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gerritse101
gerritse101
NSW
8 posts
NSW, 8 posts
18 Mar 2007 6:10pm
just a quick question does anyone no a website that gives the wind at long reef..
user
user
WA
1140 posts
WA, 1140 posts
18 Mar 2007 4:30pm
There is none.

Nearest is North Head

Thats on here,Seabreeze.

Also ,you can look at Dee Why to Long Reef web cam on www.coastalwatch.com.au
peanuticus
peanuticus
NSW
341 posts
NSW, 341 posts
19 Mar 2007 12:13am
wrong there is one..



situated at Collaroy and gets a good reading for longy.
robbo
robbo
WA
306 posts
WA, 306 posts
19 Mar 2007 4:45pm
25 bucks?
what happened to: for the love of the sport?

for a good example of this, go to the graphs section above.lol./


cRAZY Canuk
cRAZY Canuk
NSW
2528 posts
NSW, 2528 posts
19 Mar 2007 7:03pm
quote:
Originally posted by robbo

25 bucks?
what happened to: for the love of the sport?
for a good example of this, go to the graphs section above.lol./



From what little I understand it was put in by a group/individual and not a web site that makes money off advertising and using goverment bouy's. Nothing against Seabreeze but I'd bet you Laurie doesn't pay out of pocket for his weather stuff or to run the web site and that's what these guys did. This site is geared towards the main NB users as we're in a bit of a black hole here.

For the record the north head bouy sucks because its under north head.

As for paying for weather sites this is the first country I've been that has free weather sites.
peanuticus
peanuticus
NSW
341 posts
NSW, 341 posts
20 Mar 2007 1:18pm
ok robbo, I'd like to see you fork out $400-500 out of the goodness of your heart to help out others!! $25 bucks is fair game in the world of kiting, bet you won't think twice about sticking $25 worth of gas in the car and heading off down the coast on the off chance there could be wind! or $200 for new lines etc...

and like it says, when its all paid for if everyone agree's then we'll create a new graph for seabreeze with the help of Laurie. we already mentioned it to him.

don't be a tight arse.
laurie
laurie
NSW
3902 posts
NSW, 3902 posts
20 Mar 2007 2:03pm
quote:
Originally posted by cRAZY Canuk
Nothing against Seabreeze but I'd bet you Laurie doesn't pay out of pocket for his weather stuff or to run the web site


Ok - I'll take your bet! We pay thousands for our our own servers and shovel thousands of $ per year to various data sources for legitimate access to data.

Seabreeze.com.au pumps out over 600 gigabytes of traffic every month. Show me where you get that for free and I'll sign up!

We have also paid for and installed our own wind meters which are currently free to use.

Thanks,
Laurie
High Rider
High Rider
NSW
6 posts
NSW, 6 posts
20 Mar 2007 2:13pm
peanuticus good on you for doing this. however what you're saying is we all sign up and pay $25 then when you've recouped your money (fair enough) you'll discuss making it public. i'll wait until it goes public in that case and save myself the money.
peanuticus
peanuticus
NSW
341 posts
NSW, 341 posts
20 Mar 2007 5:36pm
quote:
Originally posted by High Rider

peanuticus good on you for doing this. however what you're saying is we all sign up and pay $25 then when you've recouped your money (fair enough) you'll discuss making it public. i'll wait until it goes public in that case and save myself the money.



That's fine but its people like you who won't make it public because your a tight arse and want everything for free. bet your one of those people who ask your local kite shop for a discount just because your friendly with the owner. If I don't get the money back then it stays a very useful tool for the bunch o mates that currently have access.

after chatting with Laurie and out of respect for what he is doing here I've taken away the link from this post.
High Rider
High Rider
NSW
6 posts
NSW, 6 posts
20 Mar 2007 5:42pm
how rude are you mate. is there really a reason to slam it hard like that?

don't go assuming what type of person I am because you have no idea and i don't take kindly to you calling me a tight arse.

for you information i do not ask for discounts in shops, i don't know any of the owners and i don't care to. i buy all my gear at the price its being sold at and if it gets messed up then it's usually my fault and i fix it.

you should think about the people you're asking to pay for it because if it was me and i'd paid for exclusive use then i wouldn't be happy with it going public.

peanuticus
peanuticus
NSW
341 posts
NSW, 341 posts
20 Mar 2007 6:52pm
And that is why I've always said (and its on the page) that everyone will have to make the decission before anything is done..

and yeah I'm slammin hard today coz there's no wind and I've not slept for 2 days!

it's a forum dude.. chill..
High Rider
High Rider
NSW
6 posts
NSW, 6 posts
20 Mar 2007 6:58pm
no need to take your lack of wind frustration or your tiredness out on others. i was polite to you by saying well done for doing it because someone had to and i'm not dissing it at all. so u chill out mate and get some sleep.
Caelah
Caelah
WA
319 posts
WA, 319 posts
21 Mar 2007 9:49am
it's a very good website and accurate, worth considering if you like kiting northside or in the waves.
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