KITESURFING HORROR - Close call in Italy (engSubs)

[@jeromeouellet6097]

Oh come on you are just gonna scare people from kiting. That kind of stuff happen quite regularly when you ride waves. Its normal and part of the learning curve to become proeficient in waves conditions This video should just have been called : another normal day kiting in the waves, and if this makes you feel like you almost died, then its a clear indicatir that you should spend more time with your kite before you go out again in the waves . You need to be able to deal with the waves stuff if you wana ride waves. Wich you did well in your video by the way.. but calling it horror mean that you were pushing bear the edge of your experience

[@TheMassaKiller]

No, actually your COMMENT makes people scared of this sport if you say that this sh*t is common :D

[@maartenmidden1651]

Wtf. That doesn't happen regularly.

[@jeromeouellet6097]

@@maartenmidden1651 that because you never ride big waves... if you kite big waves it will happen to you at some point thats part of the learning curve

[@jeromeouellet6097]

@@TheMassaKiller since you canot read properly I will tell you again that yes if you ride in big waves that kind of stuff will happen to you and its nornal

[@TheMassaKiller]

@@jeromeouellet6097 😭

[@David-uz9qw]

It's crazy how kites can look like they are totally lost, then they flip around a bit and relaunch themselves. Good lesson to see how you can still ride back even when your lines are a disaster

[@teoflis3182]

Absolutely! Kites can be surprisingly resilient, thanks to people working on development… Every session is a learning experience in the unpredictability of the wind 🤙🏼

[@Cortezzio]

Just so you know, you can even get back without lines, it's called self rescue. I had to do once at Brouwersdam. Only condition: only possible with air pumped kites

[@teoflis3182]

@@Cortezzio yup I know which technique you are talking about, I also used than once 🙂

[@RalphMelis]

You did the most important thing which is to stay calm. With no disrespect intended, but I see 8M lying on the ground when you were on land and judging from the way you were struggling to walk backwards it must have been quite strong wind that day. You don't look like a super experienced kiter from this video, but maybe better to stay out of those waves for the time being until you are more comfortable with kite control etc. It looks like you had a pretty big flat water area where those guys were jumping, maybe first spend more time there just mastering your kite control, then move onto transitions with loops, so you also know what it feels like to go fast downwind on a jibe with downloop. After all of that I would move to the waves section only, even though those waves were not too big. The first time I went into proper waves was on a 25+ kt day in Scheveningen in the Netherlands, but after many MANY sessions on flat water first. If this is your only spot to kite at that's fine, but like I said I would spend more time mastering the kite in the flat section. I always keep in mind what my first instructor told me, kitesurfing is 90% kite control and 10% board control.

[@hifly1929]

You can have enough experience but going out in stronger winds will make you a bit more nervous and prone to often small mistakes that add up. But If you are confident in more normal conditions and you never go out in higher winds you will never master it. It is uncomfortable in the start. I think he handled it well and he got more experience 😊

[@sfaasd1893]

super chill kitemare vibes

[@aidanvermeulen9051]

Million dollar question is why are you kiting so far out at sea when you are not super experienced yet? Could have been avoided. Glad you safe though

[@justinsmith4562]

it wasn't that far man

[@goavegas4874]

@@justinsmith4562 Actually it was far enough and the wind in that place was blowing almost offshore.

[@cdbkr]

thanks for sharing. I have gone through a pretty similar experience a few years ago (when I was still practicing). I was completely alone and totally understand how you felt. You had a couple of good things: your brother was there with you and you managed to relaunch the kite (tangles or no tangles whatever - it's important to have something that is bringing you to the shore). After that experience, I have learned to always kite with someone (or at least with someone watching you), avoid panicking in these situations while analyzing the situation, and try different solutions, do my best to not crash the kite if not confident with the conditions. Thanks to that experience, if something goes wrong, I am a happy swimmer with my kite and foil 🤣

[@teoflis3182]

@@cdbkr appreciate your comment! I think this can happen to any of us, the only question is how we will react in such a situation…

[@gmixaz]

Hm, I didn't know lines can be tangled like that without releasing chicken loop. How did it happen?

[@pag93]

Wow thanks new fear unlocked

[@yonishara]

Not really a kitemare... Kite was operating fine. You should practice your Relaunch more, if you had better control the kite would not get eaten by the waves.

[@serhiybutyaga7000]

Bro, you're just lucky. Please practice self-rescue technique. Be safe.

[@teoflis3182]

Thanks for the comment and advice

[@chubukraken7659]

that was sketchy.

[@teoflis3182]

No doubt, it got a bit sketchy there! Appreciate your watchful eye

[@AndrewPattullo]

Land launch area well to small to many trees

[@teoflis3182]

This is what we got…

[@BADASSBASSBOY69XXX]

Hello friend and thank you for sharing. That was a really sketchy situation and if it wasn't for your friends kiters giving you a helping hand this could've been much harder. I love kitesurfing community, they're just a different kind of people all together, always willing to help in any situation. Be careful out there and stay safe. Which part of Italy is that? seems to offer a variety of different learning areas for different disciplines. Many thanks.

[@teoflis3182]

Thank you for the comment! I agree with you! We need to help each other out unless it also puts you in a dangerous situation… This is NE part of Italy - Grado Pineta.

[@GrayGray-l2d]

At least you are leading edge inflatable and not open cell, it would of been game over then. There's at least something boyant to hold onto. Been in this situation before 🪂🪂🪂

[@MrMrmidnight]

Respect🤙🏻 creeping calm is the only way to survive out there

[@teoflis3182]

Thanks, I appreciate your comment! Absolutely, staying calm is key in those situations. 🌊

[@dreddy02]

Not quite a 'horror' I have one of them per session!😉

[@teoflis3182]

😆Legend!🤙🏼

[@janvanbunningen6468]

Yes, this looks like a regular crash in de waves to me??

[@teoflis3182]

Are you saying I need to change a heading?😫

[@marshrandie4531]

First, try to keep your board or try to quickly get your board back

[@VianneyDFR]

Wow... getting the kite back in the air with those swell and tangle lines... nice ! Think of having your hand on the release system when landing when the kite ight have strange behavior...

[@teoflis3182]

It would be a looong journey if I couldn’t pick up the kite… Thanks for the tips! Great point about the release system - It is true that my hand was not there but I had that in my mind 🤙🏼

[@ffre4k]

Going overpowered with tangled kite on the ground, what could go wrong? ;)

[@teoflis3182]

😂👊🏼

[@MyAnno1404]

While it worked here i recommend to eject and then use the kite as a wing for self rescue. Its a safe way to avoid lines from snapping or some death loop in the waves or other weird things that could happen

[@justinsmith4562]

No need to self-rescue if you can fly the kite back. Self-rescue is a last resort.

[@MyAnno1404]

@@justinsmith4562 Sure, but how sure are you that you can fly the kite back? Maybe its starting a death loop when you relaunch and a wave comes and tangles the lines around your harness. Or the kite explodes into pieces - it happend to me, its a thing. Believe me a good self rescue is far safer and can be done quickly. If you are far out a fail can be really dangerous