Here's a clip of the Bass Strait Crossing that I noticed a number of people are keen to see.



Ben and I had been training hard for this and we are stoked that we made it!
Our family, friends and sponsors were awesome and were never in doubt that we would be successful. But unlike the punters that said we were

Nuts for trying to cross Bass Strait (who we thought of often to fight the pain), those that know us have seen us taking on the biggest waves we can find for years. Plus they know we are pretty loose!

Thanks to our sponsors: Snickers, Takoon, Rip Curl, Da Kine, Stonker, and Maurice Cole.

And our support crew: Grant Wharington (Skipper), Graham Taylor (Tactician), Stefan Morrison-Jack (cook!), Wes Greene, Marty and Sam (filming - Nalu productions), Zig van Der Sluys (moral support) and Alex 'Stonk' Gillan (Stonker boards, Takoon importer, and coach!)

These guys were All Time!

Regards

Weighty

www.katani.com.au

good skills water looked cold

whats the next adventure ?

hey mate congrats on the crossing what brand size kite did you run. 12 hours thats a long time howd ya legs handle it?????

I've sailed 250 km in a day on my windsurfer, but that was with lots of breaks, lunch, fresh water, lots of changes of tack, and all done on a big estuary

Did you carry water with you, or did you get that (and food) from the boat?

Big respect, that's a really impressive effort. Well done guys!

We had camel backs with about 2.5 litres of powerade and some energy bars in a pouch on our harness. We did not touch the boat or get anything from it except some cheering!

brilliant stuff guys - well done

your both bloody legends when the Aus to NZ trip

well done guys- a lot of work must have gone into that- from initial idea to that final swim. great effort!

Good work guys, would of been an awesome trip!

Good stuff

Can I also Ask about the graphics on the kite

Were they done at the factory or was it printed in Australia?

ive been try ing to find out the cheapest way to get logos on my kites because im sure i could get sponsershp from local businesses. think of how many people see your kite on a hot summer afternoon kiting alon the beacehes in vic.

JW - Someone asked it before but you guys must be talking about other ideas for next time?
So what next - Island hopping to China???

We are pretty keen to go back and kite Dangerous Banks just off Tassie when its breaking properly. That's the spot that Ross Clarke-Jones and Tom Carroll recently towed. It was out of our way to check it out but we had to tick it off. But we would like another crack at it... We have a few other ideas but will have to keep them low for now!

Next time you go can we come too? You could run a tour or something. That would be a hoot.

BTW. Well done. Great effort. (I still wanna come too.)

Amazing achievement guys - logisticallly, mentally and physically

Right up there

JW said...

We are pretty keen to go back and kite Dangerous Banks just off Tassie when its breaking properly. That's the spot that Ross Clarke-Jones and Tom Carroll recently towed. It was out of our way to check it out but we had to tick it off. But we would like another crack at it... We have a few other ideas but will have to keep them low for now!

Absolutely amazing James, well done to you and Ben, thats the trip of a lifetime, just blown away that you did it, great team support, well done to everyone that assisted youse!

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve