Reply With QuoteMakes sense to me...those things are just too dangerous...
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Remember the post I made the other day on Kite-Tubes? Due to the recent surge in accidents and serious injuries at Lake Powell the NPS has initiated a ban on Kite Tubing and similar activities.
Service Prohibits “Kite Tubing” at Glen Canyon.
Measure Deemed Necessary after Evaluation of Recent Accidents
Page, Ariz. –The National Park Service has prohibited “kite tubing” at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, after careful evaluation of recent accidents involving this new activity. The restriction is effective immediately and applies to the entire park, including Lake Powell.
“Kite tubing has proven itself to be extremely dangerous,” said Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Superintendent Kitty Roberts. “Ensuring the safety of our visitors is always the top priority of the National Park Service. There are many other, far safer ways to enjoy Glen Canyon – from waterskiing, to fishing, to exploring narrow side canyons”
Kite tubes are large, round inflated tubes towed by a boat at 20-40 mph. The user holds onto the kite tube as it rises into the air, 15-60 feet from the surface of the water. Controlling a kite tube is extremely challenging, and the slightest upset in its balance causes the kite tube to violently fall into the water. The fall can be particularly traumatic, due to the height (often 30 feet or higher), forward speed (35-40 mph), and the unusual position at which victims may hit the water.
Park rangers first observed kite tubes at Glen Canyon in April of this year. Since that time, four individuals have been airlifted from the park with serious injuries, and there have been reports of additional minor injuries.
The restriction applies to any device which is towed by a boat and allows the user to take flight. This includes the Wego Kite Tube, manufactured by SportsStuff, Inc., and the Manta, manufactured by Sevylor. The restriction also applies to parasailing and kite boarding.
The kite tubing restriction was instituted using the Superintendent’s Compendium, which allows the park superintendent to establish regulations to provide for public health and safety, protect park resources, and to avoid conflicts among visitor uses. The Superintendent’s Compendium is updated on an annual basis or more frequently when necessary. The complete 2006 Superintendent’s Compendium is located on Glen Canyon National Recreation Area’s website at: www.nps.gov/glca by clicking “Management Docs.”
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Makes sense to me...those things are just too dangerous...
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Is this for the device itself, or does it apply to the act of being airborne. Meaning is it ok to be towed behind an inner tube, just not fast enough for it to leave the water???
Is this for the device itself, or does it apply to the act of being airborne. Meaning is it ok to be towed behind an inner tube, just not fast enough for it to leave the water???
The way I read it, it applies to any device that is designed to take flight and remain airborne, through use of aerodynamics.
Those that allow the user to "get air" from jumping the wake (wake boards) or hydrofoil means (such as the Air-Chair or Sky-Ski) will still be allowed.
I'm surprised that they rolled Parasailing into it.. that activity has gone on for years on the lake with little notice. Now suddenly anything that flies is evil... go figure..
Hmmmm, all this yet it's still legal for a 12 year old (or anyone without a drivers license) to pilot a 2000hp rocket-of-a-boat all by himself.
Nice leave it to a couple of assjockey ****tards to screw up some one eleses fun. Let the dumb asses kill themselves then the rest of us can use them like they were intended. At low speed and skim just above the water. You would think that the powers to be would be able to figure out that you can make as many laws as you want but you cant make it illegal to be a fricken stupid jackass.
Oh yeah I almost forgot F U C K Kitty Roberts
Figured was only a matter of time.
Figured was only a matter of time.
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I was just in West Marine in Newport Beach yesterday and they have the Ray on display. I told the sales guy "days are numbered" he calls BS on me so I quoted that we used to ride "3 Wheelers" in the desert. Banned. He said what's a Three Wheeler? Man am I getting old.
He also said they are selling about 15 of those things a week. Right now they are on special for the just the cost of one arm. Then later apparently a broken neck.
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