Niccolo Porcella suffers kiteboarding's worst ever wipeout

Niccolo Porcella suffered one of the most horrific wipeouts in the history of kiteboarding.

The Hawaiian-Italian waterman was riding Jaws/Peahi, in Maui, and he was forced to hit the eject button when a gigantic mountain of water closed out. The visual result is mind-blowing.

"It was one of the craziest things I've ever seen! I should have released the kite and pulled in. The kite lines were already getting caught in the waves and pulled the kite down," explained Niccolo Porcella.