July 14, 2006 Just four weeks ago we wrote about the the Wego Kite Tube and figured it looked like a heap of fun, but reports just in show that about 19,000 Wego Kite Tubes are being voluntarily ...
Two deaths have led to the recall of 19,000 inflatable rafts. The rafts were sold under the brand name Wego Kite Tubes. There have been 39 injuries, including chest, back and facial injuries.
Gliding 10 feet or more above the water as they're towed by zipping speedboats, kite tubes resemble nothing so much as flying pizzas or goofy, oversized Frisbees. They're the hottest item in extreme ...
And I'm Melissa Block, reporting the end of a fad maybe before you've ever heard of it. Yesterday the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a nationwide recall of a product called the Wego Kite ...
OMAHA — Four lawsuits have been filed against the Omaha company that made a flying tube that has been linked to boating accidents that killed at least two people and injured 39 others. SportsStuff Inc ...
LACONIA, N.H. A high-flying, extreme water sport is prompting safety concerns in New England. The U.S Army Corps of Engineers has banned tube kiting at all 31 of its reservoirs in New England, ...
The U.S. Corps of Engineers has banned kite tubing, a new extreme water sport, on its lakes in Arkansas and Missouri. Kite tubing has caused at least two deaths on other lakes in Texas and Wisconsin, ...
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - You've no doubt heard of water skis, but there's a new phenomenon called kite tubes. Those are big, round, inflatable devices that let you soar above the water while it's ...
First, you have to know what a tube kite is to know why the Army Corps of Engineers is banning them from many lakes that the Corps manages. Click here for videos from YouTube and you will get the idea ...
Cooperating with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Sportsstuff, Inc., of Omaha said it is voluntarily recalling about 19,000 Wego Kite Tubes, an inflatable water recreation tube that can ...