School sucked. Came home, found nothing to eat. Decided to get on my laptop. Figured out I'm going to have to spend $120 on something I don't want or need. Decided to go kiting. Froze my a$$ off. Hit a divot in the ground at about 30 mph. Hit the deck. Couldn't pull my strop out of the spreader hook in time. Kite powered back up before I could say oh #@%$#!. Dragged me 40 feet through a crushed rock parking lot. Cut everywhere, broken strop loop on my handle, badly sprained right wrist. I just wrapped the lines around the handles and shoved the unfolded kite into my truck and went home. I now have a colossal mess to untangle downstairs.

Is it Friday yet.

Ive been watching the red arrows on windmapper light up texas all day seanny.

save that knot for a sunny day.

when they happen to me i grab a cold beer, lawn chair and start unwinding.

heal up, advil and neosporin

Och, best of luck healing fast and well.

Sometimes you just gotta stay home and lick the wounds.

glad it wasn't worse Seanny

Thanks guys. I think if I could have had it one way or the other, I'd trade the wrist sprain for nice straight untangled lines any day. This could take hours...

Hey it's all good fun! Just think, when I was your age there was no such thing as kites and I sure as heck didn't have my own truck :o consider yourself lucky

Can't untangle in a hurry, can't heal in a hurry either... But untangling will be just a hour or so, can't say that for your wrist...

QR on your strop ends? Not too hard to rig.

http://kiteboarderz.piczo.com/projects?cr=6&linkvar=0000...

LOL @ Kami (again) yessir uphill three miles in the snow barefoot both ways yeah baby yeah!

You think I'm joking, don't you Furb? Actually, it was 8 miles to school on a bicycle (one speed, made in 1940's) and I only had a summer uniform - riding to school in shorts in < 0'C wasn't fun ...

I never got around to it, but I would have made the "let go handles, strop releases" version that's floating around somewhere too ...

You kiwis grow up tough tho!

Never met one swingin dingleberries that's fo sho!

Yeah, I forgot about that other version, def an upgrade in safety.

Cheer up dude your pain will heal and the lines will get sorted. Long before you know it you'll be back out there givin it all again. Seriously though glad you didn't get hurt any worse.

get well

Lines untangled. Time: 2:16. Now I just need some food. And a way to get rid of the Slingshot bar...

that's a long time... wow.

hope your wrist is doing OK, immobilize and ice it if you can.

that's a long time... wow.

hope your wrist is doing OK, immobilize and ice it if you can.

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Originally posted by Seanny School sucked. Came home, found nothing to eat. Decided to get on my laptop. Figured out I'm going to have to spend $120 on something I don't want or need. Decided to go kiting. Froze my a$$ off. Hit a divot in the ground at about 30 mph. Hit the deck. Couldn't pull my strop out of the spreader hook in time. Kite powered back up before I could say oh #@%$#!. Dragged me 40 feet through a crushed rock parking lot. Cut everywhere, broken strop loop on my handle, badly sprained right wrist. I just wrapped the lines around the handles and shoved the unfolded kite into my truck and went home. I now have a colossal mess to untangle downstairs. Is it Friday yet.

sorry to hear about that seanny, glad you're ok though.......about that divot....... about a year and a half ago me and a buddy were kiting in this HUGE field i had found--we were having a blast flying all over the place in the buggy--i was easily going 30 when i saw a hole about 2 ft wide and it looked deep--it came upon me so quickly, i wasnt able to avoid it--luckily, at the speed i was going, i went right over it--any slower, it probably would have gotten me, it was a deep hole, about 2 ft deep--after that scare, i always inspect new fields very carefully before i buggy or board--heal up fast, you've got more kiting to do!

Whoa. That is a sucky day.

I have flirted with soccer goals, gravel and asphalt. Never got into serious trouble, though.

The guys are right. You'll heal up. Faster than some of us gray hairs on here.

Take your time with the lines. Sometimes you have to walk away. Otherwise a knife or scissors are waaay too tempting.

Wrist is totaled. Swollen up like a balloon filled with pudding. I must have hit the divot just right... I lost my balance and fell backwards. I'd love to type more but I can't. Hurts like #@%$#!. Anyone have any morphine?

I take it you were flying a Fixed bridle? Once you get that Venom up things will be a bit more civil on your flying days. Rest, heal, and learn - tomorrow is another chance to do it right.

Yeah. Twister II 4.1 in ~15 mph gusting to 32. I didn't even feel overpowered. It wasn't the kite at all, actually. Of course, if it wasn't attached to me with a strop and I didn't get dragged across rocks, that might have made it a little bit better.

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Originally posted by thanson2001ok Take your time with the lines. Sometimes you have to walk away. Otherwise a knife or scissors are waaay too tempting.

So true....

Get to a doctor for an x-ray on that wrist! Delicate thingies in there, you don't want to mess with them ...

Untangling lines is no problem for me ... except when I'm wanting to be flying :D

Sounds pretty painful man, glad you came out okay. I think most of us have some crazy stories about running over things we didnt quite see in time... Fortunately, you didnt get injured worse.. Heal up soon.

Thanks guys I might have to go get it checked out after school. This isn't the first time I've munched this wrist, so it was a bit weak to start out with. I hope it isn't serious... it HAD to be my right hand lol

Sean, how bad is the swelling dude? If it is really big ,or you have deep looking buise ,you might want to get it XRayed. There are ALOT of little bones in there that are easily crushed. And deep bruising could be sign of torn muscle tissue or ligament damage. The day after I killed my shoulder this wierd lookin bruise showed up on the back of my shoulder and you could tell it wasn't a surface bruise ,but a bleed out from deep within. I just figured I tore some muscle tissue.Come to find out I broke the cartilidge off the bone AND tore some muscle tissue.

It's a pretty funky bruise. Not the biggest and most disgusting I've seen, but it's enough to have me a bit concerned. I've broken quite a few bones... including a double compound fracture in my left arm (it is now about an inch shorter than my right one ) I can almost diagnose myself at this point. An X-Ray couldn't hurt, though. My mom is an RN... she looked at it last night and said it was still too early to tell what it is. I'll have her look at it again when I get home today.