Kite Horror 3 

Thankyou for sharing. Everyone wants to share the cool stuff but this type of video and constructive comments are excellent learning opportunities. Glad you didn't get hurt.

Go kite surfing they said. Its fun they said. Think Ill stick to collecting stamps

Not sure what I just watched.....were you in a washing machine??? 🤔

That didn't have to go down like that. As a surfer, my instinct. Grab the leash, pull in the board...

Next to all that, the wave looked beautiful

Wow scary, glad you are ok!

Looked fun all the way right up until that close out section! It's easy to second guess after the fact but I'm pretty sure I would have climbed on the board after detaching from the kite. Either way, you'll take a beating but at least getting on the board could allow you to ride a wave off that sharp reef. Glad you're ok and will be back at it again!

Golden... you almost made it that second wave... good stuff

It can be tricky there when the wind direction is very off shore. Very hard to pull off the wave to the inside, the kite just keeps you in the impact zone. You have to exit to the outside if you wont make a section before it closes out. Then to make it even more fun as you get closer to shore the wind gets lighter and blocked by the mountain. If you crash your kite on the inside best to always swim hard away from the kite to keep the lines tight. If you keep them tight you wont get tangled in them and it keeps them off the reef. Best chance for a quick relaunch. Hope to be back in June. Like your vids, keep them coming.

Bravo, I wish I could give you a trophy for that ! Awesome !!!!!

Looks like you had a leash for everything but the kite.

Something similar happened to me. Since then I've always worn a life jacket! Looks uncool? Who cares!

Glad your alright!! That was quite a fight there!! Praise Jesus you got out!!

Paradise turning into hell within seconds...

All surfers should carry waterproofed cell phones with them when they go surfing.

0:34 though it might feel unnatural it’s really important to not pull the bar that much when you’re trying to quickly get out of a situation. He pulls the bar all the way in which makes the kite ‘semi-backstall’, it doesn’t drop back but it looses a lot of power (can happen a lot with lower or unstable winds). As you know the kite flies up and thus gains speed when you push the bar out which is really important for getting that extra necessary power in this situation. The kite dropped a few moments later cuz it was already tending to backstall

How much water did you drink ? - Yes

Seems like your place specializes with kite horrors.

Count the mistakes: 1. Not changing direction when seeing the wave about to break 2. Not changing direction after recovering the board 3. Dropping the kite 4. Not using the board to get clear of the surf zone 5. Standing on the reef 6. Kiting in sunglasses that cost more than $10 7. Kiting too far out to swim/paddle back in Tempting to also put 'ditching the kite', but probably it or the lines were snagged on the reef by that point, leaving ditching the only safe option.

Beautiful wave before it closed out!!!!

Looks really fun

Looks Fun!

This should be a virtual reality experience.

he didnt realize how big that wave really was until it stould up on the inside hahahaha

I’m out of breath just watching this

You know it’s big when it looks big on a GoPro 😬

Magnifique sur l'île Maurice.

Kite-boarder: MOM?? Mom: WHAT??? Kite-boarded: CAN YOU COME PICK ME UP?? Mom: DAMNIT!!! WHERE YOU AT THIS TIME COS THE BOAT IS STILL IN THE SHOP FROM THE LAST TIME!!!

To be fair a beautiful place

great waves!

Holy shit dude that was intensive

Thank you !!! I was very upset with my eletricity bill - brazil company -it-s belongs to aes ( american company) is is not the first time they mess , so after i see the video I am so relax now - beatiful place to pratice kite surfing , And i fpass for the same experince as you everthing wil means nothing!! Cherrs from Brazil!

Stuck to a kite in giant white wash, that's intense, glad your ok

holy shit, nice pasting there lad

How do you even handle to do some kind of surf with so much equipment on you, jesus sometimes having a board is trouble enough

i think at second 11 of the vid ...was where you had the last chance to steer immediately on the left and pass.....wow that was really scary

Windsurf is the best!

mate good to see you got out of that one - not too bad....

That didn’t go to plan....glad u came out it in one piece bud....

