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Were they pulling him with the boat?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab8DjQ-PMY0

Yea.. very similar to just parasailing basically, or what Jesse Richman did earlier this year with the tow up then glide down.

No, In that video they hooked the back of the guys harness up to a rope or halyard to the top of an anchored sailboat. When he did the kite loops it put too much strain on either the rope or likely his kiting harness which was never meant to carry that much of a load. It snapped from what looks like about 50-60" high and since the kite was horizontal it did not slow his fall and may have actually slingshotted him downward even harder to the water.

VERY stupid!

dontfeedthenerd wrote:Yea.. very similar to just parasailing basically, or what Jesse Richman did earlier this year with the tow up then glide down.

except for the fact that it was a very well planned and a very well executed stunt while this was just really stupid, I hope the guy wasn't hurt too badly

yep...just another in a line of Darwin Award candidates!
steve

I guess this is a successful version of it :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ8M9BV6SQ8

Greg

The biggest fail is the resolution of that video

that is much different than what Jesse Richman did. read my post above.

Soooooo stupid and dangerous. On that note I can't wait to try it on Lake Tahoe this summer!!