we're all sick of the flat water and windsurfing Currumbin exclusively

I was on Shearwater but I made tactical mistake. Wind, white horses and chop looks wonderful and suggested to take smaller rig 5m and smaller board 84L instead of my usual 5.7m2 and 91L. I could be ok but wind was so gusty and choppy that combination doesn't work for me most of the time. Works fine on gusts but then almost drowning when winds drops. After 2 hours I did change to usual and till dark I had good ride.
I wonder what works for you in such conditions on Shearwater? Big chop , 25+ kn
Alternatively there is somtheing wrong with my 5m KA or setup

Mahi, Haha Currumbin boys! So full of it.

SW had heaps of ramps to hit, fully powered up, had an awesome time, heaps better than the days I have stood around watching the flounderers at the Alley talking about epic conditions, too few and far between for my likings.

In SE winds, in my opinion, SW is the best, hands down. Look at the wind chart, all over the place down south, cranking at SW, proof is in the pudding boys.

Windsurfing the alley in the wrong wind conditions, to me, is like riding a motocross track with no fuel in my bike!

BTW qldnacra good work bud I heard you say you are new to the sport, welcome and good effort out there.

was nice to get out on the water again after a few months off. nothing beats mid-week cruising at sw.....

excuse me whilst i remove my tongue from my cheek!

oh and I was working 5 minutes up the road.

I was on a Jp All Ride 106 with a 4.9 Neil Pryde Fusion HD. Had enough power for my 67kg arse. It was the best sail i've had in the 4 months i've been sailing. Yeah it was gusty from time to time but when it was on it was on. I was powered up to the point of butt clenching at times but it felt unreal. Around 11.00 till about 12.30 was best. Couldn't get the smile off my face almost every run and i mean literally. So it looks like i will be out there again in the morning because it looks good again. Here's hoping. Can't get enough of that "flat water" when it's like that. Must be a different Shearwater to the one that i was at because i wouldn't call that very flat. In fact there was a guy out there getting some decent air off some of the waves which looked pretty cool. He was pretty good though, i got some air too a couple of times but it was totally unintentionally which sucks wish i could do it by choice. Oh well give it time

So my complain was purely technical nature. My KA 5m2 cam/race sail took all this gust on the chin, maybe I didn't down-holed enough? Such sudden gust want to rip your boom from hands. When speed up then looks like never ends On another hand 5.7m2 wave sail was smooth and feels, light and power with much more controllable speed over this chop.
I saw 3 guys in the morning doing really well in conditions ( with nice looking planing jibe every time)
No offence to wave riders but as beginning enthusiastic sailor I put three categories here.
1 . Speed sailing - on flat water give you rush on Sandy Point ( Or Welington Point) above at certain speed - the splashing noise itself is incredible pleasurable at this speeds
2.Wave sailing - just tasted a bit and happy when still standing when crossing braking waves
3. But the third category - full speed (well overpowered ) on regular more or less but big chop that is something completely different and new for me.

Macro, I personally just use wave gear everywhere, Naish wave sails, and JP thruster. Still generates plenty of speed, good control, plus versatility for all conditions, flat, chop, waves. It also eliminates carrying so much gear with you.

I use a 99l board, a 5.4 and 6.2 and thats it. Covers me for 90% of Goldy weather, bit of a handful with the 5.4 in 35kn winds, but I just flatten it down, downhaul to the max and hold on!

nacra, don't stress about gybes and tacks, I am rubbish at tacks, just work on getting your deep water starts, heaps of people still can't turn! But if you stuff up a gybe, try and get the boom in the right spot as you fall, saves a lot of stuffing around. btw I was the one who said hi yesterday, blue Naish sail.

I hate you all.

nacra if you pulled 8 gybes that 8 more than me!

I have a silver board, JP thruster, I was the first other windsurfer on the water, Eggs had the white board, NP sail.

See you next time it blows! Bummer about today, never looked too good so I never bothered.

Ah roger that i got you mixed up. No it was only 3 jybes the others were quick tacks but slowly but surely i'm getting there. The one thing about this sport is there really isn't any shortcuts you have to pay your dues. It takes time and patience which is something i am a little short on but when you achieve something man it feels good and i felt like on Thursday i handled what i consider tough conditions pretty well. That was the hardest/best conditions i have ever sailed in and loved every second of it.