It's looking good a down-winder this Sunday.. Everyone's welcome.

St Kilda to Sandy.. with a 10am meet at Sandy.

DJ

Forecast for Sunday

Winds: Northerly 10 to 20 knots increasing to 20 to 30 knots during the morning.
A westerly change 20 to 25 knots towards midnight.
Seas: 0.5 to 1 metres increasing to 1 to 1.5 metres during the morning then increasing to 2 metres during the afternoon.
Isolated thunderstorms with gusty winds from midday

I'll be decorating cupcakes with about 20 seven year old girls.

Sounds good

Can't wait.

Rosscoe said...

DJ and Jonathon - I'm in. I suppose we'll need to see the exact wind direction, but what about St Kilda to Ricketts?

I'd certainly be up for a longer distance, even a Ricketts to Mornington is something that would be great if the direction is right - that way you get straight into the bigger swells.

Been two weeks since I've been in the water, feels like two months. I hope it's a good one.

It's only 8.30am and already gusting 25-35 knots true north... Perfect...

DJ

Very envious. Hope to join you guys in January when we move over from Auckland!

Hope it was a good one!

Cheers

Wonderful ending. Wish I'd seen that spill from the other angle.

So who was out there? I recognise Mick's green DC and Jonathan's Starboard but otherwise a flotilla of Naish Glides.

nice Vid DJ, those down winders look like good fun .

that white kaoela {sorry spelt wrong } looks like it slices through the front waves nicely

well done to all !!

PTWoody said...

How did Mike go on his downwind debut? Good day for it.

Mike did great.

Next time he'll use the SHQ 14' Glide (demo board) and he'll see just how much better these real down wind boards go on a down-winder.

Boards like his 11'4" Naish get you there and are still great fun but the diference is like chalk and cheese..

DJ

The ending is good. Didn't realise the 17 had a reverse gear !!

Board-cam was good too. And nice remixed tunes.

DavidJohn said...

matt77 said...

Very envious. Hope to join you guys in January when we move over from Auckland!

Hope it was a good one!

Cheers

That's going to be great.

Here's a little bit of vid showing how today went.. and a song from the new Santana CD.

DJ

Great vid DJ
Gota love da sound track yep Carlos Devondip Santana is da best guitarist on da planet I have 3 of his LP’s/CD’s. ONENESS - CARAVANSERAI - SWING OF DELIGHT. I can’t find speakers big enough to play them loud enough. Help Me Please Mr Wizard take me back to 1972 these 3 CD’s were in their prime.
DW

It was great to have you along with us Mike.. You did very well on your 11'4" wave board.

Tomorrow is looking real good.. I know when we paddled today you said you can't make it tomorrow (wed) but anyone else is welcome to join us tomorrow.

10am at Sandy and 10.30 start at St Kilda.. Here's the forcast.. It's looking like 30 knots so it should be good.

BTW.. SHQ and RPS both have 14' Glides to demo for those keen to give one a go and join us.

DJ

Forecast for Wednesday
Winds: North to northwesterly 10 to 20 knots increasing to 15 to 25 knots around dawn and reaching 30 knots at times for a period during the morning. Winds tending southwesterly 10 to 20 knots around midday then tending southerly up to 15 knots later in the evening. Seas: 0.5 to 1.5 metres increasing to 2 metres around dawn then decreasing to 1 metre around midday.

boylos said...


Nice vid DJ ...... Have you decided on which downwind board your bringing to the Corona /Mambo !

Boylos

Yeah.. I'll be bringing my 14' Glide... See you in a couple of weeks.. .. I'll be there Monday to Monday.

DJ

nice video dave, great ending. looking forward to joining you for a dw'er on my new glide soon

Bruce