Three of us on Naish 14s had a great down wind run this arvo.. It was blowing about 20-25 knots.

It's still blowing right now (about 30 knots) and tomorrow morning is looking real good if anyone is interested..

Forecast for Tuesday
Winds: North to northwesterly 20 to 30 knots becoming northwesterly 15 to 20 knots during the morning. Seas: 1 to 2 metres, decreasing to 0.5 to 1 metre during the morning.

Today looked warm but it was ice cream headache time if you fell in and your head went under.. yeah I fell in right at the end.. Brrrrrrr! ..



Oliver's starting to get the hang of milking the runners.



It was a beautiful sunset.. and freezing cold.



Driving home I was thinking about Summer and how much I miss the warm sun.. and pulled up behind a little zook like mine with a cool number plate.

DJ

Cold? Soft.

I agree with Bjh. Its too bloody cold down in mexican territory.
You guys are nuts. Have you tried the reusable heat pads in your wettie, you press a button and they chemically react and crystalise giving instant heat. Lasts about an hour. Then you just take them home and boil them in water and they return to liquid again ready to reuse at the click of a button. You can reuse them hundreds of times.
when I first saw them I was amazed. Absolutely Brilliant!!!!

Here's a short vid from today.. Not a lot of wind but enough to get runners happening.

DJ

PTWoody said...

Farquo said...

I agree with Bjh. Its too bloody cold down in mexican territory.
You guys are nuts. Have you tried the reusable heat pads in your wettie, you press a button and they chemically react and crystalise giving instant heat. Lasts about an hour. Then you just take them home and boil them in water and they return to liquid again ready to reuse at the click of a button. You can reuse them hundreds of times.
when I first saw them I was amazed. Absolutely Brilliant!!!!

And no doubt cheaper than Ripcurl's $1500 H-Bomb wetsuit with the battery powered heat packs. I think I only need heat pack booties and gloves. I don't get cold anywhere else.

Ive been thinking the same thing with the heat packs, with the RC eBomb 3,2 it has the batwing thing in the back that is sort of a pocket. Thinking of dropping one in there before a surf to see how long it will last. I cant see it being a bit diff but all the same when its cold and ya got a bit of heat when others havnt.

Great little vid DJ. I enjoyed that one, some good little runs there. What were you on? Is that the Jav?

No, it's the 14' Glide.

Looking through my original vid after there were heaps better runners than the ones I've shown in that vid.. I guess I rushed it.. I'll do a better vid one day.

I can't imagine using the Javelin for a down-winder.. even in light winds.. For me I think it would be too flat and too tippy.

DJ

nice work dj, that's a vid everyone learning should have a look at.

DavidJohn said...

Here's a short vid from today.. Not a lot of wind but enough to get runners happening.

DJ

Nice vid indeed. How's the form of Twinkletoes Peterson waltzing up and down the board?

nice vid DJ

rockin runners

by the way we are still in boardies up here after 9am

a bit of puppy fat is as good as a 4/5mm steamer

DavidJohn said...

laceys lane said...

nice work dj, that's a vid everyone learning should have a look at.

Yeah it's a good way to learn.. One thing to remember is don't paddle when you don't have to.. and getting back on the board when on a runner will often help keep it planing longer and also make it more maneuverable surfing the runner.. I've still got a lot to learn and don't claim to be an expert.. I guess the more you do the better you get..

DJ

yeah, everyone has goods and bad ones, when you get better, the bad ones happen less, then the next thing is to start lessening the bad bits on a good day. dj, you should do some comments on that vid saying what you are doing- slowing down, speeding up, chasing around the troughs and the timing involved and generally having f u n. i think the clarity of what you are doing with some instruction could be a ripper of a how to do it vid. it's worth a thought
cheers

Minkee said...

I picked up on the hands position...
everyone see something different eh?!

I find the top arm rotation interesting.. I try not to do too big a rotation of the top arm by dropping the top arm at the end of the stroke and try and use the lower arm more to release the paddle and bring it forward while keeping the top arm doing small circles... Hey laceys I've been thinking about doing that talking over the vid thing and if I get some good footage one day I'll do it..

There's more and more people getting into down-winders now and it's great to see.. .. Yesterday I met Scott from Phillip Island that had driven all the way up to buy a Naish 14 after seeing stuff here on the Breeze so let's hope we can do some DW events over next Summer because I'm sure we'll get heaps joining in the fun.

DJ