Horror! No bars when I go to call my mommy to tell her my Oakleys broke

Hey, first I'd like to say that I don't want to talk down to anyone or seem arrogant. This can happen to experienced riders aswell, and I'm not saying it can't ever happen to me. But to me it seems that many kiters who go out in the surf don't have much experience actually swimming in those conditions. As a surfer I would gradually work up to a swell like this, especially with rocks or reef underneath. If you want to kite there, why not take a few afternoons when the wind isn't good and just go out with only the board? Paddle around, see if you can get out over the waves, maybe even swim where the waves are breaking (on a smaller day first!!!) and get really comfortable. The guy in this video was really tense and got fucking mangled by whitewash that was not even that high. I do realise that your kite complicates things a lot, so get comfortable without it first. Key things to keep in mind: -If you are where the waves are breaking: Dive deep under them, keep your eyes open, get out of there. -Get your board as fast as you can. Use it as a boogie board, whitewash will gently push you to shore, DO NOT try to paddle into green waves, if you are to slow they WILL throw you. -Never hold your board as a shield infront of you. Waves are fast and water is heavy, you get the idea.

The water is beautiful

Did you call for an Uber at the end? Looks like your kite belongs to the Sea now

Kitemares i got all this to look forward to.. Ouch

Moral of the video: don’t surf where there are waves 🤔

Glad that you’re okay. Maybe avoid June 3rd every year.

I thought you never fall out, ill luck !!! Take care of yourself, Dima, we still need you!!!

I know that feeling 😁

Can you please explain what did happen to make you lose control? i see you were back riding then crashed again, is it because of light wind?

What kind of camera. And how did you not have any water drops on lens?

Trouble in paradise!!

leash for surfboards is tricky, you can end up messing this and your bar lines together in a wipeout, i don't use a leash in big waves, i rather bodydrag downwing pretty fast but then again if you surf in rock area you need to have one for sure.

thats frightening man

the water is good ?

a good advice... never step those reefs, there are stone fishes there

It was all going so well....until the mega wave

Holy shit...he got a six pack and biceps like Pop Eye after that...

People do this for fun?

Don't panic when caught inside a set (even if it's hard)

It sounded like you were gasping for air.

Я тож как то плавал в небольшое волнение. Еле вылез из воды. И дышал так же:)

lol, that dude should stick to rollerblading

Great escape! Which mount are you using for your camara??

I once hiked up to that hill you see in the background called le mourne. Fuck that was even scarier than this shit.

BRAVO, il ne faux pas faire n’importe quoi (sauve ta vie)...

Why are you surfing in the line up?

Nice wipe out 🤣

Good idea to carry a phone tbh

Me paso en bodyboard y como te pille bien una buena sucesion de olas, de ahi no sales. Es una experiencia muy desagradable

Did you lose the kite?

been there bro... in 50 degree water. suuuuuucks

oh my god!! intense!!

mauritus seems like a dangerous place to kite.why do it ?

It all started with the wave and the kite and they got me hi I’m sinking down so help

Holy fuck. Glad you are okay!!

Says the guy/ girl carrying a phone while in the ocean

"Uh oh!"

I think Tom Hanks must have been the instructor?

sweet bro

....and you do this for enjoyment, right??😄

Ouch!

Breathing Simulator 2018

did you go surf again after that?

rip kite

Caught in the wash cycle...uuoohh

WILSON!!!

What a great way to have a shitty day

In way over your head there brah!

it sounds like your drinking the water

Se ha comido un inside como una catedral jeje

Nice horror

man i hope your kite is ok it seems bad

i dont understand why you stand there for so long? could you not walk on the reef to get your kite then paddle in on your board ? or am i missing something?

Ditch the damn kite and just surf.

Dude should have dumped the Kite and ridden the wave like a Man....

Sounds like Darth Vader

Так это уже дайвинг..подводное плавание..

Mistakes were made.

bad wave judgment hahaha

Pretty good way to drown, if the kiter had not been some combination of skilled & lucky.