kiteboarding!
the tittle speaks for its self, I bought myself a really nice board (imagine a snowboard with really chunky 4x4 wheels),

Bought the 'proffesionals only' kite from the catalogue and off i went to try and teach myself to kiteboard at the local golfcourse...

So queue me, happy as anything, flying down the first hole with a 20ft kite and some wheels, the marshall hot on my heels in his little buggy.
When it came to learning to jump (the angry punk music i was listening to spurred me on) i decided i would try a simple ollie over a small patch of tall grass. Not being the smarted fella about, i didnt realise what a small jump, a 20ft kite and almost gailforce winds would ultimatly acheive (but angry punk music didnt care, why should i?)
So as i leave the ground i notice im leaving it at quite a stunning rate...so hold on for dear life, trying not to soil myself. thats not the scary bit either...

As i start to decend from the 30ft or so i believe i was in the air, the wind starts pulling me in a rather scary direction...the railway lines that run parralel to the golfcourse. so still about 15ft in the air, i have to let go and land in a rather rough area of trees, stinging nettles etc. as i watch my large and really expensive kite ignite and incinerate on the overhead wires. That is the clostest ive ever been to death.

Still bought another kite though. Im really quite good at kiteboarding now!!! :( cheers darwin!
(gingerbollocks 'happy and content' since, Sat 14 Feb 2009, 15:08, Reply)