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Point Leo Tuesday or Wednesday Arvo! who wants it?

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Created by Rosobot > 9 months ago, 2 Mar 2009
Rosobot
VIC, 384 posts
2 Mar 2009 5:38PM
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Swell looks good, wind looks fresh (might not be right direction) we will have to see. So how about this for a plan:

Hit Leo or another local beach at 4pm and bust some moves. Who is up for it?
Flacka: get Stu to come and he could push me over the handle bars!

Al McLeod
VIC, 633 posts
2 Mar 2009 5:57PM
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go to possos! it will be epic!

Rosobot
VIC, 384 posts
2 Mar 2009 5:59PM
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and that is near? (Got it Point Impossible) a ferry trip! Are you going?

Al McLeod
VIC, 633 posts
2 Mar 2009 6:01PM
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point impossible - torquay.
nah im heading down to marrawah for some really big waves!

sflack
VIC, 574 posts
2 Mar 2009 7:55PM
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Possos! ROSO It will be epic! 8ft swell!

It will be huge! ive demo'd a quattro twinny! so will give it a proper run for its money!

Come torquay with us dude!

Rosobot
VIC, 384 posts
2 Mar 2009 8:07PM
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Ok Flacka, What is the plan! I need day, time, who is going etc. 8 Ft might be a little large for an old guy like me, who is average at best...

sflack
VIC, 574 posts
2 Mar 2009 8:08PM
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ok man!

Well there are a few of us going down!

Irish Paul who you have probably met, luke from SHQ is heading down!

STU is heading down!

Dude you gotta come! whats the worst that can happen??

Rosobot
VIC, 384 posts
2 Mar 2009 8:12PM
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What day? I think I can be talked into it. Worst that can happen let me think: broken bones, drowning, death etc. Or even worse trashed kit..... but if Shark bait is going I am in......

sflack
VIC, 574 posts
2 Mar 2009 8:18PM
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AWESOME! wednesday! we are going down!

Hopefully at like 9am get in at 11.

Shark bait is going! you gotta show him up!

Rig Small! i know i will be!

Al McLeod
VIC, 633 posts
2 Mar 2009 8:36PM
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possos is not a very heavy wave so if you've got your x-combat skinnys i think youll be sweet. just check the tides, don't launch off the rocks on a high tide. walk up along the sand dunes and launch from the beach upwind.

Rosobot
VIC, 384 posts
2 Mar 2009 8:38PM
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The forecast for Wednesday is off shore! Check out www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Point-Impossible/forecasts/latest and the forecast for Leo/ SHoreham etc www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/PointLeo.1to3.shtml Cross off

Al McLeod
VIC, 633 posts
2 Mar 2009 8:53PM
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i wouldnt put too much weight behind that forecast, its only calling 1.5m swell! swellnet has 8ft which means massive. bom has w-sw so i think possos will be the go. pt leo will be tiny in comparison!

Rosobot
VIC, 384 posts
2 Mar 2009 9:00PM
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WHat about Flinders! That will be bigger.... I will touchbase with Flacka and if it looks good I am in (I can always bring the videocam if it looks to big). Come on Al you have seen me sail and 8ft might just kill me.
I could always do the Flacka approach to wave sailing and just sail out the back all day

Al McLeod
VIC, 633 posts
2 Mar 2009 9:03PM
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flinders has more sharks [}:)]
cmon tom, htfu! it'll be awesome, if my waveboard wasnt in tassie i'd probably be going. you can just sail around the shoulder until you muster up a bit of confidence!

Al McLeod
VIC, 633 posts
2 Mar 2009 9:04PM
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btw when swellnet says 8ft it is more like 12 in 'actual' feet rather than surf talk...[}:)][}:)]

Rosobot
VIC, 384 posts
2 Mar 2009 9:33PM
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about the length of my mast.

sflack
VIC, 574 posts
2 Mar 2009 9:37PM
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SOUNDS AWESOME!

comon roso! its gonna be good fun!

Remember we are on windsurfers, if we get in any strife! just sail away! easy as!

comon man Shark bait is going!

Rosobot
VIC, 384 posts
2 Mar 2009 9:40PM
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I am in.... as stated before

sflack
VIC, 574 posts
2 Mar 2009 9:59PM
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awesome man!

How about tomorrow then?

Sail maybe Keats Park? in morning?

Rosobot
VIC, 384 posts
2 Mar 2009 10:27PM
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going to sail Leo in Arvo hopefully. Give me a bell am to see whats happening

windwarning
VIC, 600 posts
2 Mar 2009 11:23PM
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go to summers dudes for a bump an jump hey who is shark bait dude ?

sflack
VIC, 574 posts
3 Mar 2009 2:56PM
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nah man not somers!

Torquay, its gonna be huge!

Shark Bait is the Stu Man!

windaddict
VIC, 1121 posts
3 Mar 2009 9:47PM
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sflack said...

nah man not somers!

Torquay, its gonna be huge!

Shark Bait is the Stu Man!


