hmmm. i was kiting today in a paddock and my bar (10m 05 frenzy) was humming like high voltage lines. if i took my hand on and off the bar it would give me a zap through my gloves. conditions where overcast with rain threadening. there were some thunder clouds lurking in the distance. the bar hummed for and zapped me for 15-20 mins. What the...... why did this happen? should i stop wearing latex gimp suits when i kite?


go to the below link on this topic i raised on the flexifoil web site.

Something i haven't thought about before. (well its never happened until the other day).

community.flexifoil.com/showthread.php?t=145691

yeah it happens.

we had it with a trainer kite that was getting very lightly rained on

could hear a bit fast bzzzt bzzzt bzzzt, so we put it down.

I've heard of guys getting lockjaw from kite shocks too.

mates 5 year old asked what would happen if we got hit by lightning, i said we would cook.

he said "then we could eat you! you'd feed lots of people!" :roll:

Craig

hahaha. quote of the day.

My partner and i were up in Ruakaka last week and thinking of getting out in the water, but didnt because the clouds looked ominous.... then a massive thunder storm came through!

Dave and Sue said they've experienced sparks jumping from board to water when getting air. and one of their friends apparently had a spark jump from his head to the water..apparently it hurt.

should i stop wearing latex gimp suits when i kite? [quote]

But you look so good in that gimp suit :?
what would people say if you stopped wearing it :wink:

its settled then , plummet is going "berserk" to the moose this year

maybe i could ask for an 11kv rated gimp suit. hehehe.

at least we now know who to turn to when we need a slogan to publisize the distance runs, i can see it now......kitebuggy gimp does nz.....that would get the viewers attention....not to mention the whole electric shock thing.....dont they do that in !!!!! maby thats another forum

My weird flatmates and gimpy the hanggliding gimp. :roll: