Northerly or Southerly Change?

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nigelw2
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7 Dec 2012 8:31pm
What do you do with a forecast like tommorrow?
Do you go the northerly and risk getting caught out in the southerly change (and battle 5 million people on the beach) or do you wait for the change to come through and risk missing out all together because it comes too late?
OR, do you can everything else and go both?
Decisions decisions!!
Big eeeZeee
Big eeeZeee
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8 Dec 2012 1:53am
change aint coming till early evening. ride the northerly son!
deanrobi
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8 Dec 2012 8:47am
Northerly in the morning, have some lunch and then see how you feel, maybe head over to the over side of the peninsular and ride the southerly
PaulVee
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8 Dec 2012 5:29pm
Looks like change is on the way right now!
theWILFRED
theWILFRED
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8 Dec 2012 6:21pm
SSW 39knots at st kilda!. i dont see anyone out there.
suniboy21
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8 Dec 2012 7:13pm
Get out there!!!!!!
sk1nner
sk1nner
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8 Dec 2012 9:03pm
Launched about 10mins before it hit, and did it hit hard. a couple of us out at hampton.
suniboy21
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9 Dec 2012 9:27am
i launched about 7:30 at gnotuk.
Waves were brutal for the bay.
fully depowered on my 9
nigelw2
nigelw2
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10 Dec 2012 8:36am
Had a couple of hrs on an 8m at Frankston before the change on Saturday and did a Seaford to Gnotuk downwinder on a 14m on Sunday morning.
Missed the crazy southerly change and had an awesome weekend!!
suniboy21
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10 Dec 2012 9:33am
nigelw2 said...
Had a couple of hrs on an 8m at Frankston before the change on Saturday and did a Seaford to Gnotuk downwinder on a 14m on Sunday morning.
Missed the crazy southerly change and had an awesome weekend!!


how long did the down winder take?
Peterc150
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10 Dec 2012 5:25pm
Saturday looked a bit too dicey - that southerly change gusted up to 50 knots!

I had a nice session on Sunday at Hampton in around 20 knots, along with many others.



More info and photos: www.peterskiteboarding.com/2012/12/nice-kitesurfing-at-hampton-after.html
nigelw2
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10 Dec 2012 8:24pm
Sunniboy,
I think we took about 2hrs on Sunday, stopped on the beach around Chelsea in a bit of a lull but all in all its was a good session.
I've done the same run in about 45mins and once we took about 3 hours, it just depends on the wind and how much time / energy youve got.
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