Heftig dit, hij had echt enorm veel geluk dat hij dit na kan vertellen en niet in de minste plaats door zijn eigen kunde om rustig te blijven en een relatief zachte landingsplaats uit te zoeken.
Samenvatting van een interview (bron:
http://www.kiteforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2391701&start=10)
- They were kiting with a bunch of friends, including kids
- Onshore conditions
- He saw the gust coming over the water, and being an experienced windsurfer and kiter, he understood a strong gust was about to hit
- he had enough time to return to shore and drop his board, which he did
- he had the hand on the QR, but when the gust finally hit, things happened too fast to QR
- The gust hit and he was lofted 10m high; decided not to QR at this point
- He actively steered the kite during his flight, avoiding obstacles
- he sheeted in to get over the first 5 story building with ease, being up at 18m; the second 5 story building was more difficult and he touched the roof lightly
- then the gust lost force, and he looked for a landing place
- lots of swimming pools without water, so he chose a tiled roof to dampen his crash landing
- he crashed and stayed conscious, broke his leg, and cut his head
- he climbed down on his own, holding onto an antenna, from the inclined roof where he crashed, to a lower horizontal roof
- a passing firefighter saw the incident, saw him flying up there, followed him with his car, and alerted the rescue services when he knew where the guy had come down
- he's in hospital and says, this was a normal accident which could happen in any sport, and not to consider kite surfing an extreme sport.
Hele verslag (in het spaans):
http://www.levante-emv.com/marina/2016/02/16/pense-hija-tenia-salir/1379768.html