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>> slowly, slowly. >> his knowledge of the dangers of kite boarding come from painful experience, none worse than one day in april of 2007. >> this day it was one of the scariest times in my life. >> it's a commercial shoot in miami, florida. dimitri's assignment, leap 40 feet in the air over a house on stilts in the middle of the bay. fortunately, the wind can't be better. >> down in florida the wind was very good, it was very strong so i knew that i could clear very well and could jump very high. >> he even has a shoulder cam capturing his moves from behind as he sails aloft. >> i knew i was...

Camera." i'm contessa brewer. athletes and thrillseekers don't just put their own skills to the test, they challenge the laws of nature, too. in our next story, a kite border stakes his life on the fickle wind, and it lets him down hard. a pro kite boarder soars into the air and slams into solid steel. >> oh! >> oh, oh! >> i just saw my life flash in front of me. i started kite boarding 11 years ago when it first started. >> dimitri lives to fly. for wings he uses a kite in a relatively new sport called kite boarding. >> the appeal about this sport is the freedom. it's just like jumping and pu...

Accidents, a lot of death. it is a dangerous sport. >> slowly! >> his knowledge of the dangers of kite boarding come from painful experience, none worse than one day in april of 2007. >> this day it was one of the scariest times in my life. >> it's a commercial shoot in miami, florida. dimitri's assignment, leap 40 feet in the air over a house on stilts in the middle of the bay. fortunately, the wind can't be better. >> down in florida the wind was very good, it was very strong so i knew that i could clear very well and could jump very high. >> he even has a shoulder cam capturing his moves fr...

Sells kite boards. >> i was very lucky to get into kite boarding. i did it for myself and got sponsored by two different companies and finally started my own kite company. >> kite boarding combines the appeal of boarding, riding the waves, with the pleasures of flying through the air on the kite. >> the main thing with kite boarding is the jumping, is the hang time. everything happens up there in the air. >> kite boarders can spin, pop off stationary obstacles and get really big air. >> i like the -- how you call it, the adrenaline. i like pushing the limits. but of course, you have also the c...

Accidents, a lot of death. it is a dangerous sport. >> his knowledge of the dangers of kite boarding come from painful experience, none worse than one day in april of 2007. >> this day it was one of the scariest times in my life. >> it's a commercial shoot in miami, florida. dimitri's assignment, leap 40 feet in the air over a house on stilts in the middle of the bay. fortunately, the wind can't be better. >> down in florida the wind was very good, it was very strong so i knew that i could clear very well and could jump very high. >> he even has a shoulder cam capturing his moves from behind a...