09 Oct -A day with no wind but I got to test my new Kitecam at Boat Harbour and later caught on with James Grundy and Richard Stenning. They were on their Skimnboards at Wanda playing on maybe 9-11 knots and small kites..

If anyone knows how to contact Richard tell him to PM me as I have some more photos to send him. His email address is bouncing or I have it wrong. The man is a machine on the skimboard. No wind, no water , no hands .

Oh darn.. another toy to get..

Smiling winds..

Vasco

Cameras: Pentax Optio W60 with Camrig4, Canon 350D Rebel

Were you there? Should have said something... always space left on the card. Will be at Kurnell this avo.. say hi

V

Love to try it but i dont like to get my sneakers wet Rich always makes it look good

Great Photos
James or Know As AirRush James

The best bit are Grundy's elbow pads.

hey do you know what type of skimboards they use?
or even what size they are?
cheers

Thanks Vasco for taking the shots and posting them. Must have taken ages to stitch together the sequences. You made a very average afternoon look pretty fun.
To answer the last two posts...Wanda is Cronulla in Sydneys south. Ideal for kite-skimming in a southeasterly though this was an easterly with a bit of north?? Still worked alright because there was a lot of water moving around. The board with the grip tape that i was using is a Zap Large which is 136cm (53.5 inches) by 51cm. James's skimmer was a couple cm larger and similar width and you'll have to ask him of the brands as i forget. We we comparing skimboard dimensions in the first shot actually. James was a bit flatter so the nose gets tripped up a bit easier. His has the options to add fins if you want which is fun on the wave especially for bottom turns (more of a surfing feel). I wouldn't want a board any smaller which is a shame as you can get cheap wood skimboards that would work fine except they are usually only a meter long. Hope this helps. Rich

After riding James's Skim board a bit over a month ago im already in the process of making my own skim board. Shall be posting up pictures eventually.

Now all I have to do is to learn to kite properly and then find someone to take some photos of me

For the die hard Kurnell crew.. watch out, I'll be out there with you soon. Next time you decide to stare me down [}:)] for invading your turf with less thqan perfect skills, please remember you all started somewhere and I am sure you appreciated when people were nice to you.

Please note that I am saying while smiling

V

Sir V said...

Now all I have to do is to learn to kite properly and then find someone to take some photos of me

For the die hard Kurnell crew.. watch out, I'll be out there with you soon. Next time you decide to stare me down [}:)] for invading your turf with less thqan perfect skills, please remember you all started somewhere and I am sure you appreciated when people were nice to you.

Please note that I am saying while smiling

V

I've been kiting there for a while now and still cop just as much crap as I did from day 1. I figure it's a sign of endearment so I wouldn't feel too bad if I was you.

I do know that we're not keen on people riding out there when they can't stay upwind though. There was one person out there on the weekend who went flying down the beach and stacked in front of the catamarans that were about to start racing. These guys should be learning out somewhere far away from the groynes and other dangers that you get at Kurnell. A couple of metres to the side and he would've slammed himself into the rocks on the way down there.

Kurnell is a difficult place to learn. Small beaches, bull sharks, rock groynes, sharp stuff everywhere. I'd hate to see someone hurt due to inexperience. Neebies, keep this in mind when venturing out to Kurnell.

Nah they're all a bunch of carnts, I'm the only cool one out there