My Kiteboarding Accident :(

   I went out today with the wind blowing nicely cross-shore on the Pembrokeshire coastline with land board in hand and the flexifoil sting (3.3m) in my quiver. I set-up and felt confident after flying the kite for a bit so i put my board facing downwind and off I went whizzing along down the beach. As i was looking forward trying to perfect my body position I saw quite a few rocks in my path and after trying to avoid them decided it probably better to negotiate them on foot. I hopped back onto my board on the other side and i off I went but then after what seemed like no time at all I see a patch ( a rather large patch) of very boggy-muddy looking sand but of course I'm reluctant to get off or stop and I try to take the driest looking route. obviously I didn't realise fully that It was sinking sand :/ So I ride in , my board sticks and i fly off. oh well that was my own fault. I wade out covered in sand and reset my board on the other side of a small stream. I put the kite up to the zenith (12 O'clock) and dive it down hoping to get moving but i just get pulled aggressively in the wrong direction off my board. I hadn't realised that the wind was now increasingly gusty and not really safe for my standard. So after 10 minutes of trying to get going but repeatedly failing I was pretty dejected. I turned back to my board having been pulled from it for the millionth time and then my kite must have shot up across the window in a gust and woops there I go. Flying, not very gracefully. 8 feet up into the air and 10 feet down wind before being slammed onto my back . It was not a great experience. I landed hard on my shoulder and my head whipped back smacking hard into the sand. Had I not been wearing a helmet I would have been knocked out at the very least maybe even brain damage. Thank God for my helmet. All that only took a matter of seconds and it really reminded me of the dangers that are associated with kiting. I didn't realise the gusty wind until after the accident and had I ripped off my helmet in frustration I could theoretically be dead. Not nice. oh well I will be black and blue tomorrow but i came away with just some cuts on my back whereas if I hadn't worn the helmet I don't even want to think what would've happened or what state I would be in now. Anyway at least now I know, WEAR A HELMET.
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