Tangled Kites - The NIGHTMARE? 

Only once was I tangled. I had lost control in a wave, the other kiter coming from the other direction. His kite crossed over my kite, my kite was still in the air. He started to yell at me and used immediately his safety. I did not answer and calmly swam under his kite and untangled the two kites in less than 20s. He continued to yell and had to return to the beach, I just did my water start and continued kitting. I talked to him back on the beach and explained that I was sorry but had lost control, explained to him that yelling and immediately using his safety was a mistake but he was the type of guy that knew it all better than you. I will just avoid him in future.

Nice man 👌 I have seen one tricky situation 2 kites tangled with offshore wind... in this situation you have to react fast.. it was not possible to untangle so the two guys have used all the safety systems and swim back to the shore (1km with 30knts in the face) exhausted !

Super video ! I’m looking forward to see the next ones !

I have experienced two "tangles". The first one, we were close to shore. Our lines hit and kites lost control, but when my kite hit water, my kite lines were on the bottom. I could see they weren't twisted, but if my kite rose, they would tangle again or worse. So I released completely to keep my kite on the water and hoping my control bar would just be dragged by the kite from under the other lines.. An instructor was nearby on shore, and I knew he could grab my kite. He told me I shouldn't just release, because if the kite caught wind, the other person could be dragged by two kites. But from where I was, and my level of experience at the time, that seemed the best way to keep my lines low so the other kite could escape without risk of my kite rising and twisting around the lines again. I should note another time I witnessed a similar situation except the lines were much more twisted. In that situation, one larger kite stayed on the water and the smaller kite was out of control, but not lifting both kites. Maybe the owner of the larger kite was pulling a line to keep it on the water. At any rate, they drifted to shore. I grabbed the larger kite and set it on the beach. Then both guys got to the beach and disconnected lines to sort out a complicated tangle. In my other tangle, I was walking my kite up the beach. I saw a guy trying to impress a woman - instead of watching his kite and surroundings he was looking at her while he swung his kite to launch, but right into mine. What was really irritating was the friction of the lines melted one of my lines, which snapped. I had to buy a new line, but no one was hurt and I learned to be wary of any other kites on the beach, especially if the person seemed not so in control or not paying attention.

I'm not a BRILLIANT kitesurfer but I have many years kitesurfing in all conditions and also windsurfing for many years starting 40 years ago. I've seen a lot of tangles and kites knocked out of the sky, always other people running into me, as I kitesurf in Tarifa quite a lot. As the more relaxed kitesurfer (and also a foil kite only flier) I have to think of the competence of the other pilot. Most of the time they're pretty new and don't have much of a clue of what they're doing. I have to shout at them "Stay there, don't move" and I can usually quite easily sort the mess out for them without my kite even hitting the water. The other type of kiters are the ones (usally in Tarifa) that take off and don't give a toss about where they're coming down as long as everyone is looking at them. They're the ones that if all else fails their lines are getting my knife.

This is my nightmare😭 thank you for this video!

Perfect video! Fully agree that -if possible- you shouldn’t release aa this can make the situation worse and you lose the possibility to do anything about it. 👍👍

I tangled with my buddy whilst talking to her … I looked at her instead of the kites. It was a nightmare , I had no idea what I should do. I got wrapped in the lines and almost lost my hand

this is what I needed to see

They should do a video “how to talk to another kiter without tangling your kites “

Hi Petar, this is also one of my biggest fears. What are the best ways to avoid getting tangled ?

Do you fear tangling with another kiter ?

tried it once in kind of light winds where a guy "decided" to loop his kite around my lines. Ejected quickly and held on to the chickenloop by hand. Unfortunatly we were not able to untwist them so had to fully release it. It was in winter so had to swim a couple of 100mtrs in freezing water to get to my kite :-(

And yet at my nearby beach where k was a student and wearing a student bib, some a##h*1e decided it would be fun to ride a few metres away from me………

where are you teaching? where is video taken?

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