Kiteboarding in a Hurricane
This incredibly clear photo links to a video of a guy kiteboarding during the hurricane currently whipping across Florida. It’s actually a pretty gruesome video, and it looks like the guy is accelerating right up until the end. He’s currently in critical care in a hospital in Southern Florida. Good luck, fellow adventurer. I’m sure your mom isn’t reveling in the fact that she was right about this one.
Thanks Tim
By- rockythompson
This entry was posted on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2008 - 7:44 A.M. and is filed under Video. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
August 20th, 2008 at 10:43 am
What a tosser. What did he think would happen?
August 20th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
I grew up in Texas surfing hurricanes but kite surfing one? Hope he lives…he can tell great bar stories the rest of his life.
August 21st, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Has anyone seen KH today? Hope this isn’t him.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:11 am
[…] An Australian schoolteacher was whacked in the head by a whale’s tail while kiteboarding off the coast of New South Wales. A camera mounted on his kite snapped a photo moments before the law of the ocean was laid down. He ends up a lot better than the guy who tried to kitesurf a hurricane swell in Florida, but let’s be honest, both of these incidents are signs that nature hates kiteboarders. […]