Erik Eck's Kitesurfing airtime and height records

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Erik Eck's 39-second kitemare in the air. Eric Eck, getting launched (against his will) some 50 metres in the air over Mokuleia Beach Park, Hawaii. Eric was caught in a freak thermal, and was extremely lucky to survive.

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talk english ( 2 months ago by kiter147)

talk english

Haha! ( 2 months ago by Jamiemackie)

Haha!

it helps that ... ( 2 months ago by Frank30nl)

it helps that modern kites have much more depower....

haha this is some ... ( 1 month ago by delmar1985)

haha this is some funny shitt

cool ( 1 month ago by shoobedoobeda)

cool

So very very ... ( 1 month ago by satansam)

So very very incredible. To think I've only been a few feet off the ground, held just a bit longer than a regular kite-less jump.

tha's so cool one ... ( 1 month ago by seedfd)

tha's so cool one time this hapend to me but i broke my right feed and my left hand it hurts me but now am ok this video is so cool i
will never kite again!!

I saw this on ... ( 1 month ago by mikeyssmail)

I saw this on Guinea Pig (Tv Show) last night. OMG I laughed so hard... but now hearing from the flyer's point of view... it's not... but I was thinking.. "you know you are screwed when..."

i dont tink that ... ( 1 month ago by maartenneijmeijer)

i dont tink that was the plan

when you get caught ... ( 1 month ago by lotsoffun)

when you get caught in a wind thermal while kitesurfing

that's why i stick ... ( 1 month ago by hessianbob)

that's why i stick to the surfing, pretty nuts!

Thats pretty cool, ... ( 1 month ago by jaba11)

Thats pretty cool, fkin scary tho lol

yeah but what the ... ( 4 weeks ago by shurtugal156)

yeah but what the hack was he flying with??

ahhahaha thats fukn ... ( 4 weeks ago by Aussiemaster)

ahhahaha thats fukn hell fuuny

Im guessing a flap ... ( 4 weeks ago by inagod)

Im guessing a flap system would have killed him,with such a small foil.Im glad your okay and the world got to see it.Wow

I probably would ... ( 4 weeks ago by CtrlAltFlameWar)

I probably would have crapped myself.

holy s**t!!!!! ( 3 weeks ago by Peanut1995)

holy s**t!!!!!

i remeber when this ... ( 3 weeks ago by cardiffmc)

i remeber when this happend, kites just didnt have an effective way of de-powering once you got to the beach

man este video es ... ( 3 weeks ago by mdq19)

man este video es lo mas que vi esta perfectamente editado buenisimo...!!!

bummer... ( 2 weeks ago by sunnysidedown04)

bummer...

NO FUCKING WAY!!!!! ... ( 1 week ago by justlittlemewill)

NO FUCKING WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love this video.. ... ( 6 days ago by juliocaracciolo)

I love this video....never get tired of it...

You can get the ... ( 3 days ago by kiter3000)

You can get the Rev's from gokiting- dot- com. They have a bunch of new and used kites including the Rev. The Slingshot Fuels are amazing, as well.

putain il a eu de ... ( 21 hours ago by Menludo)

putain il a eu de la chance quand meme il aurait pu se tuer. :s

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