Mate, your lucky your so close to where you kite - I'd rather live at the Coast or even 5-15min from Wello would be great... You guys are always saying how great the pin is! I mean how can you beat rocks, a terrible tide, wrong wind direction, too shallow and too deep water, and fines if you set up in teh wrong place?

... I'll have to venture to the coast in the near future.
Yep. NE is great, and it's most of the guys preference because they can go out the Manly side in deep water. Heck, your lucky with not having to wear booties! Most of us (apart frm the odd guy) wear them, and have to! Ouch, I hate to even imagine what that would have done to your feet... would have killed, but I have to admit landing bottom first on them feels quite similar