Hey jeff,
Good advice dude, hope you injoyed your session when i was working, you bastard lol

Hey Jeff,

Nice to meet you today at Kurnell. Thanks a million for your advice. If it wasnt for you we probably would of ventured too far and experienced those Oyster leases. We got a couple of good runs body dragging in the shallows. For total noobs I agree that Kurnell is a no go spot.

I like to be really safe when going out, I wear a helmet,Impact vest. I dont hook in if it is gusty so I can just let go of my bar and not get lofted and dragged.

I am organising a mapping of all NSW kitesafe beaches for the NSWKBA. I would really appreciate some of your help in that particular area. If you could PM me your email details would be great. Try to keep the areas safe and not banned from use.

Being new to the sport I offer a different perspective to the dangers of the sport. Anyone new to the sport can go to our website and check out the details for certain beaches. It will list mainly safe wind directions to go out in and dangers in the area also a map with these dangers visualised so people can print it out and identify.

It would be good if we could organise a clean up day! Maybe on "Clean up Australia day")Ill check with the guys at NSWKBA what we could do. Especially when a guy I talked to a week ago out there stepped on a needle. I hope he is OK and doesnt get HIV or Hep C from it.

Thanks again,

Marcel

Sydney in westerlies isn't a good place to learn.....however the best close to city is boat harbour otherwise for beginners I'd go upto Canton Beach and hour north of sydney, it's awesome, big enough for all levels and flat! Otherwise take a long weekend and head upto cairns where you'll get constant wind and what better excuse to get away for a weekend.

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Originally posted by FliHigh

Sydney in westerlies isn't a good place to learn.....however the best close to city is boat harbour otherwise for beginners I'd go upto Canton Beach and hour north of sydney, it's awesome, big enough for all levels and flat! .....

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Sorry Fli but I reckon Canton is just dangerous in a westerly for a beginner. I've been there twice and seen two bad accidents. I've heard it's not so bad when there's some south in it but I steer clear of the place.

Hey new to the sport crew.
There is no ideal spot in or around sydney in any sort of westerly.
It is hard to manage conditions to the Best of experienced riders as the local shops will point out. If you are keen to learn now a trainer is still your best option period. Kurnell is gusty as all hell at the best of times and boat harbour may be better but is still not ideal since the winds are gusty. Do yourselves a favour and study the sport as much as you can and fly your trainer and come back in the spring fit and ready to smash it in steady and predictable winds....instead of smashing yourself in the winter.
Thanks for bringing up the topic Jeff!

Hey Marcel, sounds like a great idea. I don't know all the spots around Sydney as well as most of the other guys, but I'll help out however I can. It's good to see that some of the new guys like yourself are acknowledging that the sport can be pretty dangerous and taking it easy if the wind isn't looking good. Keep up the good work.
As for the syringes and garbage, I reckon it's all being blown in from Brighton with these NW'ers. The fox is probably ours though. I've lived in Kurnell my whole life and I've seen more syringes on the beach in the last week than I have seen in my life (I've seen 3 this week, only one before that ) but it's so feral. Makes you sick to think smackheads are shooting up somewhere nearby. Damn junkies.

Hey Alan, we can get Kurnell to ourselves pretty much every day of the week now. Sadly it's because nobody bothers anymore cause the winds so bad. Haven't seen you guys for ages now. We had a few super light NE'ers but hardly anything. Just enough to get wet. Bring on summer I reckon, well maybe once I get back from the snow

And thanks for the responses on this, hopefully we'll be able to figure something out for the new guys keen to do something in winter. I like the trainer idea Rich said, I think some guys are gonna be way too keen to stay doing that for another 3 months though, no matter how much you try and talk them out of it. Looks like Marcel might be on the right track too, even as something for new guys looking for places in summer. Anyway I'm off. See ya's.

PS. Marcel, my email is [email protected] just email me if you need any help mate. I'll be away for a few days but I'll talk to you when I get back. Try to involve some of the other guys here too cause they have alot of experience, and probably know of other places better than I do. I'm kinda confined to Kurnell and the beachies around here but willing to help however possible

Hey all,

Re:
massive Tiger caught in Port hacking a month ago.

Wow! how big was the sucker? And how did they catch him?

Have there been any big shakies in Kurnell? Dont say "Yes heaps" cos im gonna vom.

Re: Maps

Thanks Jeff, Probably just help on Kurnell would be great! However any other assistance is greatly appreciated. I will email you.

Hey Uber,

You should come over here and conquer your fear of sharks. That 6m great White I mentioned a month or so ago which hassled the surfers on the outer reefs of Perth, has been seen again up at the entrance to Hillarys boat harbour, or maybe it's another one..... Scared the s**t out of a mate of mine fishing fishing off the rocks, when it swam by close enough to touch with his fishing rod.

Munchie Munchie!

Hey Alan,

Was that you who helped me the other day launch? I had the yellow 10mt SS and I was on the south side of the reserve? If it was Thanks again for your help and advice!

Yeah send me the pics of the sharkie! I have always been interested in these creatures, I just hope they dont take an interest in me when Im out teabagging in the sea!

I hear that the sharks in Sydney like to chase fish into the estuaries then feast on them when they are cornered. What is in Port Hacking? is it industrial?


Just click on my name and my email is there. (i would post it here but ive been getting heaps of spam mail from previous times)

Thanks Alan.

Yeah, Sydney in a westerly is NOT the place to be learning to kite, unless you're just learning to fly the kite unhooked, so you can ditch the kite on a moment's notice if you have to. I wouldn't even recommend Boat Harbour in a westerly unless it's got a fair bit of South in it. I've seen a coupla nasty accidents there in the past coupla years even in relatively benign conditions with people getting gusted straight up over the dunes and into the bush. Best bet is either go somewhere in Q'Land or wait for summer. It's just too dangerous and there just aren't any places in the region that handle a westerly that have any significant amount of beach. Margin of error is just not worth risking it -- Kurnell especially. There have been lots more accidents there than most people are aware of. Oh, and just in case you're tempted, don't even THINK of trying the Pittwater side of Palm Beach in a westerly. Sheer madness. Robbo -- IKO Instructor...