The other thing to consider is that people react differently to this type of news. some like to offer condolensces and deal with it by trying to understand why... neither is wrong. just different.

I think your wrong kitepilot. theses sorts of threads are the exact location to discuss the accident the errors and learn from them.

The only positive thing that can come out of this is that we learn something from it and ensure we are safer in the future.

hey bro i run an 09 11m edge rx. so a couple fo years older than what your looking at. but might give you an idea. i find it to be a higher wind kite than other 11meters, i'm usually grinning 20-25 knots on this kite. bellow that its not really firing for me. (but my local site is waves and chop so ...

This is another trajic accident that by the sound of it could have been avoided with better planning. I still don't truely understand this accident. How far down wind are the posts? how wide was the beach? how far did she get dragged before she hit the posts? were they directly downwind? Does any on...

This is obviously a devistating loss for the family and freinds of this poor bloke. When these things happen I look at it and think how would i react? what would I do and more importantly what can you learn from this and how can improve your safety. In this instance and in most instances i think the...

Yeah there are some pictures But also a magazine article coming out so I better hold fire on releasing any pic's until then. Location is North end of Muriwai Beach in New Zealand. <iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google...

well last week i did the first ever 24hr kite landboard.

Conditions were insane to say the least. 25knots as a minimum rising to 30-35 gusting to 40+ when the squals hit.

I managed 240km in these manic conditions.

now that is a cool vid.

imagine if he drop the kite amongst the trees!!

talk about threading the needle.

those are some sweet vids. love the gliding..... "Saying your kite does everything better is just B.S." I didn't say that. foils are slower with less depower. thats there disadvantage. in some instances thats not a disadvantage. ps foils folding in on themselves is all down to pilot error. me thinks...

"once again "my kite is better then yours B.S."" no its not. i have foils and sle's and use both on land and water depending on the conditions. I have a direct comparison as i fly both types regularily. Do you? Tuesaday i flew the 6m ozone access (foil) in 30+knots, Saturday i flew the 8m ozone ligh...