This experience was on the top of any scary scale.
It began by me going into yet another failed flying gybe, far to fast, massively gusty winds of 12 knts to 30knts close to shore in yet again off shore winds,
As I started the carve I touched the water with my 6 MTR kite, it started to roll onto its nose so I grabbed the leader line to snatch the kite round and clear the surface, at this point I was bent double as the kite pulled me sharply into the stuck on the water kite, it was then it very quickly went wrong, my flying foil surfaced in front of me and I had to defend my face with one arm very quickly, but!
When I was under the water face down I realised the mast was now pressing against my chest and shoulder and I could not push it away, looking around I could see my bar and lines was wrapped around the rear stabilizer and it was then as I was trying to undo the tangle of lines I panicked slightly as I was now aware one leader line was wrapped very tightly around the front wing and all this was right in front of me and I knew what might happen next, and it did, the kite took off and began to spin, this gave me a breath of air I was launched through the air, after the 3rd kite spin the kite stopped and I had to stay under to find the right side of the bar to pull in the leader line and kill the kite, a wind lull at that point allowed me to gain slack line and release my wing and stabiliser from the lines,
This is the second time the mast/wing and stabilizer has surfaced in such a way it comes in towards your chest, the last time was months ago when I went over the top of a wave, which was my first attempt of taking on a big wave, on that occasion the only injury was cut fingers when I defended my face from the sharp bits,
This last experience will make me more aware and react differently to prevent this ever happening again.