Lucky guys, wish I could get the day off work and meet you all there

Take some pics for us all to drool over

Rosobot
VIC, 384 posts
3 Mar 2009 10:33PM
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That shouldn't be an issue as if it is 8ft I think I will be sitting on the beach watching for some time...

ka222
VIC, 633 posts
5 Mar 2009 4:20PM
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So did you get out down at possos Steve??
It didnt go NW 'till very late yesterday arvo and from the guys I spoke to down the coast that big swell didnt hit till really late too

Anyone get out?
I was pretty maxed on a 4.2 at rickets.. would have been a handfull going down the line with that much wind

Al I guess you have broken all your gear by now at BOL

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
5 Mar 2009 7:03PM
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Not Steve, but I thought I could cut-in...

Went out in possibly the most extreme conditions I've sailed in yesterday! The wind was gusting all over the place and caused a few flips simply from wind under the board. The swell and shorebreak here was nasty and you couldn't stand in a metre of water due to the side current...but besides all that...IT WAS AWESOME!

Sorry, just had to share. My mate didn't have as much luck, putting his head straight through a panel on his newish 'Zone'.

Al McLeod
VIC, 633 posts
5 Mar 2009 9:07PM
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nah joel, bol didnt really happen. spewing!! it took ages to swing so it was a real mess... ended up doing a suicide mission at greens. raining, cross shore, 20-40 knots, well over mast high and breaking over a kilometre out... took a 4.7 to get out the back, got catapulted in a massive gust and harness buckle came undone. had to sail back in without being able to hook in!! crazy stuff.

ka222
VIC, 633 posts
6 Mar 2009 1:29PM
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Sailhack said...

Not Steve, but I thought I could cut-in...

Went out in possibly the most extreme conditions I've sailed in yesterday! The wind was gusting all over the place and caused a few flips simply from wind under the board. The swell and shorebreak here was nasty and you couldn't stand in a metre of water due to the side current...but besides all that...IT WAS AWESOME!

Sorry, just had to share. My mate didn't have as much luck, putting his head straight through a panel on his newish 'Zone'.


Sounds like the same story everywhere! it was crazy windy!!
Was that at Possos that you went out? was there much swell??

ka222
VIC, 633 posts
6 Mar 2009 1:31PM
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Al McLeod said...

nah joel, bol didnt really happen. spewing!! it took ages to swing so it was a real mess... ended up doing a suicide mission at greens. raining, cross shore, 20-40 knots, well over mast high and breaking over a kilometre out... took a 4.7 to get out the back, got catapulted in a massive gust and harness buckle came undone. had to sail back in without being able to hook in!! crazy stuff.



Dude greens is so hard to get out when its that gusty and there is big swell!
you must have done bloody well just to get out
Glad I didnt take a day off work for that then!

So your back now? you keen for a sail at sandy pt on a SE? should be enough wind and small swell
let me know if you want a lift

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
6 Mar 2009 10:41PM
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ka222 said...

Sailhack said...

Not Steve, but I thought I could cut-in...

Went out in possibly the most extreme conditions I've sailed in yesterday! The wind was gusting all over the place and caused a few flips simply from wind under the board. The swell and shorebreak here was nasty and you couldn't stand in a metre of water due to the side current...but besides all that...IT WAS AWESOME!

Sorry, just had to share. My mate didn't have as much luck, putting his head straight through a panel on his newish 'Zone'.


Sounds like the same story everywhere! it was crazy windy!!
Was that at Possos that you went out? was there much swell??



Sorry, no - sailed in Portland (don't get the opportunity to get away much!) Starting to plan hols around w/surfing so hope to get to some good spots in the next few years. Can't complain when we live on a cape with the option to sail almost any wind...the prob is that the wind isn't here nearly enough, and when it is...it goes a bit nuts!

ka222
VIC, 633 posts
7 Mar 2009 2:57PM
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Sailhack said...

ka222 said...

Sailhack said...

Not Steve, but I thought I could cut-in...

Went out in possibly the most extreme conditions I've sailed in yesterday! The wind was gusting all over the place and caused a few flips simply from wind under the board. The swell and shorebreak here was nasty and you couldn't stand in a metre of water due to the side current...but besides all that...IT WAS AWESOME!

Sorry, just had to share. My mate didn't have as much luck, putting his head straight through a panel on his newish 'Zone'.


Sounds like the same story everywhere! it was crazy windy!!
Was that at Possos that you went out? was there much swell??



Sorry, no - sailed in Portland (don't get the opportunity to get away much!) Starting to plan hols around w/surfing so hope to get to some good spots in the next few years. Can't complain when we live on a cape with the option to sail almost any wind...the prob is that the wind isn't here nearly enough, and when it is...it goes a bit nuts!




Oh well you have best of both worlds there, when there is wind sail and when there is no wind chase the bluefin around!!
Might do that next weekend actually if there is no wind - sounds like the tuna are going off!!
Do you know Duncan Banks? he was living down there for a while.. sails KA



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