Sorry to all you folk on the east coast... qld is having enough rain to fill perths dams, pkra a no-result .. but meanwhile in WA, it's nuts.

Finally a wicked run of windy windy windy weather .. wed/thu/fri .. 25 knots+, sat/sun, 20, then yesterday, today and onwards .. looking at more 25+.

Yesterday we organised a downwinder, 2 quickly turned into 3, turned into 4 and we're off in the troopie to the start.

Plenty of excitement in the car .. I'd be down the beach at the end point, and the beach was like world war III .. deserted beach and sand streaming everwhere. Already one guy out doing huge boosts.

We pile out at of the car, and make it down the beach. It's so windy, the sand is nuts .. streaming sideways, instantly burying your board and bar.

The waves are looking awesome .. sure, it's beach break stuff, but with the strong breeze, it sets up some wicked walls, and we're all gagging to get out.

Kites are 5.6, 7's & 8.

And for the next hour we're in downwind heaven. Wicked walls, wicked wind, sun, board shorts. Yahoo's and laughs. One guy gets a bit ambitious and kite gets rolled .. back onto the beach to detangle and re-rig.

When we're all back on the beach, it's smiles all round and talk of it being one of the best downwinders to date. So many walls, and no tacking upwind! Bloke on the 8 is not happy as he was overpowered most of the time!

Hardest part is, it's on again today. Lots of oats for brekky...

Somedays, kitesurfing is the soul purpose of living...

Shot from the gopro... I live to spray buckets!




Anybody else got some stories?

Reading that post I swear with every line you are trying to rub it into us folk in the far east

FYI we do still have downwinders and the last one was a 3hr session only last wednesday arvo

@Puppet...

Almost match fit, but hey .. there is no session sweeter than the sessions after being kept of the water for a while.

@wdric

haha.. nah, not rubbing it in .. I'm sure our weather will be troughed out soon enuf, and we'll be sitting on beach.

@Surfy31

We hit the briney about 4:30 at spot up north. Can't say or I'll get lynched.

There must have been some wicked sessions yesterday, wind & waves were up .. post some photies/yarns... anybody get spanked, kite ripped to shreds?

thanks Laurie
All we have is talk about a cyclone

Well WOOPTY DOOOO!
This season may be $hit but when it's on here at home there's no where on earth I whould rather be.

Whats this thing called "wind" you guys are talking about??????
I cant remember what that stuff is?

lotofwind said...

Whats this thing called "wind" you guys are talking about??????
I cant remember what that stuff is?

u should know, u seem to have a lot of it!

Taurus said...

I hate you :(

As an east coast bird I concur!

Green thumbs if you want me to delete Laurie's post and he can give me the lecture about sharing the stoke some other time... [}:)]

PS I´m worried next monday they said it might drop down to only 20knots, can you still kite in that!!!

Filthy hangtime this afternoon. Jumped over about 6 boogeyboarders without even looping the kite. At 25 points per boog that's 150 points. Sick.

I love WA and love Gero more than anywhere on earth...I'm day 6 on the trot kitesurfing...part of me is hoping it will stop, as I can no longer walk, and eveytime I close my eye I see waves waiting to be smashed...

Also, I think I may rapidly be heading for a good telling off at work as i keep cutting days shorter and shorter to get out on the water!!