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!
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!
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...
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??
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......
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!
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.
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
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!
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![]()
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!
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!
That shouldn't be an issue as if it is 8ft I think I will be sitting on the beach watching for some time...
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 ![]()
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'.![]()
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.