i have something similar and is safe. cheers.

anybody know if these are still available? if so where? thanks

Plummet said...
I worry something like that could get pulled out and you will have a powered kite dragging a pointy spear down the beach.

A Canvas bag sounds like a better idea.

Or better yet teather to a heavy immovable object on the beach.

Yea but over here it's getting harder and harder to find ex Kiwi rugby players willing to be buried to their necks in sand and have a chicken loop stuck in their mouth.
Seems they'll only let you do it twice before they jack up.

F*%k you man, thats my wife!

Phoney said...
F*%k you man, thats my wife!

Want to buy some more pics of her

Okay, I'll bite. Why not just self launch?

MDSXR6T said..
Maybe people dont want the increased where and tear from a self launch? If you've ever kited or been on some of the beaches around Alkimos for example, you'd be crazy to self launch. Sharp and jagged stuff everywhere and nowhere to tether

I use a dog spiral stake. Holds my 12m in 25kn no problems. Realistically the kite is only on the tether for 9 or 10 seconds as you run up the lines.

If u have shallow water (not instant water depth like launching off the cliff), u can just put half of kite in the water, half on the beach. Board or some sand, rocks (soft ones) on the part that is on the ground. Pull kite in the water with steering line, no wear at all since kite is floating to the edge on the water.
If u do hot launch, u gonna be dragged in the water so again, its safer than landlaunch.

I realize this works good only on cross shore (on-off slightly too) but, no wear. And i realize this in 15-20 kts, never launched in more. (i am still noob) Since i am beginner, i do downwinder far upwind from local kiters till i can catch that upwind edge so i am forced to selflaunch.

Also, if selflaunching fully from the beach, why not use some old tent material, polyester, couple of garbage bags ductaped or whatever? Fits in the bag, u can even wrap it around the board in the car or whatever and launch from that. Or idk, wrap wet equipement in it so it doesnt get the trunk wet?

Soft bag buried in sand maybe best.
Spike thing left poking out of sand while I'm out kiting sort of lends itself to a lawsuit.

RAL INN said...
Soft bag buried in sand maybe best.
Spike thing left poking out of sand while I'm out kiting sort of lends itself to a lawsuit.

Nothing other than a bit of rope sticks out of the sand. The blue plastic is the new version designed for wider hands and to get more depth. Stubbed toe at worst. As it screws into the sand. Requires a bit of effort to pull it out. Rated for dogs up to 45kgs(their lead attaches to the circle bit) in the grass but my kite (core) simply sits nicely.

Cost is probably $25 by the time you buy rope and a clip

The sandbags / giant cork screws / dog tethers/ umbrella screws etc don't have to hold down anything though do they? The kite just sits on it's wingtip ready for launching once its in position but the kite certainly doesn't pull the screw out.

My kite doesn't even move or bounce around but if in that 10 seconds it takes to run up the lines(and im slow), it pulled out from a gust, the kite would probably end up in the dunes but its still unpowered isnt it. Still not ideal of course but i haven't had an issue in 2 years. Assisted launch or land is always better but fortunately not always available

There's 3 things I wouldn't do in life
And that's one

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cauncy said..
There's 3 things I wouldn't do in life
And that's one

Wear a bikini and sit in the shallows?

Just put the last coat of paint on mine this arvo, gonna give it a crack tomorrow...

Newbie to the sport, have self launched but didn't like the way the kite scraped along the beach. Then when landing, pulling the release and letting the kite flag out meant tidying up the Bar and Lines was a pain in the )(*&%$. Figure this way will be heaps better....


Mild Steel Rod 20mm diameter and 3mm Plate - $30 worth of steel.
fully welded, bout 2 hours work. worst part was beating the (*%$ out of the screw to get the form right. coat of cheap paint. 180 kg breaking force rope with 200 kg carabina. screw should be good for at least 200 kgs pull out force.
might not look that flash, but should do the job for all up about $50 and some labour!

Youngbreezy said...
Surely you could just tether to any part of the scaffolding that must cover your country

Gold!

Nice work munty but I honestly think this type of anchors are really dangerous. I had a near miss at the local when someone was launching off a concreted in beach sign, had set up lines wrong and the kite went soaring through the window, ripped the post and concrete footing out and flew though the air and nearly hit me before the whole lot crashed into the sand dune. Very scary.
I don't think sand anchors would be as strong as a 700mm square block of concrete and that was not enough