You guys have got to try the rev.. I have been out on a 5m diesel 2 or 3 years ago, when the wind has been recorded at gusting to 53 knots, I wouldn't have said it was over 40 at the time. so think about that a little the kites have come along way from the 2005 5m diesel to the 2008 9m rev. Like I said earlier I did a couple of insane jumps that weren't captured on camera and yeah there isn't much you can do in those conditions except jump one large. Plus on the day in question the bom was recording gusts in excess of 40knots..
My last post on this topic thanks hope to see you guys on the water soon.

At last a voice of reason.

True most people over estimate the wind. Max I have been out in was about 45 knots and I was absolutely on the edge of blowing up on my 8m.When its tat windy there is ripples in the water every 10cms and foam. Water is blown off little white caps and into your face. A true 45 knots is dangerous as, only reason I was out was it was a big squall that lasted for about 5 mins.

99 change hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holding a kite is one thing, kiting is another. I've held a 12m bow kite in 45 knots when a squall came through. I was able to kite back to shore with the kite max depowered (basically on leash) and hold the kite on the beach until another kiter was able to grab the kite. The kite was moving around like there was a gay kite was chasing it. What does that tell me?

a) new bow kites handle squalls well enough
b) I was surviving, not kiting - big difference
c) I still wouldn't take my 12m out jumping in 45 knots unless it involved $1 Million, a new quiver of free kites and Keira Knightly.

I had my 12m bow out today when the front crossed recorded around 30 knots, I was on the edge of blowing up, mind you i didnt have much depower pulled in. Jumping it was like being rag dolled, just ripped so far and high.... Was intense. 45 knots on a 12m i dont think so.

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Originally posted by Kitehard
Man, there's a lot of BS flying around on this thread.

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lol.

Dude,
Once I got sooo fken barrelled,
like maybe 10 board-lengths way back deep in the pit.
It was dark back there.
My eyes had to adjust to the gloom.
Real-time warped into tube-time.
I was transported into the 4th dimension.

Man, I was so ready to totally eat it, when....
I was suddenly spat-out by the pit-spit,
and then I was fully bitch-slapped head first into the wall.
lol.

I surfaced to find myself floating on top of a foaming boiling-pot.
A whirlpool of lick-wood.
My board was tombstone-ing in fits of anger....it was directly below me,
just suspended above the suckrock.

That's when I climbed down my tightly stretched leggie,
my lifeline to living.
I reached for my board, white-knuckled the rails, and punched my body free from the wet deathgrip.
The board's bouyancy helped to spear me into the sunlight.

Like a champagne cork popped skyward from the throat of a bottle of bubbly.
I was drunk and eurphoric from my great escape.
I was consumed full of naturalhigh.
My eyes had glazed over and it was time to celebrate and make speeches.

I held up my kite-bar high in salute, and shouted at the ocean in mock defiance.
I needed to propose a toast.
A toast to all the brand-whores.
Let's raise our glasses to deception.
Let's drink to multiple aliases and imaginery friends.
It's game on bitches.
hahahahaha

Well found out 45-50knot squall was to much for a 7m rev today at woodies, but the safety works pretty good. Fortunately i wasn't the one on it at the time, lol.

www.seabreeze.com.au/graphs/wa.asp
garden island at 4.45pm

I was at the upper level of comfortability at about 25knots. prolly could hold to 30knots struggling. any more would be dreaming.

I'll agree Charles dv. Respect !!

waveslave i might use that for some form of creative writing in english


n contrary to popular belief my name is not CHARLES its charl. without the es at the end. and its pronounced Sharl with the SH sound not the CH sound.

yup i sure am getting sick of it.. i cant help my parents couldnt spell properly

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Originally posted by Charl dv
.. i cant help my parents couldnt spell properly

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must be a genetic link there somewhere.