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TurtleHunter
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18 Oct 2011 8:56am


one of those times when that one more wave can be a bad idea.
Puetz
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18 Oct 2011 11:31am
... take a big breath!

Nice pic, got anymore you can share, what did happen next???

cheers,

Robbie
poor relative
poor relative
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18 Oct 2011 10:23am
I'd say the wave tips the kite on its edge and wind flicks her up.
Wave breaks just the other side of rider

My cup is half full.
Chris6791
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18 Oct 2011 10:35am
Ahh the old, "Just one more run..." looks like it has claimed another victim.
TurtleHunter
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18 Oct 2011 10:39am


The kite did make it over the wave but poor old mal then got dragged straight down wind of his kite by the white water.
Bombie here we come!
Chris6791
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18 Oct 2011 10:42am
Nice escape then, the kite it looked like it was about to see its last wave.
TurtleHunter
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18 Oct 2011 10:46am
By the way this is what the sets looked like so you can imagine what the bombie was looking like


dbabicwa
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18 Oct 2011 11:08am
Was it on Sunday? Two days ago around Scabs?

Gee, was a big swell back than...
wal269
wal269
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18 Oct 2011 11:10am
The lesson in this is to not lift a dinghy onto a boat trailer 2 days before a 4.5m swell hits.

Result - Bulging inflamed disc and an inability to walk,hence the long lonely painful drive back to Perth last Friday when this swell rocked in!!!!


SPEWING!!!

Waaaahhhhhhh!

Sometimes I marvel at my own stupidity.
TurtleHunter
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18 Oct 2011 11:45am
this was saturday, not to sure what happened sunday as the wind didn't look promising so took off back home and no it wasn't scabs although there were a few with scabs on many of the windsurfers back in the camp ground.
Puetz
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18 Oct 2011 1:53pm
TurtleHunter said...

By the way this is what the sets looked like so you can imagine what the bombie was looking like




... wow, looks big! Nice shot by the way!

cheers,

Robbie
DaCurls
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18 Oct 2011 12:26pm
been washed through the bombie but not as big as that! balls to the walls, good going guys
Puetz
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18 Oct 2011 1:58pm
TurtleHunter said...

By the way this is what the sets looked like so you can imagine what the bombie was looking like





... oh, one more question, what size would you call this one??
poor relative
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18 Oct 2011 1:02pm
Well if that's Mal hes about 4m tall x 4m wide.
TurtleHunter
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18 Oct 2011 1:56pm
poor relative said...

Well if that's Mal hes about 4m tall x 4m wide.



Not sure who it was on the set wave but the face looks about 15 foot I guess so lets say 6 to 8 foot
eppo
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18 Oct 2011 3:03pm
Been held down surfing that wave on a much much smaller day, can't imagine what that would do to ya! Missed that big day, spewin!! Fast wave man.
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18 Oct 2011 9:03pm
where are those waves at?????
if only it was a right hander
TurtleHunter
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18 Oct 2011 7:50pm
And relax


TurtleHunter
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18 Oct 2011 8:16pm






A couple of nice ones
all taken the other side of Kalgoorlie
Puetz
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19 Oct 2011 3:58pm
... very nice!
eppo
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19 Oct 2011 10:15pm
Hey that shot in the barrel was that you man! Just a god damn awesome photo man gotta getvthat baby blown up and framed. Just love it.

dafish
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20 Oct 2011 1:39am
it is a great shot, too bad that damn sail is in the picture......
Sir V
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20 Oct 2011 9:57am
dafish said...

it is a great shot, too bad that damn sail is in the picture......


Photoshop CS5, content aware fill-in = sail gone
eppo
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20 Oct 2011 9:23am
Nah it's totally apt'. Windsurfer going up and back not doing a whole lot and a turtlehunter deep in a barrel.
TurtleHunter
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20 Oct 2011 10:18am
eppo said...

Nah it's totally apt'. Windsurfer going up and back not doing a whole lot and a turtlehunter deep in a barrel.


Haha I wish I could claim it but I was behind the camera. I felt pretty useless going all the way there and only being able to get a couple of waves before coming in with my ankle blown up each day then spending the rest of the day with my foot in ice.
Unfortunately the camera I borrowed was only set on jpeg so not much use trying to blow them up or photoshopping.
eppo
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20 Oct 2011 10:35am
Yeh man got same problem. I nearly had them scrapped a few years back and never did. Gotts keep my legs real straight, if i put weight over the front of the left ankle it screams. Gonna see the season out, then get it done in mar/apr and hopefully be kiting/surfing in winter.

Crap hey!! Who was that dude anyhow? Just awesome. Don't change it man, it is what it is, the old and the new.
stamp
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20 Oct 2011 10:13pm
nice work scotty, looks like a good trip down there. does this mean mal is exempt from the princess award this season?

at least you managed to get a couple- i broke my arm the day before i went to that spot and had to watch from the rocks the whole time
gazza
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20 Oct 2011 10:08pm
eppo said...

Nah it's totally apt'. Windsurfer going up and back not doing a whole lot and a turtlehunter deep in a barrel.


When the swell peaked on Fri late session with a super low tide there weren't that many kiters out there, maybe 1 or 2 perhaps the turtles were hiding in there shells[.

It was pumping....big death steps on the face and almost dry reef on the bubble it wouldnt have been a good place to drop a kite, so cant really blame them for not going out.

Pretty mellow crowd this year shared heaps of waves with kiters they would wait to see if i was on it then flick off and grab the one behind. Thanks guys for keeping it fair.

But when it got big us windsurfer were still the guys to watch

TurtleHunter
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21 Oct 2011 9:34am
Mal ain't no princess stamp he's just becoming a wave snob.
I don't think size has anything to do with it gazza more the fact saturday the lighter wind gave the kites the upper hand. Friday I spent more time tacking out to the horizon and coming in the swell was too fast for most to stay on the same swell. You come into the line up and theres 2 or 3 windsurfers (and kiters) stalling to get on the next swell coming in. All good but it got pretty frustrating going in and out just pounding the ankle till I couldn't stand any more.
Saffer
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21 Oct 2011 3:48pm
Sir V said...

dafish said...

it is a great shot, too bad that damn sail is in the picture......


Photoshop CS5, content aware fill-in = sail gone


Yup. One of the greatest inventions ever

dafish
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21 Oct 2011 7:11pm
There ya go!!!!!!!!!!!
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