I'm a touch over 70 kgs, and I find that my 92L JP FSW and a 5.9m wavesail gets me out 90% of the time, and i sail easily more then 50times a year. There are a few other guys who use this kinda combo as their primary kit, haircut is generally always on a 5.9m wavesail and a 100L freestyle board, he's a freak and planes even when the wind isn't blowing thou haha. My second board is a 75L wave board, and at my weight, i use that very rarely, gonna get a 85L waveboard instead.

I would say your probably close to the money with the 100L freeride and a 84L waveboard, thou i'd estimate at your weight, you probably want something closer to 110L for your bigger board. The smaller board I would suggest something you can still slog when the wind drops would be my suggestion, so probably something closer to 90L? Depends how comfortable u are slogging knee deep, I know some guys go out on sinkers when I'm struggling on my big FSW.

If you want to be out as often as possible, then you probably definately want some big slalom gear (120L+ board, 8m sail) as well cause there are a lot of 10-15kt days around. But big gears not for everyone.

you want a 107L Tabou 3S...

Hmmm just so happens I have one to get rid of

garyk said...

I also have a JP twinny 84L pro ed going very cheap

how much? I might buy it hehe. P.s. anyone wanna buy my fanatic newwave 75L so i can buy garys twinzer?

The average wind here tends to be 15-20, with the occasional SE gale at 25+.

Most people around your weight have 110-120 litre freeride with 6-7.5m sails, or a 90-100 litre wave board with 5-6.5 m sails. Approximately, commonly.

I'd maybe think about two FreeStyleWave boards that you can use across all the conditions Brisbane can throw at you. 110 & 90 Just change foot straps and fins to suit the conditions. Although that said you may want/need something around 120 litres for those all-too-common 15 knots days. Watching kites sucks.

We're coming into seabreeze season now so you picked a very nice time to arrive!

You guys are awesome! Thanks for the advice. Nice to see an active forum as well. I had the 77 litre for the gorge in the US, but I always felt out of control as it was so fast (for a small board) yet too small to slog at all. I like the idea of a 95 wave and a 120 freeride.

You guys ever end up on sub 4.5m sails around Brisbane or is that quite rare?

Hey guys this is great information as im moving to Bris in the next few weeks. By the sound of things though im going to be missing the sydney 20-25 nor easters however i do recall a few manic sessions at coloundra over the years. 10-15 knt days eh, looks like im going to have to buy more gear; my missus is going to go mad for sure

I had one of the best sessions of my life there, my missus parents live near so i always pop down when i can. Really looking forward to moving there as the windsurf/social scene seems way ahead of sydney too, however 10-15 knots doesnt seem that exciting it is an excuse to buy more gear. Been past shorncliff,Redcliff are they good for windsurfing? all i saw was mud for miles and then a few kite surfers, also went somewhere that had a pier, that looked pretty good. Anyway i guess i will find out for myself in a few weeks. Just got to find a job now so if you know anyone that needs an electrician please let me know

Gestalt said...


I usually take 5-8 knots off the wind meter readings from the bom for redcliffe.

I think they're pretty accurate for NE and SE directions. Something's definitely up with Easterly's though. I was up there last weekend and measured no more than 10-12kts on the beach while the reports were giving 16-18. There certainly wasn't that much. ATM I think it's because the BOM anemometer is on the end of the jetty and there's that tall rock wall only tens of meters directly east of it. Perhaps wind accelerating up the face of the rock wall is overspeeding the anemometer?

Don't be put off, we do get some really good days, well over 15kts. Just that they are few and far between, but worth the wait!!! Welcome to the sunshine state

Richiefish said...

my two favourite dream broads for brisbane would be, Meagan Fox and Christina Aguilera......Well, this week anyway...

Yeah, nice rides. Not that I would know.

I think they only come with a deep tuttle.

Hey Gestalt,

What has changed to make Caloundra (Golden Beach I assume) a spot of the past? I have to say on the majority of times I have been there it seems really fickle wind-wise but I wouldn't have thought that would have changed over time.

Thanks

there's so much sand in the mouth it's hard to get a run up at anything on a southerly

might be ok in a northerly, but i've never managed to score a northerly at caloundra