Had to help out a kiter today. Got a little too close to the trees in front of my house and got his kite stuck.
He really wanted to get it down, he was up in the tree about 3m-4m above the sand below, trying to free the thing.
I've never managed to get my sailboarding kit stuck in a tree.
Dog, now thats funny!!!
Sorry, just realised Im waiting for Waveslave to hit the "bloody poleboarders" button!!!!!
used to be a common problem 20 years ago when we used to sail Landyachts across country around Youanmi mine site Mast would hit a mulga branch and the yacht would suddenly go straight up 
At my local spot we get 2-3 a year stuck in trees like so.
Always fun to watch the large crowd of kiters, wading in 2 feet of water, trying to free the cloth for hours on.
I always found a good chainsaw was handy for such situations 
relax I'm joking....
> I always found a good chainsaw was handy for such situations
Nah, thems lines ain't that sturdy.
Im a kiter
Although the help will have been aprreciated - its better to let the KOOK do it himself, as this will give him more time for reflection... on why his Dumbarse was too close to shore - giving us all another bad rep !!!!!!
There was one stuck in a tree just last week. I'm still kicking myself for not having my camera with me! It was so funny, the stupid bl@@dy thing was almost completely torn in half by the time it came down! Jeez why would you launch/recover a kite next to a tree? Perhaps the guy thought he'd better stay close to the windsurf club in case he needed a rescue.
Some one posted this a couple of months back .....NOW THATS ENTERTAINMENT you want action /adrenelin hit try this ,it needed a re run .........................
we were all kooks once, and had to learn our lessons,, it just looks more epic when it's a kiter, don't be too hard on him., i'm sure he's had a fair serve of shame pie already 
Agree windy Miller.
When I started windsurfing and just started to plane, I went smack bang into a channel marker close to the launching area. The noise echoed everywhere and you really feel the shame. Didn't want to come back in after that one.
I still always sail too fast when its too shallow! I dont care if people see me stack it..its more that I keep damaging booms. It always seems that just as I really get onto a fast run - I fast run out of water!!
The "silly kiter" in question is quite a nice fellow. At least it provides a good way of meeting people. Often now it's a couple of kiters and a couple of blokarts and myself out on the water which is always good. I figure that when the wind dies, they look more like a bobbing lure than I do.
There was even another windsurfer out the other day which is a bit rare where I live.
His kite is still sailable and didn't seem to sustain too much damage.
