Yep all those that went out had a good time up at newy today. Not one dispointed person Even the onlookers had a good time
Everyone handled the conditions really well and thanks to slingshot for having a couple of samller RPM's on hand and the rally 8 was the kite to be on when the wind was up if you wanted to go big did I mention big google "Vtol"
Got out myself at Kurnell on a 7m switchy. Massive gust variations and massive big air. Saw one dude get lofted and carried across bay in 200m skips. Lucky a boatie came to his resque. Today was no time for the inexperienced. Even though obs said 45kn i think it was stronger than that. Felt my arms being stretched once in an accidental unhooked moment..bit scary to say the least.
BOM recorded 68 knots at Bellambi point @ approx 0845 05 Sep 2010. I recorded numerous gusts of 55+ knots. A clue is the smokey bits are generally gusts of 50 knots or more. Basically it was bloody awesome to see!
fark it was windy, I don't remember seeing it windier than that. There were "willy willys" forming all over the place, and rushing straight across the mouth of the hawkesbury
Mate... there were a number of roofs that flew off to New Zealand... well actually they just smashed into the houses across the road but none the less. I managed to get out to the headland only by walking very low. The wind meter on our roof clocked a max wind speed of 70 knts with sustained speeds of about 60 knts lasting a good 3 hours. From the destruction I would say out at the headland it was a good 80+ in the gusts. No kite need to fly.
