direct off shore was always going to be interesting.. i was helping in one rescue, saw 3 people getting rescued by a boat and about 4 people having to ditch and swim back in, and heard a grommit getting slammed in to the groin.. sounds like it hurt bro :) and to top it off i lost my keys to my bike and my house and my van and my girlfriends car, this is all on the same keychain mind you. its somewhere around beach 3. Anyone pick them up by anychance? or anyone got a metal detector they wouldnt mind lending out :)

Unavoidable really, lots of people out on the offshore side, not all completely up to scratch. Way more dangeous than your typical SW offshore breeze for woodies, at least you wash up in the bay near freo some where, today it was Garden Island or Africa.

You did good helping those guys out, props.

Some people have to learn to know when to call it quits and swim in, and I noticed a few people who definately left it too late to make this call in a dyeing offshore breeze more than 1 km out. Very hard to swim against. Luckily a boat picked 'em up which was nice of them.

Don't go out further than you want to swim in. If your drifting out too sea not able to make it upwind or relaunch maybe at around 500m out its time to call it quits and for your own safety just swim it in. Better than rely on the wind to turn it on again or for someone to recue you.

?? Wouldn't it have been on/crosson at beach 3 and offshore at beach 2? Not really following.. We were at brighton and it was dead northerlies..

Let's not forget the kiter who dropped his doona into a windsurfer. lines wrappped around fin, boom etc. Never seen a guy swim so fast away from his gear.

Definitely some no style no idea twats out there.

Hope you find your keys Ben.

Well, awesome selfless effort, Ben to try and rescue him.
He wasnt making any effort to rescue himself!
I did see him later, collecting his gear from the beach, pity he didnt have a look for your keys while he was at it .

The fisherman in the dingy picked up 2 or 3 others as well, I hope the rescued kiters were suitably effusive in thanking him for saving their assess (and kit too).

That dude had so much stoke running thru his veins he didn't feel the cold.

If you're already feeling the chill early June, best head into Choice and try on a 5/3 Mystic. Sooooooo toasty, looking forward to MR.

Dunno of anyone else in Perth that sells thick steamers.

what size kites were you guys flying???

jammin said...

yeah... dunno, I'd rather go somewhere where you get good service and a straight deal.

hey thats where i work... i give great service and i think we got some pretty good deals on gear.

anyway found out i can hire a metal detector from a gold prospect place so you will see me down at woodies beach 3... 'bip" Bip' Beep" anyone lost any rings donw there ill post it on here if i find em :) im hoping to find enough coin to pay the $30 it costs me to hire

dave ur a bitch.. woudnt even try a pull up

I must admit I just thought f*ck 'em it was light and directly offshore not much you could do, good to see someone tried but like always its visitors causing the trouble and people who are out of their depth.

you guys just wantexd to see me get washed out to sea

hey hired a metal detector today.. found the keys in about 15 min also found someones spreader bar.. if any one lost it at woodies recently on beach 2 pm me

Hey Ben
It seems your rescue efforts resulted in good karma for you, did you happen to find a enough lost jewellery to cover for the detector hire .

hehe didnt find any lost jewellry i think it would be worth taking to a beach with more traffic. This thing was no paper weight.. it would tell you wether it thought it was a bottle cap 1,2 50c ect and approximatly how deep it was. but im a little to impatient to actually search so im happy to just wear the $30. glad i got they keys back good day in the end.. and it looks like we have wind for the weekened so im happy :)