That is a couple of years old. Kevin (who should know better) launching at Pungarehu. It's a pretty dodgy launch even for the windsurfers, you often have to surf through the keyhole which you can see in the background. There are better spots to launch from, but Pungarehu does have this amazingly fast left hand point break.

The 80 pixel photo could be the Raglan bar, or a number of other possible West Coast channel entrances

stjepan said...

Upon arriving at this spot ... ^^^
You find yourself to be the only one at the 'beach'.
How would you self-launch your kite ?

*[Best answer gets a prize]

RPM said...

waveslave said...

stjepan said...

Upon arriving at this spot ... ^^^
You find yourself to be the only one at the 'beach'.
How would you self-launch your kite ?

*[Best answer gets a prize]

there is no beach so why would you bother.....

if you are asking that question you have just confirmed that you are a doucher....

And you've just confirmed you're going to miss out on some good waves

waveslave said...

RPM said...

there is no beach so why would you bother.....

If the waves were pumping ... ^^^
you would find a way to self-launch.

reverse waterlaunch.. But you gotta be seriously keen to bother.

I would use the waveslaves self launch(female)pad ...patent pending..
In conjunction with the waveslave modéd chicken loop (shhh its a secret)
In conjunction with the waveslave modéd donkey dick(shhhhhh its a secret too.) No pics,,,,but it does exist,,,,,,aparently??

If only Mr slave troll would give up his secrets,,,,,,this poor guy wouldnt have had this problem and many other might have saved broken bones or even their lives.

But then Mrslave wouldnt have any carrot to dangle to keep his forum worth??LOL

Come on Mrslave.......for the sake of our safety,,please show your "no fail" safety mod's.I mean,,why wouldnt you want to help out your fellow kiters????

You keep offering your great safety advice.... but dont actually give any???LOL

The reverse launch is great in the waves btw. When you need to get your kite up fast before the sets come.

waveslave said...

RPM said...

reverse waterlaunch.. But you gotta be seriously keen to bother.

WTF is a reverse waterlaunch ?

something that you have no idea about obviously. But it is real and works well on rivers or tricky places. not for beginners though!

waveslave said...

lotofwind said...

I would use the waveslaves self launch(female)pad ...patent pending..

Congratulations Lotofwind, ^^^
You win the prize.
lol.

Coool,,,what is the prize?????
I hope its some pics of your no fail safety system..That would be a life saving prize
that I could share with all other kiters to save lives and keep beaches open to kitesurfing for all to enjoy.
?
Com'on Mrslave.....please post your pics.

waveslave said...

RPM said...

there is no beach so why would you bother.....

If the waves were pumping ... ^^^
you would find a way to self-launch.

The waves there do look good when they're pumping.



U might have to invent a way of self launching through the air. They used to reel out the 2 line kites a long time ago, using a reel on the bar.

Tai road which is 15km down the road would also be pumping when punagarehu is. There is a sandy beach to lauch from.



Here's Tai road doing it thing.

Kite surfing down the coast in taranaki is only for the hardcore. The meek and mild need not apply.

But if you WA guys feel like a real challenge and want to ride the best wind/wave machine in the southern hemisphere then the naki is were you need to come. oct/nov/dec.