Why all the thumbs down for the Hardster?
I can guess where it was. If I am wrong I'd not be far off
Plenty of good spots out there but I won't share the love.
(Sh!t I sound like waveslave 
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Here's a photo from Thursday @ one of my secret spots. 
This photo doesn't do the epicness of the day any justice.
went there exactly a year ago... conditions were very similar. Sadly couldn't make it this year... but I am hoping to be back next year...
BTW... this place ain't so secret anymore. There is a multi page article in the October edition of Surfer magazine. It features Ocky and a bunch of mates. Apparently they went there to shoot a Billabong video...
I just spent two weeks up there, untill the school hols.On the way back i saw three cars loaded with gear at the servo in canarvon.Then i saw at least twenty cars with windsurf kit between there and Gero.
With those sorts of crowds you need a card system or something 
Great place, great wave but it's f@#ked with more than 15 on the water.
You think this year is bad. Just found out Jem Hall is doing an "Extreme" Wave clinic up there next year (Oct 2010).
BTW Laurie i went out the following day ... still some bomb sets comming through that i managed to get on 
Pommie instructor bloke, has been around a while I seem to remember the name from magazines maybe 10yrs ago?
I think he mostly does the UK market with clinics in places they go to like Tarifa, Dahab etc (?)
Gonewindsurfing his website lists clinics in northern hemisphere for Oct? What's ya info??
It was an epic display of some magnificent wavesailing by a couple of kites and a few polies.
Lots of carnage to ooo ahhh eeeee at.
A day that ill stay with me for a long long long time.
I enjoyed the beer from the car park
Sorry Wrong Guy. It is actually Guy Cribb not Jem Hall. This was in the INtuition Windsurfing Newsletter September 09:
2010 clinics-
INtuition Surf Gods Clinics
Learn to sail in waves, loop, bottom turn, aerial and be totally safe in radical conditions on INtuition Surf Gods Clinics.
Maui, Hawaii 10- 24 April Surf Gods
Morocco, May 8-15
Morocco, May 15-22
Mauritius, INtuition Freeride and Wave Sailing clinics August
Gnarloo, Australia Oct 16- 24 Extreme Surf Gods
So let me get this right;
The modestly named "Extreme Surf Gods" are going to teach punters how to be "totally safe in radical conditions".
Maybe the guy in Laurie's post "Guess the damage" should have signed up with the Gods!
I'm guessing it would not be for pure wave newbies,it would be an advanced cinic. I still disagree with it, aussies will book different weeks so it will make it crowded for more than just the week in question.
who's for a petition?
I just got back from Gnaraloo after my first visit for 22 years! Great sailing, sets up to 3/4 mast and wind every day. It really is a super wave but the number of sails / kites is going to be an issue in to the future. Depending on respect, behaviour, number of sets etc, between 10 and 20 seemed good, but some times there were 25 and up out and behavior went to poop and it was not so much fun.
Talking to a guy who is providing consulting to the station owners there is an interest in going upmarket with accomodation options at 3 mile (which would be good for me as a family guy) , but my feeling was they dont really value there core market of surf lovers, and havnt thought about the problem of crowding at peak times.
I would have thought surf clinics etc are a good idea to do at the quiet times when both the break and site are under utilised.
I had a ball and thought that the owners are generally doing a pretty damm good job
Dave
Yeah but u can't run a windsurf clinic when it is quiet: it is quiet because there is no wind. There is 2 months up there when it goes off, and they are running it right then... right when a lot of ppl will want to be there
