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Missing kite surfer

bugymangp - 5-8-2017 at 05:49 AM

I just saw on the news a kite surfer is missing off sandy hook nj
I don't know the details but they say his lines got tangled with a boat
Another black eye for the sport please be careful out there
I miss AJ and think of him offen

indigo_wolf - 5-8-2017 at 11:15 AM

News article ---> Kite surfer missing in Sandy Hook Bay after strings tangle with motorboat

"According to the Coast Guard, the surfer went missing around 5:30 p.m. Friday after the surfer's strings became entangled with a nearby motorboat and went underwater near Horseshoe Cove in Gateway National Park."

"The boater says he saw an unconscious man attached to a kite in harness, but as he was trying to pull the surfer from the water, a gust of wind pulled the kite line from his hands and he lost sight of the man."

Doesn't sound hopeful.

ATB,
Sam

Kamikuza - 5-8-2017 at 09:46 PM

Lost sight of the man? Sounds like bs to me

Randy - 6-8-2017 at 06:37 AM

Search suspended. Kind of hard to see how a kitesurfing kite could just disappear.

http://abc7ny.com/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-missing-ki...

B-Roc - 6-8-2017 at 08:43 AM

That's tragic.

bigkid - 6-8-2017 at 10:42 AM

Makes me sic to my stomach.

nate76 - 9-8-2017 at 09:20 PM

Sounds like he was unconscious when the boater tried to save him, then a gust blew him away. Sad story; thoughts and prayers are with his family.

https://patch.com/new-jersey/middletown-nj/body-found-missin...

Kamikuza - 10-8-2017 at 04:48 AM

Quote: Originally posted by nate76  
Sounds like he was unconscious when the boater tried to save him, then a gust blew him away. Sad story; thoughts and prayers are with his family.

https://patch.com/new-jersey/middletown-nj/body-found-missin...


Sounds hinkey to me...Oh I said that already. Can't delete the message though.