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vando
vando
QLD
3419 posts
QLD, 3419 posts
5 Jul 2007 7:10pm
What great a day, Congrats to Pierre awesome times mate you finnaly cracked the 40 knot mark. As for me well 39.951 is bloody close enouth haha. Also congrats to all the other sailers I think everyone got pb's today. also Haircut got some great video footage so can not wait to see that.
cheers vando
hardie
hardie
WA
4133 posts
WA, 4133 posts
5 Jul 2007 5:25pm
Well Done guys very impressive, this competition is getting scary!!
nebbian
nebbian
WA
6277 posts
WA, 6277 posts
5 Jul 2007 5:33pm
It's even scarier watching the whitecaps being ripped apart by 35 knot gusts, and seeing Pierre and Vando picking the bugs out of their teeth after yet another ball-tearing run...

Those guys are NUTS!!!

Haircut got a couple of runs on film so you might be able to see what it was like.

Oh, and I beat my 2sec PB by 2 knots
Aus06
Aus06
SA
235 posts
SA, 235 posts
5 Jul 2007 7:13pm
Congrats to the QLD'ers. A fine effort indeed, and even sweeter when there's some PB's in the mix.

This will just make the rest of us try a little harder!

Good work.
vando
vando
QLD
3419 posts
QLD, 3419 posts
5 Jul 2007 8:17pm
Unfortunately I coudnt download off the card for some reason say its a corrupt file. Lucky i could download from the navi but i still lost 1 1/2 hrs eeerr not happy.
mineral1
mineral1
WA
4564 posts
WA, 4564 posts
5 Jul 2007 6:34pm
and you have it on vidio as well
Huge fullers, huge
kato
kato
VIC
3531 posts
VIC, 3531 posts
5 Jul 2007 8:35pm
Well done guys,you,ve set the bar very very high.I,m very jealous that you got good wind,ours just disapeared today.
Gestalt
Gestalt
QLD
14968 posts
QLD, 14968 posts
5 Jul 2007 9:04pm
well done guys.

awesome stuff, can't wait to see the footage to.

WOW!

hooray
hooray
QLD
335 posts
QLD, 335 posts
5 Jul 2007 9:12pm
Well done Pierre. You always were much faster than Vando.

Oh well a smidgin faster.

Nice coaching Vando.
vando
vando
QLD
3419 posts
QLD, 3419 posts
5 Jul 2007 9:20pm
Pierre had a secret weopon bake beans for breaky.
mikey100
mikey100
QLD
1109 posts
QLD, 1109 posts
5 Jul 2007 9:33pm
and a beer n steak sandwich after the session. Congrats Pierre n Vando....
kris59
kris59
QLD
142 posts
QLD, 142 posts
5 Jul 2007 9:58pm
glad to hear u guys had the same wind as me lol but unlike u guys all i had was a 6.5 which was great in the morning but after lunch was just way too much so i got some great catapults in thoes massive gusts, cant wait to see the footage

kris
Haggar
Haggar
QLD
1670 posts
QLD, 1670 posts
5 Jul 2007 11:49pm
Gr8 guys, wish I could have been there, cant wait to see the vid, did you have much flat water, or was it scary stuff
Haircut
Haircut
QLD
6491 posts
QLD, 6491 posts
6 Jul 2007 12:25am
howdy!

Got most of the day on the headcam and have just been through it all. Lots of it was with people a little too far away from me and annoying blobs of water right in the middle of the lens even with using rainex but still got some good stuff! That was the windiest day of the year for me....was sooooo good and terrific to see so many windsurfers out on a weekday i counted 17 at once and at least 25 throughout the day, and everyone trying new tricks and enjoying themselves

i'll get something up ASAP, probably friday morning
vando
vando
QLD
3419 posts
QLD, 3419 posts
6 Jul 2007 7:43am
Geeze Haircut if i was any closer i be going over the top of ya mate at 40 knots lol ouch that would hurt.
NSW, 1613 posts
6 Jul 2007 11:00am
Tidy work fellas. Must have been a fun session.

Are all you guys up there heading down for Al's Speed week?

Sam.



sick_em_rex
sick_em_rex
NSW
1601 posts
NSW, 1601 posts
6 Jul 2007 12:51pm
Well done Vando and Pierre! I'm lucky to drive my car at 40 knots speed let alone sail it.
nebbian
nebbian
WA
6277 posts
WA, 6277 posts
6 Jul 2007 2:19pm
quote:
Originally posted by vando

Geeze Haircut if i was any closer i be going over the top of ya mate at 40 knots lol ouch that would hurt.



Bit of artistic licence there Vando, you're not quite there yet [}:)]

Lol who am I kidding, 32 knots felt like ice skating on an oily skidpan, especially when you hit some weed and spin out I can barely imagine what 35 would feel like, let alone 40
vando
vando
QLD
3419 posts
QLD, 3419 posts
6 Jul 2007 6:21pm
Hi Sam looks like you guys has some good runs as well mate.
Yep me and Pierre hope to make it to Al's Speed event in October what about you.
ta Vando
quote:
Originally posted by WINDSURFnSNOW

Tidy work fellas. Must have been a fun session.

Are all you guys up there heading down for Al's Speed week?

Sam.





vando
vando
QLD
3419 posts
QLD, 3419 posts
6 Jul 2007 6:27pm
Hey Nebs I think you should round up the values to 1 decimal place mate looks better lol. Geeze i pulled up pretty sore today.
Some of the guys made it out today again. Think they only got a couple of runs. ta Vando
elmo
elmo
WA
8894 posts
WA, 8894 posts
6 Jul 2007 8:15pm
Well done guys huge effort
NSW, 1613 posts
7 Jul 2007 10:58am
Will try to get down there for sure. Sat up in Sydney waiting for some sort of front to hit last year and nothing showed for Al's or Foxies events.

It's got to be better this year so will make some more solid plans with some of our local guys.

Sam.

pierre
pierre
QLD
166 posts
QLD, 166 posts
7 Jul 2007 2:24pm
G-day guys my internet has been down for a week so im in the liabrary unreal place.
Congrats to all the guys on there PBs that was top stuff.
Its a shame we didnt have more wind ha ha .
Vando top stuff mate you were hammering , its about time that it happened , looking forward for the next session and even more speed + fine tuning "hopefully".
See ja's all out there.
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