Bumped into DM ^^ as he rolled up for "work".
We had awesome conditions prior to the expo. No wind, but swell for the first few days, so SUP's saved the day - 5 hours of hooting and having a great time. Caught the most awesome wave of my life on the bommie off the lighthouse. A thick heavy gnarly beast. Noice.
The boyz would go fishing in the morning, and caught one mackie .. problem was a shark bit two thirds of it before they got it into the boat.
No shortage of sharks. Pays not to think about them too much, but sure improves your gybes.
Then the wind arrived!
Kitesurfing was outstanding. Only light at around 18-23 knots. I missed last season due to injury, so was brilliant to get out there but so good to re-wire everything.
Between the big mob of us that went up, we had a good swag of kites to demo, and they all flew fantastic - shall put reviews & photos up over the next few days as time allows.
I flew:
- Slingshot Rally 8m
- North Rebel 10m
- RRD Religion 8m
- Airush 10m
..was also Cabrinha Switchblade 8m & 10m
Tried the new Naish Thorn 132 board which was also awesome.
Highlights included seeing Aussie freestyle champ Dan Anderson (North) busting out amazing moves, along with Ozone rider Able doing brilliant stuff - really entertaining, including a new move .. don't know what is called but it entailed riding the twintip like a surfski (including gybes)
What a week .. gonna be awesome for the Expo, as a good 3m swell due on Tuesday.
Just one of the cars loaded with goodies:
Put a CamRig in Dan Andersons kite .. this is at Sandy Bay:
