when did this happen?

what type of kite was it?

Saffer said...

pulled his QR and didn't have a leash attached

Do people these days (apart from waveslave) ride without a leash? Sh!T.

Bad news.

^^^^ Yep, hard to know unless you get the info from the actual guy.

There was another one at the Apex park end also, Only saw the aftermath of the kite hangin over the lines into the yard of a house.
They got the kite down , with no police etc and (plenty of on lookers though) when i was leaving they were climbing up the pine tree with a aluminium ladder to get to the lines in the trees.
Not sure if this is the same one you are talking of. After we left the cops and fireys may have been called though.

Another two lost kites at Altona today (Monday 15 Feb). One in the pine trees (which at least stopped it hitting the power lines) and the other blown into the barrier poles in front of the car park close to the pier.

I was in the water at the time so I do not know what happened - both were launching.

saw the first go in the trees.beginner way to close to the trees when launching and lost it .

Mr Plow said...

Its a sign o the times, lots more blow ins at Altona this year than others - reckon its learners taught at St Kilda and looking for somewhere to kite that isnt full of heroes and other learners.

Mate launched a kiter twice today and both times kite went into the trees...god only knows what the kiter piloting the kite was doing?

Don't know the answer - just can see its gonna end in tears

Time to look for a new "secret spot" - and no its not the dog beach

I'm quite happy with them going into the trees. Its when they start heading towards the powerlines that the bans are gonna happen. The irony today was the tree hugger wasn't a cabrinha for a change. It was a GK (i think)

Noticed some a group of euro's last saturday at Altona that looked like they knew what they were doing but i don't think they did.

First of all I got a launch of this one guy. As he sits the kite up there is tension in the lines and as i'm checking that my lines are clear, he just suddenly releases my kite. No thumbs up or nothing, just me poking my head around to see if it's all good and then suddenly having to direct my kite up.

And then one of them was nice enough to land me. he looked experienced but I was surprised when he grabbed my front bridle to catch the kite and then tries to turn it over with the end of the wing tip. Wasn't too happy as it's a new kite and I wanted to say something but didn't have the balls.

I went to launch another euro guy earlier that day and I had the kite on it's back as I was walking away from him. He hooks in, I then put it on it's side as you do to launch and the kite powered up a bit pushing me to the side of the window and down wind slightly. As it's pushing me down wind and across the guy just keeps following me. I figure he's just checking his lines but after a while i finally realise he didn't have a clue what he was doing. I had to tell him to walk back to get some tension in the lines before finally launching him.

These three instances all happened from one group of euros (assume they were together). Oh, and at the end of the session i see a different guy (same euro group) just dive his kite hard down to the ground to only just be caught by another person on the beach. I don't think they were expecting it at all.

Don't think any one of these 4 french dudes knew what they were doing that day although i do believe all 4 could actually stand up on a board.

It's hard to know who to trust on the beach!

I think Ill start coming to Altona, sounds like fun, St Kilda or Brighton especially are really boring places in comparison

That could be the only way to stop those idiots, the green Cabrinha was again showing off within meters off the Pier this arwo, perhaps he think hes Andy Yates.
Still boring in comparison to Altona.

It's not hard to ask a local. It's not like you can't find any in StK.

At the end of the day, it's bay boating rules so no signs required, boating water markers are sufficient to fine, and common sense says you don't kite amongst swimmers.

Brighton has its share of excitement too...

Was watching a group of 3 euros in todays 20 knot northerly which was fairly gusty at times, the first one survived then the second who clearly has never ever been strapped into a kite or I reckon has ever even flown one has a shot at a 9m on a reasonably crowded beach. It landed within meters of other beach goers.

I found it funny initially and then realized it could've been a very serious situation.

@Taurus:
The video is marked as "private", so not visible..

Thanks for the timely reaction!
Yeah I cannot wait to head down to Rosebud in a few hours, but have to kill some time meanwhile