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    APR wrote:
    The emergency services must love going out to rescue these clowns.
    So what did you do when you were younger? At least these lads are not robbing old ladies or vandalising other peoples property. In my experience the kite/wind surfers tend to be very decent well educated young people. Hope he gets better soon and hope this doesn't put him off playing on the water. So who's a clown?"
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Novice kite surfer rescued from water

A NOVICE kite surfer was rushed to hospital after a botched water landing off the coast of Shoebury’s East Beach.

Southend Coastguard and the RNLI inshore lifeboat and hovercraft team raced to the surfer, who landed heavily on the water one mile off the coast just after 11.15am on Saturday.

He was rescued by the lifeboat crew and given oxygen before being taken to shore.

Paramedics treated him at the scene before taking him to Southend Hospital with a leg injury and mild hypothermia.

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