Yeah that's the right path, maybe I underestimated it a little.

Will be more like 10 for me will see you at mosman

hilly said...

Will be more like 10 for me will see you at mosman

What happened to the bikie enthusiasm for the 7.30 start

hilly said...

Seeing no one was keen came up to Lano for a kite. Got on the piss and am staying the night. Have to be in Scarborough for 7.45 soccer game so will be fun.

At least I am there

If I wasnt at work I would have been dead set keen for a windsurf in the morning with you Hilly

Greeny working or Hilly kiting, not sure what is rarer these days.

As long as there is some decent wind I will be there at 9 anyway guys.

Nuh, I reckon its lookin' good, Im planning SUP in the morning kite all arvo ATM.

Plenty of wind down here as well.

I see you all at the mosman end as I coming with hilly, be running a bit late. Glad I put on a bit of weight over winter so at least I stay on the water and my fat guts should act like a great sail...

How did it go?

Very Good.

down winder started at 3;50am left gero with a 30kn tailwind average speed to perth some where around 120km hr pulled into ocean reef at 7;15am hooked up with tightlines , copped a severe beating at leaman and around lancelin in the early hours with winds gusting to est 45kns with sheet rain verging on hail drifting the hilux sideways, steamed on down to freo and picked up new /secound hand starboard point 14'8' nocked 0n a door and was greted by luc longly, hes a big bloke .steamed over to narrows and met up with the crew and the fun began ,organising boards lifts ect.had some bad smells coming out of the hilux with both tightlines and my self having consumed to mutch alcohol the night before,9am by this stage ,i was trying to get my head around the new faces and names and thinking 5 hrs earlier i was 420 kms from where i was now safely in bed with the missus trying to stop my ears ringing and head spinning from a evening spent listening to thirsty merc at lat 28 in gero. with every one making it to launch site a few lads tried out some different boards in the glassy waters in the lee of the hill at mosmans tightlines went looking for a toilet, as i had interupted his morning sceduel as he wasnt expecting me at the early hour, starboard 14;8 was a joy to paddle very stable ,super light and rudder system works atreat picked up runners nicely, for a 2008 board i was most suprised had no tenency to broach when burying the nosein to the back of waves. had a lot of fun today managed 2 runs witha great bunch of blokes just nailed a few coopers pale alse and afeed of chinese, will sleep well tonight cheers all see you in gero, frothing like a mad rad man

I was wondering how long it would be before someone grabbed that Starboard Point.

I ummed and arred over it for a bit, bloody good price

Awesome fun, it was my first downwinder, heaps harder than I thought it would be but i got a few runners and had a blast and can see why its addictive. I had a bad case of the wobbles about 1/2 way and had heaps of falls and again around Pelican point but managed to crawl to the get out point.

Good to meet every one and big thanks to AKhawk for letting me borrow his board and Surf4fun for keeping an eye on us back markers.

Looking fwd to hitting the coast when my skills/fitness improve. As someone said great way to spend a wet windy stormy Sunday.

My first downwinder for ages. Plenty of runners...good fun. I found on my 14 ft Naish glyde that to get onto runners I needed my weight forward but then when on , I had to move back or risk nose diving into the wave in front. Went flying foward head first a few times. Picked up a few pointers from watching and talking to Tim. Once on a runner put a foot back ..surfing stance like. A lot more technique in this than i first appreciated. A great session.

Radman enjoying a hard earned beer after 2 hours of kiting and 4 hours of SUPing at "The Mullas" (Mullaloo Beach Hotel) I think he is starting to like Perth.