X-OldHeader: From jrstudio@home.com-DeleteThis.com Wed Aug 8 22:14:07 2001 Return-Path: <jrstudio@home.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id WAA10893 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 22:14:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.58]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id WAA20245 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 22:14:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from femail36.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail36.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.254.60.26]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B91919A7 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 23:13:40 -0600 (MDT) Received: from home.com ([24.1.69.3]) by femail36.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with ESMTP id <20010809051339.JPTM1450.femail36.sdc1.sfba.home.com@home.com-DeleteThis.com> for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Wed, 8 Aug 2001 22:13:39 -0700 Message-ID: <3B722A9C.9721F55C@home.com-DeleteThis.com> Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 22:16:14 -0800 From: JR Johnston <jrstudio@home.com-DeleteThis.com> Organization: @home X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Subject: Re: Kiter at Sherman References: <cc.18e4036b.28a0736d@aol.com-DeleteThis.com>
"One beginner was having a friend wade behind them and hold their harness to
keep them under control.
It seemed to me that you should not be attached to a kite you can't control
with your own weight, period."
Dear Peter,
This is how they teach beginners in Maui :-) The instructor rides behind the
student holding onto their harness and instructs
them on water relaunching and maneuvering, etc. - if his friend was a beginner i
guess that would be a different story all together though:-)
(I don't see them instructing here in the bay area using this teaching method
for whatever reason?)
The Fact is: Kiting is very dangerous. Just look at the insurance waiver you
sign when you buy one. Or the label on the kite,
"removing this tag & you except all liability. . . Kiting could result in
death."
Do you guys really want broken bones? Lopped off fingers and ears from kite
string? Torn rotator cups that will never functioin
properly again for the rest of your life. Death?!! Just put your kiting
ambitions to rest and stick to what you know!
You'll be much happier!!
ALoha,
JR
Be careful of thermal bubble conditions too! In case you didn't hear Eric Eck's
trip to heaven (almost literally) got caught in a thermal bubble as it released
from a hot spot on the ground just as he was about to land his 15.5 and went
straight up about 150' to 200'. Bummer he and friend Donnel,
who accompanied him in the ambulance, couldn't finish out the contest. We are
all thankful he did not get seriously hurt.
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