How not to Kite surf in a tropical storm

[Guest db99wj]

http://www.wjbf.com/midatlantic/jbf/news_index.apx.-content-articles-JBF-2008-08-20-0006.

Fine, here,

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Edited August 20, 2008 by db99wj

[strickj]

Cant......click.....on .....link......

[Guest db99wj]

There, you happy?

[et45]

OUCH!

[The Average Joe]

I wonder if the phrase, "just let it go, man" ever cross his mind...Apparently not.

[Guest GUTTERbOY]

I wonder if the phrase, "just let it go, man" ever cross his mind...Apparently not.

I suspect his mental dialogue went something like this: "oh****oh************shiiiiiiiiit****medamn********auuuuggghhhhh"

That's my guess.

[Guest Linoge]

On a scale of one to ten, that was pretty frakking stupid.

[dunndw]

Goes to prove what I always say

Stupid should hut in direct proportion to how stupid the act is.

Kitesurfing in a TS...pretty stupid....hense...lots of pain.

[Guest jackdog]

on the one to 10 stupid scale, I rate him at a 25.6.

[Guest Verbal Kint]

Gotta give him props on committing...

Surprised he hung on after the initial impact in the middle of the beach.

[TripleDigitRide]

Gotta give him props on committing...

Surprised he hung on after the initial impact in the middle of the beach.

+1

No doubt!

He hung in there like a real champ.

[Im Neero]

The really lousy part for him is apparently the kite-surfers had all decided the wind was too high and were putting their gear away when this occurred.

As far as letting go, you are harnessed in for kite surfing.

Sucks to be him.

[Guest Verbal Kint]

As far as letting go, you are harnessed in for kite surfing.

So much for committing... he just fails all around.

[Guest bang-flash]

he is harnessed to the rig. letting go does not help much.

bone-head of the year nominee me thinks.

[ShaunM]

[Guest Verbal Kint]

- Story Update -

News Link: >> HERE <<

Kite-surfer who hit building improving, mom says

Story Highlights

• Winds carried kite-surfer into the air, slamming him into a beach and a building
  
• Television crew caught Monday's incident in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on video
  
• Kevin Kearney suffered spinal fractures, brain swelling, other injuries
  
• Mother says Kearney can't recall incident
  

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- The condition of a kite-surfer thrown airborne into a Fort Lauderdale building by strong winds this week has improved, his mother said Wednesday.

Broward General Medical Center upgraded Kevin Kearney's condition from critical to serious Wednesday morning, said his mother, Alicia Paradise-Garza.

Monday's incident, which a television crew captured on video as Tropical Storm Fay approached Florida, left the 28-year-old Kearney with spinal fractures, brain swelling, a broken rib and a broken ankle, among other injuries.

Kearney was harnessed to a kite, or sail, along a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, beach when strong wind caught the kite, sending him into the air, WFOR-TV reported.

WFOR video shows Kearney rise into the air before slamming into the beach and being dragged for a brief time along the sand.

The kite then lifted into the air again, slamming him into a nearby building, WFOR reported.

Paradise-Garza said Wednesday her son is able to walk but has spent a lot of time sedated at the hospital so his injuries could be treated.

She said Kearney has no recollection of what happened, and that no one has yet shown him the footage of Monday's incident.

In a statement given to the news media the family said Kearney, a Fort Lauderdale resident, is an "experienced kite-boarder."

Kite-surfers stand on boards while winds catch their kites and move them across water. The video showed no board at Kearney's feet while he was airborne.

Kearney's friends said his harness had emergency releases, but that it is possible things happened too fast for him to unhook his clasps, WFOR reported.

Damn... sounds like that kid is lucky to be alive.

[strickj]

brain swelling

Umm..I think his doctor likes to exaggerate a little

[Guest Verbal Kint]

Umm..I think his doctor likes to exaggerate a little

With the amount of force he plowed into the beach... and then apparently ate the side of the building at the same speeds/force... I'd tend to side with the diagnosis.

Just because the mom states he is able to walk somewhat, doesn't mean he didn't sustain enough trauma that would cause the swelling and blood flow to the head.

[strickj]

With the amount of force he plowed into the beach... and then apparently ate the side of the building at the same speeds/force... I'd tend to side with the diagnosis.

Just because the mom states he is able to walk somewhat, doesn't mean he didn't sustain enough trauma that would cause the swelling and blood flow to the head.

He would need a brain for it to swell thus the exaggerating

[Guest Verbal Kint]

He would need a brain for it to swell thus the exaggerating

Ah, gotcha.

It's 2am, and I just woke back up... my own brain hasn't started functioning yet.