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by ako 1316 days ago
Something similar happened to me as well, kite dropped in on shore winds in fairly small surf (max 2 meters), but pretty soon the lines were around my legs. Tried to cut the lines using the knive in my harness, but couldn’t get loose. Luckily I washed up on shore, but was a pretty scary experience.

Largest waves I windsurfed was about 4 meters in Maui, went head first down the wave, mast got stuck in the coral reef, snapped like it was nothing. Even at 4 meters, waves are pretty powerful.