Kite Surfing is the most extreme sport on water. A kitemare is when an in-shore gust of wind drags a kite surfer onto the beach. Last year, one of Britain's most experienced young kite surfers, Ross Milton, 17, was lifted 80 feet into the air over a seafront shop near Porthcawl in Wales by a freak gust of wind. He landed in the road then hit two walls. He spent three weeks in the hospital in a coma. He now sports a titanium plate in his head. Nasty proof of just how much power these surf kites can generate.
Safety rethink after kite surf crash [bbc, April 21, 2004]
British Kite Surfing Association
Planet Kitesurf
KiteWorld.net
Sunday, January 9, 2005
Kitemare