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Pottssy
Pottssy
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13 Aug 2012 2:04pm
More from Tapstar!!!







Jezstrt
Jezstrt
TAS
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TAS, 1471 posts
13 Aug 2012 2:28pm
Nice pics and such a great place Looking forward to going back this summer
Grevil
Grevil
TAS
267 posts
TAS, 267 posts
13 Aug 2012 3:20pm
Those waves look so small... such a great place!!
buzzy
buzzy
TAS
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TAS, 2433 posts
13 Aug 2012 3:26pm
Well, they missed it!!!!!!!!
Pottssy
Pottssy
QLD
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QLD, 136 posts
14 Aug 2012 10:09am
I agree - everyone pray for the next big low to intensify - and then stop moving east when it gets to Tasmania for 6 days please.


Grevil
Grevil
TAS
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TAS, 267 posts
14 Aug 2012 10:31am
Not asking for much Pottssy I guess it is reality when we are so far from any of these guys home location. Would be ****e to travel all this way and the bloody weather craps its pants (or not as the case may be)!!

Most of us who live here even struggle to get there when the timing is right. Still we have a couple of months to sit tight.
Pottssy
Pottssy
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14 Aug 2012 1:55pm
Anyone seen Tenet pegs like these in any Hardware or camping stores? I am thinking star pickets are the closet thing? They are about 80cm to 1 meter long. I need 3.

Thanks






Pottssy
Pottssy
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QLD, 136 posts
14 Aug 2012 1:57pm
Tent Pegs - I mean....
easty
easty
TAS
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14 Aug 2012 6:32pm
I reckon star pickets and an angle grinder to get the long taper would be the go. You can buy pickets at various lengths.
Pottssy
Pottssy
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QLD, 136 posts
14 Aug 2012 9:25pm
Good idea Easty - probably will do that.
houston
houston
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14 Aug 2012 10:49pm
Nice pics, how big are those waves?
Pottssy
Pottssy
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QLD, 136 posts
14 Aug 2012 11:28pm
Out back - double mast - but messy. On BOL probably mast to mast and 1/4. Perfect!
Pottssy
Pottssy
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QLD, 136 posts
16 Aug 2012 2:10pm
Hey guys - I need 2 people to help me for 3 days when this happens. You will be paid for your time. $140 per day - I need you for at least 3 days. Any new and up and coming Wavesailors would be good (or old bastards like me too) - hopefully get them on Video. Basically - you have to help me when needed and do a bit of leg work. Be responsible with equipment - don't go F*$k the gear - its all hire - the excess on insurance is pretty high. It would be great if you had a jet ski ticket as backup but not necessary. Its condition dependant but would need you Mid next week onwards. Be ready from the 23rd to 29th.

Please call me - 0413 271 762

houston
houston
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16 Aug 2012 11:44pm
Potts I should be able to help 23rd to 26th but don't need to be paid. I'll be in Sydney 27th-28th but will be OK to help after that.
I've got no licence for jet ski
Pottssy
Pottssy
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QLD, 136 posts
17 Aug 2012 12:33pm
Thanks mate - I appreciate the help.
nickpryde
nickpryde
TAS
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TAS, 189 posts
17 Aug 2012 7:02pm
Where have I been... Thank god I didn't miss the whole thing... John, does the budget stretch to a tow behind spa?? Does anybody know if ther are any rentals in tas...

Sadly John I don't think I will make it, as I have given up wave sailing for the high adrenaline thrills of strapping a gps to my nuts and playing on the hills hoist like the rest of the guys down here
Pottssy
Pottssy
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QLD, 136 posts
17 Aug 2012 7:38pm
Haha - I hope ur joking. About the not making it over part......!
Rustbucket68
Rustbucket68
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TAS, 488 posts
18 Aug 2012 1:09pm
Tassies gone red
JohnnyHuett
JohnnyHuett
TAS
548 posts
TAS, 548 posts
19 Aug 2012 7:54pm
boooooooooooooooooo

