Cruising around Burleigh Headland yesterday on the Gold Coast doing a downwinder,

I glanced down and there directly below me was a whale,

Was massive, its giant black body and the curve of its head

Freaked me out,was by myself

Hightailed it straight in and accidently dropped my kite in front of a wave and had too release it

Kite got blown up onto the beach and a guy grabbed it for me just before it went on the dunes

Lucky he was there

You lucky Buggar! Ive been wanting to kite with a whale for ages, i love it when you get to see the critters of the ocean up close, except sharks, those can stay underwater. How far offshore were you?

Gazuki said...

Going off your jumping and almost hitting a helicopter story I'm going to assume this was a small dolphin?


Just jokes mate, cool encounter!

Haha good joke! I once had a whale breach infront of me also. Freaked me our also!

I wouldn't be worried about the whale..

Theres a 17ft local tiger which cruises there heaps

WillyO said..

gokid said..
Cruising around Burleigh Headland yesterday on the Gold Coast doing a downwinder,

I glanced down and there directly below me was a whale,

Was massive, its giant black body and the curve of its head

Freaked me out,was by myself

Hightailed it straight in and accidently dropped my kite in front of a wave and had too release it

Kite got blown up onto the beach and a guy grabbed it for me just before it went on the dunes

Lucky he was there

Why don't you ride with a leash?

I ride with a safety leash to my kite

Last time I dropped my kite in front of a wave

I punched out and was still attached by the safety leash to the kite

The wave hit so hard it snapped the line

Was very side shore wind

Had to swim in and run down the beach a km and a half

Then swim out to it and swim it in

A surfer had grabbed and held it till I got there

Otherwise I think I would of had to run along the beach for miles

My kite does not really flag out that well when I have to punch out