Nice helmet DJ

the girl on the starby has a really nice stance and action looking at the photos

The wind eased off around 11:00 then picked up by 1:00, smoothed out and swung NNW at a fairly steady 25-30+ knots. Was nobody tempted for a second run?

The BOM weather simulation was pretty much spot on. It swung more onshore and dropped off around 4:00 with some rain.

Yes Mak, Robert De Niro (Rosscoe) is riding a newish JM, from his visit over Summer. (JM's visit! - De Niro was also in Melbourne, for a film shoot! Do you know why they were all in Melbourne? Because Melbourne is a cool place to visit ! )

Makaha said...

You blokes like ya stickers don't ya
Moto if your not sponsored don't give
free advertising that's mine anyway.
But I gather the blue board is an old JM?

On second glance Mak, the stickers are mostly related to Jamie's old board... and Warwick's big RPS sticker, due to his association with RPS! But mostly the rest is just "makers marks"...

De Niro again !

SandS said...

great pics PT, thanks for posting.

the white starboard pintale with the canoe bow , that the young lady was paddleing looks like a nice shape.

Is that an old or new shape ? what length and width is it?

That's a Starboard Pin - it's an old shape, no longer available. It is 12'6" x 30".

It was a cold Winter's morning here in Melbourne today and we still had a good turn-up for todays dawn down-winder.. We did a longer run going all the way to Rickets Point with a stop at Green Point where some pulled out and others joined in.

Here's a few pictures and vid.

DJ

Thanks for the reminder Stu!

My feet aren't connected to my brain so they didn't remind me to cover them up!
Daft thing is, I had my booties in the car.

Promise I'll wear them for tomorrow morning's HMB dawn session. Forecast is for a low of 5 degrees!

looks awesome guys, great to see a good crew out there bright and early. No doubt plenty of smiling faces for the rest of the day!

laceys lane said...

you might get a kick out of this dj. we were showing a few guys how to dw( well to the best of my abilities). when we finished, i said now go back and watch dj's vids and pretend its you paddling and start imagining when you would 'hit it' to get those trough/bumps

cheers

Thanks Mark.. I do get a kick out of knowing that.. and it's nice to know some people like to watch them and get something out of them.. .. I watch them myself and see what I do wrong and I'm sure that I let a lot of good ones slip by because this old 54 yr old body isn't fit enough to put in when it's needed.. or just a little lazy..

I'm no expert and learning all the time.. There's no doubt that the more you do them the better you get and I think one of the most important things is reading the water ahead and having patience.. Knowing when to go hard and when back off and wait for the right moment to go hard.. You learn to know what you can't get and not even try.. This saves your energy so you can really put in when you need to.. Also.. it's not about trying to catch the big ones.. but slot in behind them.

I now have a HD GoPro and soon hope to get even better DW footage that wont be so fuzzy.. I'm also going to try a chest mount and see how that angle looks hoping it may be a more natural point of view.

DJ