A big thankyou to eveyone who helped scare the hell out of me ... but i survived and had a fantastic time
PORT HEDLAND is beautiful, the people, the town... the spoil bank
i have absolutely no idea what the nightlife is like and i dont think id want to but our nights were spent in the pool drinking away...

port hedland is an awesome place for kiting. imagine the spit at woodies, only 200 times longer.... i loved it and cant wait to go back... and am planning on going back very soon

you are NOT going to believe this but it is the most hilarious story EVER
(keep in mind my post on sea creature and what can kill me apart from sharks seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=26656 )

it was about 15kn and i went out on my 9m, it was pancake flat...crystal clear water.... i couldnt believe my eyes
decided to wear my booties just in case
my friend launched me and off i went ... i had the biggest smile on my face and couldnt believe how brave i was

i had forgotten to adjust my footstraps to accomodate my booties so had to stop... still couldnt loosen them so yelled out ot my friend to give me a hand..he met me half way...

off i went again... all of a sudden i heard screaming and yelling and i looked behind me, he was kicking his leg like crazy... at first i thought this was another of his jokes on me but then saw something hanging off his foot... it was a SHARK... a baby shark but a shark nevertheless.... he was in ankle deep water!

i coulnt believe what was happening and kited back to the shore quicker then ever... i was horrified and so worried for him
luckily he was ok... he was in shock.. he was wearing sandals and luckily it had a hard base

after realising he was ok, boy did we all laugh... it was THE MOST hilarious thing that id ever seen... the way he was kicking and swearing trying to get the shark off him... he was yelling for help but my dad was too scared not knowing what it was at first

the best part is that we have the whole thing on video

i felt so guilty about calling him in the water for help and he has told me he will never go in the ocean again lol

i am so glad he didnt lose a foot or anything otherwise my life wouldnt be worth living!

If you have some footage of kiting up there post it somewhere i would love to see it, was thinking of heading up there in September/October.

Bowski

as soon as i get a copy of the video i will post it for sure...
tonight i will download some pics so you can all see...

stupid things ALWAYS happen to me absolutely crazy

i did google the google earth thing but couldnt work out how to do a snapshop of that spot to put on here... help anyone?

wow i love port hedland

thanks for the spot :D

definately worth it...
you can kite from the carpark near the road, or get a car down the tracks you can see
better still if you had a 4wd you could start from further down the spit

it is AMAZING

its not cruel at all... it is hilarious... funniest thing i have ever seen

as soon as my dad can find the lead, download it and put it on disc for me... it will be up

i saw somewhere on here a kiting site where you can download videos? do you know what it is called? can we download movies on here??

WooHoo, Kim, I am glad you had a good time.
I am eager to see the video, I am preparing myself to have a big laugh.
Hope to see you all sometime this year, when I will visit Perth, we may have another kitesurfing meet, like the one the other year.
Cheers,

Silviu

cant wait silviu!

ready and waiting ha ha

some photos of the bay

seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=3703
seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=3705
seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=3706

will get the kiting ones up as soon as i get a copy of my parents

Port Headland the land of early mornings in the dinghy, mangroves , super cold beer and monster mud crabs. Take your chances with the sharks and the muddies plenty of incentive to stay on your board.

Well it would not be your nikkers eh!??

Thanks for the info, can't wait to see the video.

Cya and

Goodwinds

Steve