its going to be an insane week.

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We kited 51 knots in Perth 2 weeks ago. The swell however was tiny compared to 6m.

Go hard boys. Have a blast.

PS. If it gets past 40 knots hold on!/ oh and get the misses to take pics.

i missed the window got there too late and the wind was too wholey... bugger.

but theres several days more of this wind so i'll get a ride in.

Was one of the latest Plynn Fury 7m ,5m swell dumped straight on top of him and the kite went down between two Huge swells while he was being tumbled ,waves were strong as prob moving at 15+ Knots kite got pummelled by about 10 huge breakers before he got untangled and released ,was a bit unlucky.
He was having a ripper session prior to that.

wishin i was there guys. Beginning to think it might be worth shifting sides of the ditch

Yeh Plum the mutant rocks is crazy big swell.

Underoath said...

Underoath said...

We kited 51 knots in Perth 2 weeks ago. The swell however was tiny compared to 6m.

Go hard boys. Have a blast.

PS. If it gets past 40 knots hold on!/ oh and get the misses to take pics.

Whats with the thumbs, ain't got the balls to kite crazy conditions so you press a red button. Ha! Jokes on you.

I guess we will see the wifes pictures soon

Post the pics....... Or it didn't happen

well i can ride a wave with only marginal power on the TT. infact in some light wind days i use the wave aparent speed to power the kite up and get back upwind.

so yes is the answer. You only need kite power when running out of speed on the wave face. if you keep the speed up the kite is there for the ride.

bobajob said...

eppo said...

Yeh Plum the mutant rocks is crazy big swell.

Hey Eppo,
can you surf the wave without the power of the kite on a mutant or do you need to be powered all the time. (Have never ridden one, but ride a SB)?

To a certain degree. Much better than a TT for sure, but you still need to keep some power in it, unless you are screaming down the face of a wave. The CB is very different to any mutant I've ridden though, so I wouldn't generalise across the board. Beauty is the mutant rides well on the toes, much much better than a TT. I then ride it out backwards and cook upwind..if big as wave sometimes will quickly switch on toes, to get over.

But very different to a SB, which is why I use it, not a fan of SB's., but respect those that do.

3 in a row for me mate,had a sweet 2 hour session today and got eaten by a 3-4m caining monster a k offshore,rolled me up and spat me out,15-20 sec under ,managed to punch out to save the kite long swim in,my mate didnt fair as well his cat went off like a shotgun when the leading edge got pummeled the kite repair guys must love us

Its been going off at Pekapeka big groundswell real west though so gusty as but surfs been too good to miss.
Monday was the biggest gusty onshore has smashed it down but you can still find some big walls way out back.
Supposed to be up again tomorrow

I'm in the naki Chris. I presume your in wellingtron?

I was at fitzroy/eastend today in new plymouth

yeah i've done some double head muriwai dumpers!. nasty indeed. you don't want to get washing machined in those.

The naki has the best waves i have ridden. it is a world class spot. Time your roady for a strong westerly and yourl be bound to get some decent waves.