january has actually been pretty **** this year . Infact the whole season has been pretty ****


Easterlies gustier than they were last season and lack of seabreezes .


**** happens with kitestock

you take what mother nature dishes up sometime good, sometime crap, we have weather forecasters and they seem to get it right sometimes
sometimes sh t happens

Yeah DM is on the money, having grown up up there it has always been hotter after Chrissy which means easterlies and troughs and thunderstorms. The winds are alot more consistant before Chrissy.
Goodluck guys and girls unfortunately i cant be there, the parties should still be crackers though.

Good call DM..maybe even a venue change for some new scenery...is there anywhere with space, flkat water and waves in the same local?

As long as you go and tell Wener in person Lowkite

AKSonline said...

Hi Peeps,

Kitestock should definately be in mid November, the windiest month. Apart from good breeze, you could also demo kites at the START of the season instead of the end.

Feb is always Dodgy!

DM

build it and they will come .the weekend before mambo/corona/xxxx would be good

Ray is on the money. Kitestock is about kiters getting together as the season winds down; catching up and chilling. It's not nor should never be commercially oriented.

From a retailers perspective it's the wrong end of the season. So the retailers need to get together and organize a demo weekend in November when we are all chomping at the bit to try the latest gear.

Leave Kitestock as it is.

I agree with Darren about having it in November as it will be the best way to demo new kites, I reckon we need to have it closer too as then it opens it up to more people and perhaps we can get more brands/smaller shops involved.......?

Well I had a great time. Met many great people. Wave kited (all thursday arvo), swam in the 27 degree water, had a bit of a go catching some waves on the logs (read Sups), surfed up the coast sat and had an enjoyable time relaxing.

Was very impressed with Juddy, the WAKSA crew and all the helpers. Bloody legends. Full marks. They pushed on and made the event happen while others had the opportunity to relax.

I'm from a surfing background and have learnt to understand that epic conditions don't align with the calender. Hundreds of missions have not lived up to expectations over the last 15 years because the swell or wind forecast changed slightly or didn't happen. It's a fact of life...

One can enjoy the day, try new things and make the most of a beautiful day at the beach or one can spend that time having a cry. It's a personal choice.

Here's to 3 days of 20+ knot onshore wind at Kitestock in 2012.

^^^
Planned 10 days while here for kitestock, I think they will be the worst 10 days WA has seen, but hey you got just make the most of the conditions and have a good time anyway