Great session at 13th beach then at Barron head. Strong winds all afternoon

yes it was strong and fun in port melb. Sun was out and some big gusts near the end of the day and then having to work the kite a bit before the next blast hit with plenty of grunt.
looks like a similar day today!

Cant wait for the rain to stop for another repeat today!!!
Nice Pic Jose

Fully depowered on my 7 at Altona. Around 5pm. Unbelievably gusty.

Not too much fun if I'm honest.

broke my shoulder today

I had Balnarring to my self for a noon lesson with the fine people from PKB.

It was awesome. Mostly around 22 KTS. First time I got my brand new 9m out of the bag.

Stoked!

castill0jf said...
hi suniboy21 were you at barrow head on the red kite? sorry to hear about the shoulder.

Yeah that was me!
I caught an edge and ended up cartwheeling through ankle deep water.
Lucky Mark came in when he did, would have been a struggle to pack up on my own!
Turns out I've torn my collar bone where it connects to my shoulder.
Spewin, just in time for summer

suniboy21 said..

castill0jf said...
hi suniboy21 were you at barrow head on the red kite? sorry to hear about the shoulder.

Yeah that was me!
I caught an edge and ended up cartwheeling through ankle deep water.
Lucky Mark came in when he did, would have been a struggle to pack up on my own!
Turns out I've torn my collar bone where it connects to my shoulder.
Spewin, just in time for summer

Oh **** dude! That looked so innocuous. I had no idea that was going down at the time.
How long does the doc give you before you can get back?

Saturday at Altona was great on my 9 when I started at ~2. But then the wind increased and I made the mistake of thinking it was ok to stay out as I was a long way from the beach so safe, forgetting about the getting back to the beach bit. The wind kept increasing and I decided the safest way to get back would be to release the safety then wind the kite onto the bar. I discovered that is not so easy when it's really windy. Luckily a kiter was able to wade out and grab the kite for me when I got close to the beach. Big thanks to him. And also thanks to the kiter who tried to help me out in the water and the guy who brought my board in.

Next time I'll be heading in early when the wind starts to increase :)

More here if you're interested https://www.findfriendsforfun.com/post/altona-saturday-6th-december-2014-lessons-learnt-releasing-the-safety

castill0jf said..
Hi Sunniboy

I saw Mark helping you with the kite but I didn't know what had happened to you until I got out of the water. I wish you quick recovery.

On that day the winds were gusty. I was on my 6 meter kite and other on 7, 8 and 9 meter kites.

Here is a picture of that day. cheers

Yeah if it wasn't for mark, I would have had to leave all my gear there.
Very grateful!