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Nature to do that. >> the greek-born dimitri also flies to live. he's a pro and owner of a company that manufacturers and sells kite boards. >> i was very lucky to get into kite boarding. i made a name for myself and i got sponsored by two different companies and then evn chully start -- eventually 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...

Pupils. >> you need to get lessons. it's a dangerous sport. there's been a lot of accidents, a lot of death, it is a dangerous sports. >> 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 co...

>> actually it is a normal sized mug. >> i am a tiny person. >> do you have a comment on the show? e-mail us. and if you have a video of your animal doing something like having a giant mug, go to fox news.com they started it now. they ran out of com. click on submit a video and we might use it. the half time report with andy levy. he is a stupid jerk. >> tonight's half time report is sponsored by kite boarding. thanks kite boarding. plap

>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. athletes and skill seekers don't just challenge. in the next, a kiteboarder stake his life on the fickle wind, and it lets him down hard. pro kiteboarder soars into the air and a slams into solid steel. i start kiteboarding 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 pure power house, but you are using nature to do that. >> the greek-born dimitri also flies to live. he's a ...

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 chance of getting hurt, so it's the chances you take. >> but because he knows the risks, d...