Last night was interesting. Out at Long Rock, Marazion, Cornwall, UK, wind was dropping, felt around 12 mph, low cloud and the odd rumble of thunder.

I threw up my 18 meter X2 and was happily crusing for 15 minutes until CLICK my whole arm just, erm, clicked. I looked at my hand to check it out, then CLICK my other arm did it, but I guessed what it was. My kite was picking up static from the low clouds.

Holy shit batman. Lets get the fuck outa here.

..... no, no, no. Hang on. Would my idiot brother get out? No. *sigh*

The wind picked up quite a bit over the next 15 minutes. I was nicely powered, then on a long run out to sea BZZZZZZZT. Aaaarrrgh! With the whole of my left side twitching and hurting I dipped the kite onto the water and limped back to shore. Scared shitless, crapping my pants. Also cursing myself for being supid enough to stay in.

No doubt, that was the worst electric shock I've ever had.