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divaldo
divaldo
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26 Nov 2006 7:40pm
Great weekend was had by all, thanks Pete and the crew from Onboard was great to try lots of different sails and boards (not as many as I would have like though:()Wind was OK for the whole weekend as well! Looking forward to the next one!

PS: hope redbull are OK with a shorter version of their tent?!

bubs
bubs
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26 Nov 2006 10:06pm
Yeah i had a great day. It was great seeing so many guys down their and loved watching the realy fast guys out on the water. I cant work out how they go so fast.

I had a good day, learnt and did many new things. First time strapped and hooked in at the same time. Consistently step started and even pulled off a few deep water starts. Didn't manage to pull off a gybe though.

Divaldo:
I didn't see you down there, what sort of gear were you running? I was on a yellow and dark orange 5.8 Grind, and a orange 5.0 Core with a 100L Naish wave board.

Huge thanks to Pete for organising such a great a event.
bubs

P.S: BBQ was great
(Also, i'm not sure what i am doing wrong, but as soon as i try to unhook my harness to try a gybe, i loose all speed. Is this due to my harness lines and/or boom being in the wrong spot? Or could it just be lack of practice and technique?)
RIDE KITESURFING
RIDE KITESURFING
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27 Nov 2006 7:45am
Hey man it was awsome down there, so many on the water at one stage when i came off the water ther was 30 ws and 15 kites and about another 15 blokes sitting on the beach rigging up, Looked real good!! i hope a few crew got some good shots.

Hey when you hook out of your harness you are probably putting all your weight through your feet and then that makes the bord bog down and therefor loosoing your speed befor you hit the turn.
Key to stopping this if it is the prob is lean down hard on the boom as soon as you un hook and keep the pressure on the boom untill you start the turn. Mast foot pressure baby!!!

good luck
divaldo
divaldo
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27 Nov 2006 8:37am
Bubs, I was the guy babysitting the terror 7 year old and the terror 4 year old body boarding in the shallows Sunday arvo around 3pm, was also there all day on Saturday working my way through the Onboard quiver! Think I am going to skinny masts, love em!

Were you the guy that borrowed a screwdriver from my wife Kym?

Had too manty redbulls and still havent slept!
bubs
bubs
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924 posts
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27 Nov 2006 3:09pm
No i didnt borrow a screwdriver, but i did almost clean up one of your kids with my sail. At the very end of the day i was that tired i could barely lift it.

My brother dad and I based ourselves round near the swamp side. We had a white duel cab ute.

I also had 1 red bull, struggled to finished it though. I hated the stuff. Tastes like cough medicine.
divaldo
divaldo
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27 Nov 2006 4:14pm
quote:
Originally posted by bubs

No i didnt borrow a screwdriver, but i did almost clean up one of your kids with my sail. At the very end of the day i was that tired i could barely lift it.

My brother dad and I based ourselves round near the swamp side. We had a white duel cab ute.

I also had 1 red bull, struggled to finished it though. I hated the stuff. Tastes like cough medicine.



Should have got the kids to help!

Hope to meet up over the summer, what kit were you sailing?
bubs
bubs
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924 posts
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27 Nov 2006 5:00pm
Yeah i was sailing on a 100L Naish wave board and a JP freeride 158 swapping between a maroon 7.0 GTX , yellow and orange 5.8 Grind and a bright orange 5.0 Core.

My brother was mainly using the GTX on a old Tiga 285 slalom board, and my dad was mainly on the JP with the GTX or Grind, which ever one my brother and I wern't using.

I didn't get a chance to use any of onboards new gear though. I was having so much fun out there i didnt want to come in.

Yeah i was still pulling up from it today and got sunburnt on the tops of my hands and feet because i was waring a long wetty.

Might see you down there soon. As soon as schools over and exams are finished in 2 weeks i'll try get my dad to take me down some more.

Bubs
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