yeah it was epicc some great rolling swell when the tide changed was awesome until my board and sail disconected half way through

Far out great pics haircut, I was stuck in a car all day driving home from Bundy with the in laws dreaming of getting on the water at redcliffe, i bet that place was firing today!

I loosely counted 21 of us at one stage. We outnumbered the kiters nearly 2 to 1 which is a change

yeah it was me thnks for the help there was more windsurfers than kiters which is good to see

qldnacra, day was awesome & water nice & blue... had to catch me breath a few times

evlPanda said...



didn't get any of me did you? Some of the best hops I've done.

i did see you do some goodies, but i got a bit distracted by the lovely lady chatting to me and didn't get a chance to focus in time on your better ones

Haircut said...

evlPanda said...



didn't get any of me did you? Some of the best hops I've done.

i did see you do some goodies, but i got a bit distracted by the lovely lady chatting to me and didn't get a chance to focus in time on your better ones

Wetsuits look like catsuits, don't they? (hello doc)

geez fella's "epic" is quite a big call! Wasn't really that spectactular, we have had some epic days there, but sorry that was not one of them Come back when its blowing 35kn plus might change your minds.

Back in this arvo at 2pm for me.

pretty wild at Manly today too ! .. estimate 20 to 30 knots.More in the squalls.

Redcliffe pretty wild as well, could just hold down my 4.6m at Queens. Only two kiters and five sailboards. Great fun.

Golden beach was frothing white caps like a rabid dog today, only had a 100 ltr and a 5.4, talk about white knuckle ride;loved it

Macroscien said...

qldnacra said...

Try today then averaging about 30-32 and gusting up to 40. Perfect conditions for someone that has been sailing about 5 months. Oh my f**cking god was a very common thought going through my mind today.

I come well prepared today with my 4.2 and small board for that wild wind to Shearwater to find that wind just died out completely after few runs at 2pm.



Just after few runs after sail and board replacement to be caught on 5.8m2 in 40 knots gusts.
Some says that third time is lucky but I hadn't much strength and patience left to rig small sail again.
Anyway I wonder what sails you all have been using in this gusts around 3 PM ?, maybe I just gave up too early?

I think I was chatting to you.
I changed up too, and stuck it out on the 5.4 for a bit.
It was pretty strong.

Today was awesome, now that is wind!!!!! For the question re sail size, I keep it real simple, 1 board, 2 sails, 1 mast. The last 2 days sailed with my small sail, a 5.3 wave sail, just added a bit more downhaul and quite flat.

My opinion is too many guys over think their quiver and carry too much kit giving too many options.

Anyways top session, fingers crossed for Tuesday!

Yeah mate a 5.8 would have stretched those arms out today!

I used to use a 5.8 in heavy winds and just pulled as much downhaul as possible, sail looked so floppy! And had sloop much outhaul, this may help, but that would have been a struggle for sure ! The 5.3 was quite a handful in the big gusts, but awesome in between.

Hey macro i know what you mean. I was on a 4.9 NP Fusion and it was really good except when those big gusts hit it was very hard to sail. It kind of felt to me like the wind was coming through in spirals when the storm surges hit because on minute i would have huge power in the sail a second later the sail would flap as if i was heading to far up wind which i wasn't but it was only occasionally. It was the weirdest feeling because i was still planing.
I was over the other side at the sand bank when the biggest surge hit and i thought of jumping off and waiting it out but then thought what if it doesn't ease for a while so i started sailing back and there was windsurfers flying everywhere. At one stage when i was heading back over i was hooked in and planing and the whole board just blew out of the water. The wind just seemed to get under the windward rail or something and just picked the board up and it was flapping around in the air and i didn't know what the hell to do but it came back down and i spun out on landing. Luckily i pulled off the quickest water start i've ever done and got back over. It was an experience and a half.