she-na-ti-gins!
to all other states out there...for the next couple days (weeks,months...) expect WA riders to be sun-tanning on the beaches instead!
don't expect any hardcore riding.
even a half-hour session in these conditons leaves one COMPLETLEY & utterly knackerd!
I did about 45 minutes at Pinaroo on a 9m in 30 knots... I'm a bit of a sucker for punishment
I had a good fall after boosting and that was me done for the day
I had about an hour at woodies today.
PS. "Garden Island" is closer than rotto.
And those winds were gentle breezes compared to kitestock...
Kind of reminded me how much i enjoy the winter storms... ![]()
Bit shocked when just now looking at the charts and was blowing 25-35 knots while were downwinding from City Beach to Trigg from 12-2ish today. I know it was windy but holy c##p!
I was trying out a demo kite today- Eclipse Nano 7m-which made it a much better experience than on the Kitestock downwinder, about the same wind by the charts, on my old 10m kite. At Kitestock was I barely in control, today was great fun!
Gonna sleep well after my 2 sessions today- 1 hour at Melville this morning and 2+ hours at the coast this arvo...
Mjgray
Er um hate to burst your bubble
but i was out at Pelican point playin Sky Bandit on a 05' 12m naish C kite (what depower) from 11am till 3ish then changed down to 7.5 from then till 6pm.... whos counting
So who forgot to have that nice hot cup of cement this mornin then
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ps forget those graphs, someone may post a short vid for you instead !
Cheers ![]()
Out at Scrarbs on my 5m Best Grunt for 2 hours this arvo. Great fun, nice bit of swell. Bring it on, the 5M can handle up to 45 knots.![]()
Lancelin for me, a couple of hours on the 6mtr Eclipse Kima then a couple on the 5.5 F-One DOS.
Rather challenging conditions, very gusty and heaps of swell out the back, but a bit all over the place.
I had a bit of a scare when I dropped my kite right in the impact zone
but luckily it popped up straight away
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*gosh*
5m, 6m & 7.5m kites - gotta love it!
i got up this morning & it feels like i'm in need of a wheelchair.
must be one of the last fronts of real kick-ass winds
(literally) for the summer season...
autumn is here...bring on the wetties -how cold was yesterday late arvo?!
p.s savethewhales: you got that nice 'lull'
section between 11am&1pm where it was averaging 25knots...
but Peli's on the river (INLAND) - doesn't pick up the intensity & consistency as woodies does (on the ocean)
'till that next sacred front hits...
yeh it was sick! me on my 09 cabrinha xbow and mate on 12m naish just a little overpowered haha out for 4 hours... am i little sun burnt today!!! somewhere between perth and lano.. :)
haha well my 2 hour session on 30+ SSE down at margs over the weekend will barely scratch the surface on the rest of you guys. i did lose my board (momentarily) though and had to scoot off to grab my kayak to go out and find it!