Red Bull Storm Chase
‏@rbstormchase
Have to cancel for Tasmania mission. Forecast not stabilized, very disappointing. Think we can get better stuff down there if we wait #rbsc
houston
houston
TAS
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TAS, 3173 posts
19 Aug 2012 9:10pm
Pottssy can you give us an update
Pottssy
Pottssy
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QLD, 136 posts
20 Aug 2012 11:25am
Sorry - been chasing up everything. A meeting to discus weather was done yesterday evening. Its has been decided to postpone for a larger weather system in the coming week. This weekend still looks epic - I am still going down there now - and will be getting footage for Red Bull team. Tasmania is a very hard weather system to predict. In the end if the forecast doesn't show a force 10 system moving over our destination then explaining where 100k when you didn't meet the aggreed requirements would not be good.

Looks good this weekend. For what its worth I said it will come on - which is why they also said it would be good for me to get footage and weather maps of the days so they have back up for the next system when they call it even if its not force 10.

More soon..
Al Planet
Al Planet
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20 Aug 2012 11:26am
Pottssy said...

Anyone seen Tenet pegs like these in any Hardware or camping stores? I am thinking star pickets are the closet thing? They are about 80cm to 1 meter long. I need 3




Pretty sure that I have got some of those stakes around the shop somewhere.
They are always popular because of the muppet issues we have in Launceston.





Al Planet
Al Planet
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1548 posts
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20 Aug 2012 11:57am
Pottssy said...

Sorry - been chasing up everything. A meeting to discus weather was done yesterday evening. Its has been decided to postpone for a larger weather system in the coming week. This weekend still looks epic - I am still going down there now - and will be getting footage for Red Bull team. Tasmania is a very hard weather system to predict. In the end if the forecast doesn't show a force 10 system moving over our destination then explaining where 100k when you didn't meet the aggreed requirements would not be good.

Looks good this weekend. For what its worth I said it will come on - which is why they also said it would be good for me to get footage and weather maps of the days so they have back up for the next system when they call it even if its not force 10.

More soon..


Thanks for the update, hope the southern ocean sends us some of the good stuff.

Pottssy
Pottssy
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QLD, 136 posts
20 Aug 2012 1:03pm
Hey Guys - Tappo just came up with the idea of a Nomadic this weekend on Saturday. Hardcore footage will go up on Red Bull site.
Pottssy
Pottssy
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QLD, 136 posts
20 Aug 2012 1:04pm
Haha - WTF - not what I had in mind Al.

How was the trip
buzzy
buzzy
TAS
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TAS, 2433 posts
20 Aug 2012 1:49pm
Can't make it this weekend. In Scottsdale all day Saturday.
Pottssy
Pottssy
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QLD, 136 posts
20 Aug 2012 4:32pm
No sorry Kaleb - your going to have to postpone what ever you have on.
Al Planet
Al Planet
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20 Aug 2012 6:47pm
Pottssy said...

Haha - WTF - not what I had in mind Al.

How was the trip




We had quite a bit of north westerly on this trip which is cross offshore on the reef so I could see the tops being ripped off the swell from the lagoon. Still its an unpredictable direction, on for two hours then off and no boats or jetskis to keep things safe so I stuck to the lagoon. The rental shed has a stack of old waveboards stacked in the rafters so at one time there was a strong wavesailing community there.

houston
houston
TAS
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TAS, 3173 posts
20 Aug 2012 8:45pm
NOMADIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good to have you back in the state Pottssy I'll head up to Marrawah Friday morning come back Sunday night.
I'm bloody unfit and getting over a back injury but it's nothing that a big wave at BOL can't fix
Who else is coming over ....Izaak, Perks, Jordan, James, Brett & Jordon, Nick Taylor, Alplanet, Felix to name a few. Kaleb ?????? you can't sail at Scottsdale
Let's get over there and rip it up!!!!!!!!!!!..............err get drilled
bearhoover
bearhoover
TAS
708 posts
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20 Aug 2012 8:54pm
3 of us are planning to stay at Stanley the weekend and come over to marrawah... im expecting big things from you Ant
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