downed kiter

Oh, that's pretty stink! Can't have been a very experienced Poley to do that to you!

Most guys would have sailed upwind of you I'm sure. Lets not have another kiters vs poleys debate!

Not good. Last season I had a similar experience, nothing had broke but the kite was in the water directly down wind from me, had been there for a few minutes as I was composing myself to try again (was still learning), anyway I had a kiter go between me and the kite. I was not going to let him cut the lines with his board and fins so I lifted the lines out of the water and coat hangered him. Worked well, lines ok and one more crashed kiter.

Cheers

I agree, im glad you are in QLD and not WA. You seriously can't think that is acceptable behaviour on the water.

I have recently had the pleasure of being coat hangered by someone crashing their kite in to me (although an accident and very apologetic), the kite lines can do some pretty serious damage to your body when you are tangled up and have no control of 2x looping kites in 25 knots.

Espescially considering the likley hood of your lines being damaged is pretty low, they'd just run along underneath the board no problem...

The other day in underpowered conditions someone accidentally down looped their kite into me as I was passing downwind of them. Knocked me off the board - 1 line snagged my harness and another my hand - flicked off but even in under powered conditions the potential for damage is big.

btw the guy was very apologetic and no harm done. Total accident.

I got clothes lined last year while walking up the beach with my kite by a learner, who was kiting near the shore. Not only did i get the line through the neck, but thrown 3m back, then had my own kite kite loop and get thrown over the sand dunes... I got away lucky, a slight line burn to the neck and some brused ribs. But dont wish it on anyone else-it could go so horribly wrong. I have seen kite lines rip through wet suits and skin.

That's true, but intentionally coat hangering somebody is alot stupider, one makes you a prick but the other could hurt someone pretty bad.

Surely nobody is going to intentionally ride between a kite and the rider? Unless of course they wish to harm themselves more than anyone else?

No doubt it was a brain fade, sun in the eyes or just that the poley didn't know his way around kites (is that so hard to fathom - how much do you know about poles?).

Bet he doesn't make the same mistake again though!

As if you would coat hanger someone on purpose...???!!!
Has to be joking.....right ?

Kite rage at its worst,kite lines cut like a knife when fully tensioned.

As could running over someone's lines which is an equally dangerous action. If you only cut one of the lines you have the potential to creating a looping kite. The alternative is that you are unintentionally (through no fault of the person in the water) caught up in their lines resulting in 2 looping kites with even more disastrous consequences. I've also seen people caught up in their lines, so riding over them can hurt the person if they are trapped in the lines or have them caught around any part of their body.

The reality is if someone goes over someone else's lines, then they are clearly not concentrating and are a danger to those water users around them. You can play it up as the sun or whatever **** you want to, but in reality, its just a reality poor excuse for not watching what is happening around you.

This is not to defend the actions of the coat hanger retaliation, I don't agree with that either, but lets not play down the danger or @ssholeness of riding over someone's lines.