Sea rescue saved a kiter 3km off Scarbs today apparently.
Anyone see/hear/know what happened?
Select to expand quotecauncy said..
Pilot f......g Pete,
Red thumbed, I thought it was funny tho. It made me laugh , so I gave ya a green one 
, J
edit : . . . and it made a difference 
Select to expand quoteJames said... cauncy said..
Pilot f......g Pete,
Red thumbed , I thought it was funny tho. It made me laugh , so I gave ya a green one , J
edit : . . . and it made a difference
Apparently, the rescue boat crew said if he hadn't been wearing a helmet they wouldn't of found him, it made a dunk noise on the hull as they drove over him, which alerted them to his position, , a crew member said it was a win win situation , the kiter was rescued and we got a few nasty barnacle removed from the hull,
Saw a kite wayyyyy offshore around 6h30 from CB. Only a little black dot on the horizon.
Risky for that time of the day and the wind wasn't that strong...
We also saw the rescue boat coming back around 7h30.
Graphs say it stayed 10-15kn til around 9pm still. Definitely felt like it got a bit lighter around 6 on the beach though. Gear failure maybe? Or else the marketing on these light wind kites is complete false advertising?
As an aside, cauncy that's hilarious! 
Not surprised, had 3 students in December, all had lessons with different so called kite-schools in perth, when asking what level they were at, all, were struggling to get up on board BUT none had used there safety systems OR done a self rescue, same **** different day
Get used to it i'm afraid 
No need to speculate and go negative.
The last time this happened (www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/General/Rescue-3kms-off-Cottesloe-Sat-Dec-7/) it sounded like the guy did most things right and was not in any immediate danger when he was picked up.
Anyone know what actually happened? Was he saved because of his flares? Boyancy jacket and eperb or is this all some strange romour to piss off eastern states people?
Select to expand quotebillykiter said..
Anyone know what actually happened? Was he saved because of his flares? Boyancy jacket and eperb or is this all some strange romour to piss off eastern states people?
Nah mate. We're just kicking back with XXXX and popcorn every time this happens in WA.
Select to expand quoteLoftywinds said...billykiter said..
Anyone know what actually happened? Was he saved because of his flares? Boyancy jacket and eperb or is this all some strange romour to piss off eastern states people?
Nah mate. We're just kicking back with XXXX and popcorn every time this happens in WA.
Yeah, I know cause you don't have enough wind to get out for a kite and you have no better beer to drink.
I don,t understand why anyone would go 3km out to sea kiteboarding
Sloppy ocean chop is horrible to ride in
And its boring
And hummers my knees
Stay in amongst the surf and waves
Usually its pretty flat water between the waves and whitewash
and there are kickers/whitewash to ramp off whist boosting
And if you get into trouble its only a 10 to 60 metre swim or walk back to the beach
