Tony Armstrong said...
Hey Simon,

Kiting did happen today at "peggies" but f..uck you had to be quick.

Big Fred and Stumpy scored both with kites and SUP.

Bugger, I missed as well. Wind was good for work, so no major issues.

Tuesday looks the goods.. see you guys then.

Was a lot of waiting around for a non event.
Just sold both my edges. Just got c4 and big core left now. Demo time :)

Anyone kiting tomorrow? a few days ago the forecast looked strong for wednesday so took tomorrow off work, but now its not looking as fantastic. have to make the most of it tho, so prob heading to warilla around lunch

Tony Armstrong said...
Ha, Simon was that you with the big "Core" kite in the arvo at Lakes Entrance yesterday arvo ?? Lucky the lightening did not strike???

South - SW wind tried up our way this AM but not quite enough!!!

Was ok at Stanwell by lunch time today 6/4 but I was working, cannot imagine much wind over the next few days but hope I am wrong..

Looks like Tuesday 11/4 might work??

Ha. Yep that was me waiting for the squalls. Even they were rubbish.
I knew the wind would be crap cos i got a new kite...

broken wrist from boxing, so not me for a while. every time i see the trees blowing or white caps... i cry

thanks man, but a while recovery to go yet

Matt that's because you've got too much mud in your eyes ??????

I've had a few sessions in the the last month but today's effort reminded my why I'm no fan of light wind kiting ??

you got a great deal on them :)
will be good to see how they go in a nice bit of wind.
looking forward to winter westerlies now

bom thinks we have wind fri sat and sun...
im not holding my breath tbh.

surfingboye said..

bom thinks we have wind fri sat and sun...
im not holding my breath tbh.

well, no action here all weekend...

crimpster said..

where would be a good place to kite today in southern sydney? kurnell or dolls point?

I have been os for a few years where I learnt to kite and don't know the spots around sydney too well.

cheers

Kurnell is off-shore in a southerly. Dolls point would work, and the rest of the Ramsgate carparks are good so long as the wind doesn't have a westerly component.

Hey Matt and "others"

Have you seen the latest GFS, ie 10.00am Friday 11 April.
Brown arrows = 40 kts.

Hope you have a good small kite. I have 2.5 sq m and a 4 sq m.

The 64$ question is where to kite ??

Yesterday the weather was pretty fowl, so decided to head to Windang Island...
It was pretty big and wind looked suss. Up and down, and pretty offshore.




I wasnt driving all that way to sit on the beach, out I go...



Only got a couple, wind was just super on and off. I was pulling through my 6 and the waves were hitting the beach faster then i could kite towards it...












I was heading in and the whitewash caught up to my and my lines went slack >>> kite in the water. Released both safeties, but I heard the centre strut blow... Had a bit of a body surf in...


As I always say once I've just kited Windang... "what a f'''in **** of a spot"...
The wind just swirls and does its own thing.
At one stage when I was out there I looked around and noticed the water went glassy!


There HAS to be a better spot for some side shore wave riding... it seems as soon as the is a little bit of SW to it, it just goes to ****...
Oh well, at least it was a better than sitting in front of the idiot box.
Cheers to Dave (Mini) for coming and snapping a few pics off!

Glad I was not the only one to hit it Matt.

Tried "peggies" on Saturday, wind was gusty as hell and swell totally missing the reef.

Upon coming in my kite did a similar situation to yours but I was right on the shore so an easy retrieval.

Looks like this winter pattern is with us for the entire week. Bummer...

This was today @ KIANGA just north of Narooma, hard to see but clean waves peeling right (out at the point) on my 10mtr cat just wish I had a 12mtr reo at hand could have stayed out much longer,

wow, that flat water looks good!!!
does it get gusty in there?