One of my good mates who is a kite surfer got into this sport and has been in NZ doing this


here is a vid of what it is all about
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But I got a call from him yesterday and 4 weeks ago and you guessed it
Heavy crash - air evacced to dunedin -
Broken back - surgery - heaps of metal inserted to support the broken vertebrae - now in a full body cast - good news is he can walk and should be able to recover -

It looks like such a wild and fun sport - but can end in tears pretty quick

Here's another awsome vid - look dangerous but super fun.

At least when they do it on snow there usually aren't trees to hit.
I understand the rush, just don't think it's a calculated risk i could take... what with landing being the most dangerous part of flying, and they're just 3/5ths of a ****teenth away from 'landing'.

i was flying high on whipper once is it the same

fk that

pretty advanced canopy control .......learn to paraglide first...and that old airsports maxim " don't F..k with the earth!!"

Awesome stuff,

"There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots"

DM

you can do something similar with kites .Its up there when extreme cheating of death is involved
(maybe turn the sound down its very ordinary)

AKSonline said...

Awesome stuff,

"There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots"

DM

SO right
Looks so good, but doubt we will see any old guys doing it

Gorgo said...

I'm 54. I don't have a speed wing as such. It's more of a mini-paraglider. Ridge soaring in stronger winds is a hoot. You can pull some decent G's in a diving swoop.

Congratulations on making it so far in this life