how much gear have you broken in the last few weeks ? me:
1.trashed a panel in north ice with harness hook
2. sliced bootie and foot on sharp rock/oyster
3.broke screw in waveboard fin
4.snapped uni
5. broken boom clamp
6.bent mast(sleeve/ferrule)
7.baton into luff sleeve, pryde wave
8.webbing broke, mast thru top of luff sleeve, of naish redline.
1. Smashed the nose of my freeride board.
2. Ripped a footstrap screw out of my speed board . (Thanks very much to Vando for the help with 2 above repairs )
3. Almost got stuck near Green Island (Thanks again, Haircut, thought I was going to have to camp at Green ) - Damage done : pride and temporary cerebral scarring at the thought of becoming shark food -
4. Sliced feet on oysters whilst trying to sail barefoot like the pros ;)
5. Catapulted and hit my GPS on the mast, rendering it about as useful as a pencil sharpener for recording data.
How did I do, Richiefish ?
almost snapped my ankle saturday and couldn't walk saturday night.
that's about it.
i use KA/Powerex/NXS/MFC
so haven't broke any gear for a long time.... a very long time!!!!!!!
flame suit on. get out ya thumbs!
Punched a hole in my 7.4 Loft02. Easily fixed and as I was fixing it my wife spotted it and recommended I get a new sail as the old one (just over 12 months old) looked tatty.
Some times a women's point of view has advantages and I never tell her she is wrong
I declined the offer of course (yea right I did)
slipped in the order that day.
Wet Willy said,
1 mast broken mysteriously on the beach, left rigged in semi-shade
10 toenails cut (please let that count)
2 small cuts on hand from falling down drunk
1 standing electric fan broken in drunken falling-down incident (so it's wind-related)
small cut on left toe from sandals
...and you call yourself hardcore????
- Willy forgot to mention the reason for his drunken fall was due to the bottom of his dress catching on his high heels
-come on Willy, harden up!
...and I broke another mast today!!! Freestyling!!! Heli tacks, sailing backwards, sailing backwinded, u name it...
In 3 knots...
It was a really old 1-piece 460 mast I found on the junk heap, just had to break when used with a modern sail (Ezzy wave SE 6.9)
...but that's not the point! I BROKE A MAST WHILE FREESTYLING!!!!!!!!
I'M HARD!!!!!!!!
I put my head through my almost brand new 4.6m code:red, at 28 knots and still got 22 knots on the way back with the big hole in the sail!
it's tough work being a kiter when there's a seabreeze forum
How Much gear do you think Jason Pollakow breaks every season? I reckon it would come close Richiefish
How does a catapault leading to a bit of "mast" on mast impact count?? 
Left me with a black bruise the size of a 10c piece on the end of the wife's best friend..yowch! Please note, no RDMs were involved .
buying new / newer gear havent broken anything yet touch block of wood i call head yet fingers crossed
Thanks Richie you've put the mocka on all of us.
First green arrow day in a month for CQ and I've snapped a boom, via a la calapulta + 400m paddle.
Richie what have you done starting this thread????
Thursday hit submerged tree/log, at about 28knts and came to a instant stop.
Fractured fin and some sort of damage to most parts of my body.
Yesterday my mate broke his ankle, requires surgery, thats him gone for 2-3 months, needed two people to carry him back up the beach as he was floundering around in the shallows like beached dugong. 
I had to do a 1km round trip through the stingray shallows to rescue his gear before the tide washed it into the mangroves.[}:)]
Can we please have this thread removed and any further reference banned.
