Am I the only one considering going out this afternoon & Saturday in the rain and "severe" weather?
No, not crazy its 30 knots there will be loads of people out on the goldy, dunno about Brighton though. Get out there!
Depends what 12, what board, and what you weigh but generally I would say thats too big as the gusts are over 35 knots. Go to your local shop and ask to demo a smaller kite as you will need one in the future.
I've got a Naish Cult with the smart loop... I think i'll just depower the s#it out of it....
You're crazy for even asking the question!!!lol Why waste the opportunity? I plan on getting out there (either Pool or Brighton) just as soon as someone busts me out of school!!! Or maybe strait after…Only a few hours to go!! Just hope it settles down a bit… 
Cya out there maybe!!!
True true... I'm being a skirt... Time to take my cement pills and harden the F#ck up!
Hey Clintos,
Strange that you ask for peoples advice as to whether your kite is too big for the conditions, Paul1 tells you it's too big and then you decide you know better and will take the risk and do it anyway.
The fact that you have to ask if it is too windy shows your inexperience at handling winds from 30 to 35 knots. The fact that you are willing to have a go with a 12m shows an even more disturbing lack of experience and consideration for others that will have to clean up the mess you will likely make for yourself.
Most 7m kites are stretched to the limits of their wind range at 35 knots, what makes you think you can handle a kite almost twice the size with less experience than other?
My advice to you is to put your kite away and borrow, buy or demo a small kite. If you can't do either of these, just sit on the sideline and watch people who have the right gear.
But hey, what do I know, I've only been kiting 8 years and teaching for 7
Good winds,
I just came in from Broken Head (byron bay). Was fun in the waves on a 5m rev. I'm 72kg. Don't take a 12 out: the gusts in the squalls feel stronger than the 30kn+ cape byron seabreeze readings.
www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/nsw3.asp
5m Rev? Blimey, it must be seriously windy down there, its eased off a bit up here now, but still pretty hectic in the rain squalls.
3 of us out on a 5m rev, 7m rev, & 6m SB3. The 6m SB3 would be my pick today. The wind is funelling in down here. Very east, where as every where else around is more SE. 
did u guys go out at brighton.. i started to go there but was pissing rain so turned round came home..
Too much rain in it today to go out up here on the sunny coast, but i gather brisbane didn't have quite as much water in the wind
maybe sunday is a possibility but tomorrow is looking rubbish up here. we had over 100ml today :(
Kitehard,
All that lecturing and tsk tsking for nothing...
I went out and it was so tame I didn't have to depower the kite once. Great little afternoon session, it was well worth it. Didn't get above 20 knots once.
Obviously if it was 30 knots I would have stayed in, I was asking if it was crazy more from the point of view that it was freezing and raining.
Good thing you are all the way over in WA, I've already got a wife and a mother, I don't need one more nag near our beaches.
Have fun, see you QLDers out tomorrow....
hey, neill might see you up at the river mouth on Sunday! Are you using a wet suit?
Hey Neil,
Lance and I went out for about 2hrs Friday arvo at golden beach and then kited out to the bar.We got back right on dark packing up under lights.
it was great! so windy even in the down pours.At one time the rain was so hard I couldnt even see! but the wind just kept blowing!
I reckon some 30knt gusts for sure mabee more
It was real buzz facing the elements head on like that!
Not advised to those who dont have the right gear and or experience.
I was on a 9m Naish Cult and a couple of times I could only just reach the bar at full arms length!
Looks better today!
wetsuit for sure felix, it's steamer weather out there man
hey luke, i'm gunna test the high-end on the edge 11m today, hopefully the wind comes up
In yeppoon this last 24 hours has also been unbeleivable, as we are protected from the reef we very rarly get any swell to talk about, however the last 24 hours has been about 1 1/2 meter swell and particularly yesterday with sothwest winds,clean and just swell line after line as far as you could see.The wind was gusty as but the Cult handled it very well. today more southeast and not as clean but the wind is more consistent,any way best stop raving and get some gear together.
Have fun
Go man Go!
looks great out there.Report back on how you found the edge 11m.Hope you got some oxygen tanks
Safe kitting
Luke
im taking a 12 out in about 20minutes, graphs say rotto had a peak gust of 50 knots like 45 minutes ago. hopefully the lightning has cleared up enough
im taking a 12 out in about 20minutes, graphs say rotto had a peak gust of 50 knots like 45 minutes ago. hopefully the lightning has cleared up enough
damn it, its gone
Yeah luke the edge was brilliant today - once it started to get up near 25 knots i came in an put the little 8m sonic up which was much more comfortable. Even at 20-25 knots i was doing OK on the 11m edge but i was extremely powered. it jumps......... high. took me a while to dial in the timing but it shoots you higher than any kite i've tried before, even the sonic. so i'm a convert! the hangtime is awesome too, i think this thing will really help me with boardoffs because you get about twice as long in the air to do them. it's a weird kite to jump because it hauls you up slowly, doesn't wrench you off the water and drop you like the sonics do. you just sort of start gliding up into the sky and then you look down and go "**** i'm actually really bloody high here!"
i would have loved to have a 7m there today when it started nuking at maroochy, i reckon it would get me going anywhere over 15 knots unless it's a totally different kite to the 11
anyone else get out today? there was a small diehard crew here at maroochy, everyone had their steamers out for the first time in the season
