megsie said...
their going to make us all carry EPIRBs and flairs soon
Why?
Are you a risk to yourself?
There have been
rare incidents over the years where a few individuals have been caught out as the wind direction changed to offshore and they have had equipment issues.
However, the majority of kiters (
including this one mentioned) have the necessary skills to self rescue should they need it, eg if their kite be unable to relaunch. And we get back to the beach safely with no dependance on rescue authorities.
Most windy days at Pinnaroo point, there is a kite school there who I have seen have no hesitation in launching their rescue craft to assist, irrespective of whether the kiter is under instruction or not.
Those kiters who kite offshore or in dubious wind directions should also be able to swim back and ditch their gear if it is pulling them out. In the
one instance I refer to, the kiter had equipment issues which prevented him doing that for a few minutes and was dragged.
