Gabriele Steindl: Professional Kitesurfer & Freelance Writer - Action, Lifestyle & Travels
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Aug 08
Never jeopardize your and others safety !
Never think you’re stronger than nature or good enough to….
I have seen and unfortunately keep seeing fatal accidents happening on beaches all around the globe despite vast improvements in safety features on equipment over the years. In most cases the reasons are pretty simple: the rider overestimates his / her skills and feels in total control of nature – BUT WE ARE NOT !!
No one, not even the best of the best, super hero top-pro XXXX is good enough to conquer bad luck or freaks of nature, thus PLEASE avoid riding too close to others in the water (swimmers, surfers, fellow kitesurfers etc.), the same accounts for hard objects of any sort downwind of you so that if nature all of a sudden changes its face (and that can happen in a hundredth of a second !!) at least you have some time and space to tackle the situation unharmed and without harming anyone else !
Please also check my FAQs on dangers and how to avoid accidents !