how is this any different to him driving a boat draging a cargo net getting someone caught in that cargo net then abandoning the ship leaving the person to be dragged and drowned till the boat hits something. its completely and utterly ****ED UP that you disconnected completely from your kite without explaining and getting complete confirmation from the person you had get caught in your lines first that that is what you were going to do.

if she had of died which is quite possible what the **** would your defense be?!?! oh someone else told me to do it?!?!?

Kamikuza said..
I love the immigration nazis... odds are real good you're a recent immigrant yourself, relatively speaking.

I think you will find that Kiteman is unable to get a passport due to his criminal history. I see him at most of the Brizzy spots. Recons he has never left the country. So I guess he can't be an immigrant. Recons He immigrated from the Hospital in Brizzy to Capalaba.lol

Hes a bit intence but a good bloke all the same. On ya Kite man. You speak your mind oldmate.

First of all it was good that Gilly3 responded fast and was quickly doing what he could to help.

Simon said that it was at the urging of a nearby kiter that he fully released.

Gilly3 says that he urged both kiters to fully release. Geili was tangled in Simon's lines at the time, and Gilly3 says he knew that, so it seems to me, that was a mistake.

There was a lot happening and everyone was trying to do the right thing at the right time under a lot of pressure. Mistakes happen. Best to learn from that and be thankful that the situation ended well all things considered.

So Kozzie you are clearly no fool so I'm sure you know murder, attempted or successful requires premeditation. So do you think he planned this?

Mate, I think you may have forgotten what it is like to be a beginner. Sleep well.

Some of the posters on this thread should **** off back to stabmag - self righteous arseholes who think they've never ****ed up

Fair bloody dinkum. As if the poor bloke wouldn't be feeling bad enough about what happened. Not that he did a whole lot wrong anyway under the circumstances, from my reading of the incident. When you're in danger of getting seriously ****ed up, beginners are taught to release themselves from the kite while they still can. It's easy to say in hindsight exactly what each person should have done, but try seeing things from their point of view. Most likely panicking, submeged in the water, and not completely aware of who's lines are tangled where and how.

This thread has something for everybody.