Nice one Tim, good to see that you and Robert are tearing up Port Parham. Cracking pace...

Hi guys,
I tryed out the Goolwa channel on saturday for some speed kiting with the windsurfers. The wind was gusty as, but I had a fun day and scored a max speed of 37.1 knts.
Here are my gps tracks.

hey tim, where we heading for the weekend sesh?

jordy said...

Oh yes, we are so interested.

You don't know how grateful I am that you put that up!!!

PIMP!

Oh Jordy, I'm so sorry that i may have offended you. I forgot that you can't do any freestyle tricks yet,

Thats ok mate, i'll send you a text that is more up your ally.

Coming from South Oz's biggest PIMP.

Hey jimmy, heading down south I reckon on sunday might be windy to post some quick speeds. set up my new fin on the speed board , cant wait to try it out. That reminds me, have to charge the gps up.

hey tim, just picked up my waterproof casing for the hd camera, should get my spped board up to spec an film your runs.

get the hacksaw out and get stuck into it.

she will be sweet . I reckon i might have some straps for her .

No worries, it is a good website. you should get in to some speed kiting and post ya speeds . It would be good to see some more aussie dudes taking on the new zealanders and euro blokes on gps kiting.

Looks the dogs guts jimmy, might catch up at Boggs tomozza.

PS. Pazza was cr@p today

i guess the main reason is to stop drag, toeside fins create drag and by cutting off the toeside edge your board wil slice through the water alot more efficiently, similar to a single ski

Thanks,
Will have to try the GPS thing some day.
Have pulled some big speeds around the sand bar at Whyalla at half tide, fully powered 9m and dead flat water, but only about 100m long runs before it gets too choppy again. Real buzz though.

Cheers

AB

For anyone thats interested these are my home made assymetrical directional speed boards. These types of boards are designed for minimum drag and maximum control at 40 + knts. The rocker is basicly flat from the tail to the front foot strap and some nose lift from there. Flex is a bit stiffer than a normal twin tip.
Two boards are needed, one for right foot back and one for left foot back. They are ridden backwards to get back upwind to start a run and sailed approx. 130 degrees off the wind.
PS. Warning, speed kiting is an addictive buzz