http://madwindsurfing.com/kitesurfers-trouble/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kitesurfers-trouble Everything about windsurfing! Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:27:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://madwindsurfing.com/kitesurfers-trouble/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Nabi Rasch Mon, 25 May 2009 17:19:13 +0000 http://madwindsurfing.com/?p=1674#comment-282 There's no absolute way to avoid accidents or 'stay safe' while kitesurfing; you have to accept that it's a high risk sport where unhappy surprises can instantly appear. That's the best way (aside from not kiting at all) to stay safe. Last winter (2008-2009) two kiters died within the space of a couple of months at La Ventana, Mexico. One of the bodies washed ashore practically at my feet while I was preparing to have dinner at the seaside restaurant there. Another day, 3 kiters went to the hospital almost at once. A young kiter some of my friends know fractured his pelvis and spine and is permanently debilitated. Even when the injuries happen to 'experts' and instructors, the kiting community tends to overlook or rationalize the carnage--in fact, kiters have somewhat turned the danger into a joke by referring to a busy kiting scene as 'carnage'--i.e. 'Look at the carnage out there!' I don't know of any other sport where the word 'carnage' is a positive expression used to crank participants up. There’s no absolute way to avoid accidents or ’stay safe’ while kitesurfing; you have to accept that it’s a high risk sport where unhappy surprises can instantly appear. That’s the best way (aside from not kiting at all) to stay safe. Last winter (2008-2009) two kiters died within the space of a couple of months at La Ventana, Mexico. One of the bodies washed ashore practically at my feet while I was preparing to have dinner at the seaside restaurant there. Another day, 3 kiters went to the hospital almost at once. A young kiter some of my friends know fractured his pelvis and spine and is permanently debilitated. Even when the injuries happen to ‘experts’ and instructors, the kiting community tends to overlook or rationalize the carnage–in fact, kiters have somewhat turned the danger into a joke by referring to a busy kiting scene as ‘carnage’–i.e. ‘Look at the carnage out there!’ I don’t know of any other sport where the word ‘carnage’ is a positive expression used to crank participants up.

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