Hey
Is anyone else concerned about the severe lack of seabreezes in perth right now? We had an awesome 2 weeks and then frontal stuff till now. Now the 7 day outlook is looking more like winter!
What the f*ck?!
I suppose its good with exams coming up though...

Your answer to all your no wind worries is a mobe bar.

Simply hang a bar up in a tree with a rope and practice all your tricks in all those lightwind days.

dont worry dude this happened the same last year. you just get all excited when the first couple of seabreezes come in, they will come back and its going to be a long summer.
least you guys can get on the water, ive had 13 weeks off and got 8 weeks to go with injury, bring on christmas

That's ok Plow, I'm a Tassie boy so I know all about 4 seasons in 5 minutes and appreciate WA like crazy.

I wouldn't be kiting if I was still in Tas, or Vicco for that matter.

Yep - mates are talking about getting new kites, long discussions on the merits of bow kites, 5th line systems, spinning setups, board sizes and shapes...

...its always a downer when I remind them that its a rare event we get onto the water with our existing many kite & board quivers, why buy more just so you cant use them...

Looks like a holiday in Denham is about the only way to get a kite

Half an hour 'til work finishes and Denhams blowin' 16-25 kts in the ssw. Don't really want to stick it up ya's but I just can't help it. Hahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah theres no one up here but me.

Don't look for one in Denham theres no such thing. OOOO now I'm really cracking myself up!!!!! I must be excited.

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Originally posted by lurch

Half an hour 'til work finishes and Denhams blowin' 16-25 kts in the ssw. Don't really want to stick it up ya's but I just can't help it. Hahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah theres no one up here but me.

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and theres nothing else up there but you.

I would rather live in civilisation with no wind then in the middle of no where with wind.

Patience young jedi's... Vert, Shunter and many of us old school jedi masters have seen this split in the force many times before...

Ballance will return to the universe in time...

Oooooohhhooooo you guys must be hurting. Just had an hour and a half of pure joy out the front at Denham, just had to check the post to see the responses. Constant 20-25 kts and an area the size of 10 footy fields to play in. Upwind toeside, huge carve, fang back out and booooooooost. OOOooo it must hurt so bad!!! Now I've gotta catch up with crew for beers and see where Friday night takes us. Life is sooo boring without civilisation. Might go for a dive tomorrow up in the park. Hope you all have fun in your swanky restaurants, who knows the menu might get blown away by the light zephyr like breeze as it wafts across your table. And you'll sit there wondering, WOW maybe it'll get to 15 kts tomorrow. Guess what, I've got the same again tomorrow arvo. OOOO it hurts sooo bad!!!

PS. Please don't take me seriously, I'm still beaming from a great kite.
Aloha

OK you got me on that one. Living in a place without waves is pure HELL. The joy of dropping into 6 foot perfection and getting barrelled is something I dream of regularly. Kiting is the only thing that keeps me sane in a wave starved environment.
Aloha

Dear Bruce
Lurch (Ando)is now pissed.
I miaa waves as much as if there were no sunshine everyday. Imagine a life of not enjoying the ocean in all its joy and fury.
Its the reason we do what we do!!!!

PS: Aloha is cool, otherwise the Hawaiians will beat you up
PPS

Yooo the man Ando...I tell you I'm sh.t scarred of waves.

I know what you mean Ando, but the people will come.........because you have FN wind.....lots of newbies down in Perth, and the season hasn't even started. May be crowded down here, I'll send them all up to you.............because you have wind.

Boy did we all have a ball. It is just so much fun to go exploring as a little posse. I still have the glow sticks which I have to bring up next time...sorry I forget to leave them. I'm up to Gero before the end of the year...., perhaps will head north after business....by then you will be having 20 knots for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I'll def. be up there again in Jan.....hot time (40 plus).......fishing, and kiting in 30 knots

Lucky You Lurch!

A few queries about Denham:

- about the sign at the entrance of Little Lagoon that warns about stonefish: How much are these wonderful charming small creatures an issue at this location? Little lagoon looks so much like a paradisiacal body of water for kitesurfing!!!

- about seasnakes: I did some offshore work in the channel in the bay... There were dozens (hundreds??) of seasnakes floating around the boat by night... The divers i was with told me they were very poisonous but can not beat you... No matter ex-SAS they were, they were not 100% confident diving among them... What is your opinion???

I know... These queries sound like coming from a tourist... but looking at my wonderful English I bet you realised I am kind of one...

Thanks

Fred

OMG, like i totally agree WTF is happening with the wind in Perth honestly this time last year i can remember it being quite good with the wind...but now....

I guess your rite kiterdan, exams are round the corner, better to have no wind and to study than have some wind and to be wishing or procastinating about going out...ha ha

Hey all this talk of up north..Thinking about going up with some mates, sounds like heading north would make sense to bring smaller kites? say 7m or 9m?

Good luck in exams
-Kat