3rd Summer this year.

Im an avid believer in setting goals of improvement, that how I keep the stoke alive.

Started the year off with learning unhooking moves.

Wave surfing improved 1000% (thanks to the Lano/Wedge downwinders)

Freestyle improved with by adding loops to moves, transistions ect.

Most important factor!
Met stacks of awesome new crew, made some great freinds and had a ball doing what I love.

For me this has been a season of unhooking and looping. So far I've broken the tip off 2 twin tips and snapped the nose off a surfboard.

My goals are to get my raileys huge, unhooked back and front rolls inverted, and land s-bends and f16's by the end of the season.

My biggest milestone though was finding a secret spot down south with buttery flat water every sw'erly, where I've never seen another kite. One of my mates is on probation for two counts of telling 2 non kites where it is on Australia day. That's the hardest part, keeping it a secret when your mega stoked and on the red cans!

I'm one month into my first season and loving it so far.

Got lessons.
Learnt how to stand.
Accidentally learnt how to ride toeside.
Got some gear.
Waiting on some good wind (tomorrow after work hopefully).

Before winter I want to try some jumping and riding in the surf. Also want to learn how to handle stronger wind, also learn how to self launch and land.

I learnt that Stingrays only need about 5 cm of water on an incoming tide and that no matter how much splashing you make they don't move.

I've learnt that there is never enough FUncking wind

WA gets thermal (Summer) and frontal (Winter)winds.

A season is simply the cycle of the 2.

Started on the 01/11/12 , can backroll, do a deadman, lots of different grabs and some nice boosts and also made sure i was able to self launch/land without assistance or tether for those exploration sessions. Have quickly progressed through boards starting from a best Quito (is that right) to a chopstick and now a shinn monk..was quite funny actually using a mates TT 18'' bigger than my monk today

Have kited woodman pt/meville/piñaroo/mullaloo/Lancelin/Jurien/dongara/all around gero/horrocks/carnarvon and denham

Been out in 12kn to 39kn and met a lot of awesome people, sad to say but the further away you kite from Perth the friendlier an more inviting kiters are (in my opinion)

Today was the first time I rode a sb, And at that strapless.

I don't plan on dropping everything when winter comes i think it would be a wasted opportunity to progress if i weren't to take on the frontss

Every time I go out I learn something, whether it be tweaking just a minute thing to landing some weird crazy grab.

Next thing on the list is to kite loop

Hey Dave, now take the straps off man. Or at least the back on to start with.

Hey bought a crazy fly skim of Westoz. Man has that opened up an entirely new dimension to this sport, not to mention getting out in stupidly low winds.

Last two sessions spent more time in the water than I have in years...

Start on those flat days. not saying ditch the straps over all just add strapless to your skills it teaches you a hell of a lot about weight transfer and kite control. awesome feeling of freedom to.

well it's projectors and laptops now but same same. first class had yr12 specialist maths (engineering to be students) then next had the 5th stream (bottom of the bottoms) year 9s. From complex number induction proofs to 'breathe in, breathe out'. That does ya head in about having to adjust. Lol.

I've learned that there is life after 40ties :)

I reckon we are closer to the end of the season

Traditionally feb is the last month and March scratching for sessions as daylight and wind disappear for the after work sessions

sooo a heads up for a push on for everybody's progression goals

dbabicwa said...

eppo said...
Hey bought a crazy fly skim of Westoz. Man has that opened up an entirely new dimension to this sport, not to mention getting out in stupidly low winds.

This skim board of yours, how big is it (135 x 48?). How big fins?

Yeh that;s it...50mm crazy fly fins, real sharp and flexy, I ride with them on my makos actually great fins.

Yeh early days, but yesterday all by myself crankin upwind, hitting toeside gybes and messing up the board spin turns (mmm shark food), but honestly felt so rejuvenated, something so different and sooo much fun. Jason has been telling me for some time to consider getting one, but as I said I may have an above average IQ, but dumb as mud when it comes to the real world and listening to good advice.

Yeh half way over...I didn't want to say anything...be cool if the summer breezes were half way over, but more like 5/8th's over.

I was only on an 11m edge...excuse my ignorance, I kited from geries to avalon...passed chicken reef...is dutchies out there??

If it was a guy spending a lot of time sucking sea water at the end of each tack...that was me...feel like a beginner again...fun as! Except out at sea, gotta get that sorted, think I should be learning this on flat water but too much westerley in it.

stabber said...
I've learnt that there is never enough FUncking wind

I've learnt that the south sandwich islands are geographly
situated in one of the windest places on the globe and you
have to go outside to appreciate this . But can understand
your reluctance to do so as kiting in a dry suit would be
cumbersome and hazardous and you may have to dodge
Argintine artillery, you no bath pommey git :o)

Pic is of cloud waves given off by the islands

And Google is my friend ; 0)

The Burglar
P.S. a sheepskin lovedoll and Velcro kite gloves
would come in very handy I guess

After 3 lessons and maybe 2 / 3 sessions (of mixed success..) on the water i've learnt that, above everything else, all the kiters i've come across have been decent, friendly blokes who are happy enough to help a noob out!