Scary stuff at coyote
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2012 6:20 pm
Alright, just got out of the water at coyote.
I was on my 11. light condition inside.
Could keep my ground but hard to get upwind.
Still having fun. Enough power to get some backrolls on the gusts.
I decide to go outside to make some ground upwind as usual, as I pass the yellow buoy, I see a gust coming at me really fast.
never saw something like this before. clear wind line coming my way.
One side was like blowing 13kts the other side the water texture looked like 40.
as soon as it hit my kite I got blown out of the water pretty high. Bar got pulled out of my hands and the kite bent BACKWARD.
Crashed in the water wondering what the ^!@#%$ just happened. Pretty sure that by the violence of the shock the lines probably snapped and I'm not even attached to the kite anymore.
But no, kite is still there. I body dragged quickly to my board and decide it's time to get back to shore presto.
Inspecting the kite onshore, I notice the violence of the shock blew the canopy on the edge of the windtip from the leading edge. (you can see it on the picture).
So my question is: is it possible I got blown away by some leftover draft from a plane landing at SFO and passing above me?
I've been riding at coyote almost all this season and this is the first time this happens to me.
Needless to say, conditions got better but I packed up and called it a day.
I was on my 11. light condition inside.
Could keep my ground but hard to get upwind.
Still having fun. Enough power to get some backrolls on the gusts.
I decide to go outside to make some ground upwind as usual, as I pass the yellow buoy, I see a gust coming at me really fast.
never saw something like this before. clear wind line coming my way.
One side was like blowing 13kts the other side the water texture looked like 40.
as soon as it hit my kite I got blown out of the water pretty high. Bar got pulled out of my hands and the kite bent BACKWARD.
Crashed in the water wondering what the ^!@#%$ just happened. Pretty sure that by the violence of the shock the lines probably snapped and I'm not even attached to the kite anymore.
But no, kite is still there. I body dragged quickly to my board and decide it's time to get back to shore presto.
Inspecting the kite onshore, I notice the violence of the shock blew the canopy on the edge of the windtip from the leading edge. (you can see it on the picture).
So my question is: is it possible I got blown away by some leftover draft from a plane landing at SFO and passing above me?
I've been riding at coyote almost all this season and this is the first time this happens to me.
Needless to say, conditions got better but I packed up and called it a day.