Cerebite
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Mood: Is he using the same wind we are?
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Attack Lines
Another cautionary tale for the collective:
There is an "highly under used" parking lot near work that I have been meaning to try as a buggy location. Tuesday the wind was 6 -8 mph gusting to
12 -15 mph so I decided to try the parking lot with my low wind kites [6.8 m viper & 7 m NPW] on 15 m lines.
While walking down the lines the kite was caught by a gust and whipped up around my neck, I now look like I survived a garroting attempt from the line
burn across my neck :o :puzzled::shocked2:
Later I backed over a curb and bonked my [helmeted] head on a light post, time to quit for the day  .
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erratic winds
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Whew, close one! Powering up at the wrong time seems to be how everyone I know gets line-injuries!
Glad to hear you are still with us!
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Drewculous
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wow dude!
Sign about the safety of that lot lol!
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Powerws
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Sorry to hear that! Glad your ok. These are the things I hate, just getting started. Im sticking to the beach for a while. Get better soon.
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B-Roc
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Saw that happen to a guys hand once. Looked very painful. Glad you are OK.
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macboy
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Wow. Glad you're OK. I had a little (like .5m little) 2 line stunter launch on me as I was walking back to the handles, feeding the lines slowly
through my fingers to hold the kite in launch-ready position. Smelled like burnt flesh. Scars to this very day.
The only plus was that I think it cauterized the wound 'cuz as deep as they were there was little bloodletting.
Crazy how quick it happens.
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