The 'where are you kiting today?' thread

This empty thread pretty much sums up the kiting I've been doing of late.
Thank god the surfs been good.

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Supergus said..
No one has posted in here for a while................. Anyone been getting among these westerlys... Plenty of wind on Lake Illawarra today!

Heaps of wind up on the central coast/Lake Macquarie in the past four weeks. Haven't seen a southerly for over a month which is disappointing.
But we have had some great westerlies, and foiling has certainly meant 10knot days are now fun.

Belmont South Sun, May 29, 2016 9:46 AM 2:23:50 - 27.59 <---- foiling
Belmont South Fri, May 27, 2016 12:47 PM 1:46:46 - 28.58
Belmont South Fri, May 27, 2016 8:32 AM 3:08:54 - 58.53
Corlette Other Sun, May 22, 2016 1:45 PM 1:41:00 - 23.81 <---- foiling
Belmont South Thu, May 19, 2016 11:13 AM 1:59:21 - 34.71
Belmont South Thu, May 19, 2016 10:13 AM 51:45:00 - 14.14
Belmont South Thu, May 19, 2016 8:45 AM 53:49:00 - 14.51
Belmont South Thu, May 12, 2016 3:02 PM 1:03:43 - 22.01
Belmont South Tue, May 10, 2016 1:09 PM 1:46:01 - 37.13
Belmont South Tue, May 10, 2016 11:34 AM 1:01:34 - 13.33
Belmont South Tue, May 10, 2016 7:07 AM 3:51:34 - 70.29
Budgewoi Other Thu, May 5, 2016 3:25 PM 1:30:00 - 8.12 <---- foiling
Budgewoi Other Fri, Apr 29, 2016 3:31 PM 51:54:00 - 9.79 <---- foiling
Budgewoi Other Fri, Apr 29, 2016 2:01 PM 56:45:00 - 10.8 <---- foiling

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Supergus said...
Awesome stuff.... Yeah plenty of westerly's down this way, but i miss the waves too much in the westerly's ....

I am so looking forward to a southerly or even a surprise nor'easter on Saturday!!!!

I think that might be wishful thinking though... But fingers crossed!

If it does happen , it will probably be just a big mess .... Still hoping it fires though...

Norah Head was a lot SCARY. A couple of guys tried, but struggled to stay on Terra firma flying 7's.

I decided to have a go on Lake Munmorah and was appropriately powered on 5.5 Cloud. (40 knot gusts yee haa)

Yeah I went scoping today but didn't find anything worth getting wet for. The ocean looked like a washing machine. Didn't see anyone in the water anywhere.

Good little session yesterday at yarra bay, was stoked haven't been out in weeks! Got there about 2:30pm just after some crazy gusts! lucky it settled down and had fun kiting in the rain!
I got a lot of sessions in last winter with SW winds, but been either too light or to w most weekends (when I've had time to kite)

Must be great conditions for the Snow kiters, I'll have to try that one day.

You mean this photo Matt? I still laugh every time I look at it...........

Haha what a monster @Mini! Good times, glad you managed to capture that moment.

I lost my board on the second wave, so had to body drag in to retrieve it. I remember seeing this wave and just powering myself toward the horizon. I was washing machined and managed to keep the kite flying. Key tip here is to go against the wave, probably would've drowned or shredded my kite if I was heading toward the shore.

Yeah so you want to go against the wave to keep tension in the lines. If you body drag to shore and a wave hits you, the kite will lose all tension and fall out of the sky. This would then get quite dangerous with slack lines floating about. Pick your conditions and stay safe.

They are starting to become a little more regular. Today is looking good. Warilla for me. Surf is a bit small but.

Yeah I saw you at Gerroa today. Was keen to join you but opted for Werri instead. Had the worst session ever.
Kited Warilla before lunch but not enough punch in the wind. Damn pre summer wind.

Was going to go to Easties... Bloody should've.
Wish it was closer.

I scored a session at shellharbour on Sunday on the 12m not a wave in sight ?