The wind forecast looks good over the next few days.....

but what about the Lightning Boltz?

i saw on the news some pretty massive hail in the gold coast or sumthing :) u guys must get some sweet storm action... have any of u ever felt static through the bar?

someone down here was fyling on a stromy day and they couldnt touch the bar without being zapped so they eventually crashed it. ive also heard stories about people doing jumps and on the way back down there beig a zap as the electricity earths itself between the board and the water...

any one else have storm stories :)

felix was back to his currumbin home break in between his international commitments a couple of years ago.
a big storm brewed in the hills.
he was smashing waves to bits as usual.
we waved for him to come in as the zappers were visible in the distance.
as he walked back up the beach with his kite in neutral i said 'hey felix let go of your bar and slowly grab it again'
what joy it was to witness the small static sparks jump to his fingers
he said "whoaaaaooh dude" as usual
and decided cleverly to grab the outside lines instead of trying the evil rubber bar.
as the sparks once again leapt to his fingers with a cracking sound we witnessed felix hurriedly downing his kite to the nearest catcher as he did the hamster dance (fitting) and we all erupted in laughter.
you had to be there.

some guy got lofted from standingon the waters edge to our carpark (200m away) on a gusty onshore day, he almos broke his foot and hiskite flew onto the road almost hit somew cars and ended shredding itself on some tv antennas as the leash broke. pretty funny

he was actually beach jumping and it wasnt even his kite so it wasnt like he was innoncent.

funny in a sadistic way