Kite Loop To Slam In ... On ICE

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Some particularly high speeds and violent forces can be generated during kite loops, no surprise there. Many of us have been treated to a variety of pain and injury at times following impact on water with failed loop attempts. One particularly telling account on water from a couple of years ago appears here



An experienced kiter threw a kite loop on frozen Lake Maridalsvannet just to the north of Oslo in Norway yesterday. He reached a height of about 3 m but apparently landed badly. He may have suffered a broken pelvis and torn lung following impact with the ice. More about this (in Norwegian) HERE

I understand that this was picked up by a Norwegian newspaper. Has anyone seen the account?

I hope the rider heals fully and fast!

Have a care where you choose to throw kiteloops. They can really hurt on liquid water, slamming in at high speed on ice, even with helmet and pads? If you pull it off great, if not more than a little pain possibly extending to fractures, concussion, organ damage, possible paralysis ... you get the idea.