Windy WA...
Sorry to all you folk on the east coast... qld is having enough rain to fill perths dams, pkra a no-result .. but meanwhile in WA, it's nuts.
Finally a wicked run of windy windy windy weather .. wed/thu/fri .. 25 knots+, sat/sun, 20, then yesterday, today and onwards .. looking at more 25+.
Yesterday we organised a downwinder, 2 quickly turned into 3, turned into 4 and we're off in the troopie to the start.
Plenty of excitement in the car .. I'd be down the beach at the end point, and the beach was like world war III .. deserted beach and sand streaming everwhere. Already one guy out doing huge boosts.
We pile out at of the car, and make it down the beach. It's so windy, the sand is nuts .. streaming sideways, instantly burying your board and bar.
The waves are looking awesome .. sure, it's beach break stuff, but with the strong breeze, it sets up some wicked walls, and we're all gagging to get out.
Kites are 5.6, 7's & 8.
And for the next hour we're in downwind heaven. Wicked walls, wicked wind, sun, board shorts. Yahoo's and laughs. One guy gets a bit ambitious and kite gets rolled .. back onto the beach to detangle and re-rig.
When we're all back on the beach, it's smiles all round and talk of it being one of the best downwinders to date. So many walls, and no tacking upwind! Bloke on the 8 is not happy as he was overpowered most of the time!
Hardest part is, it's on again today. Lots of oats for brekky...
Somedays, kitesurfing is the soul purpose of living...
Shot from the gopro... I live to spray buckets!
Anybody else got some stories?
