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Steve,

You free to meet up sometime this week?

Something unbelievable might happen to the weather too and we'll get a fly?! Bloody NW/S winds I moved to Chch because of promises of on-shores...

Jay

Dont worry Jay they will come but all we have to do is be paitient. At the moment id much rather have absolute crap wind and have real nice NE wind for waikuku.

But hey maybe ill feel game enough to go for a buggy today after school (lunch time :wink: )

But i have a feeling its far to cold and a little to gusty so maybe not.

O well if we go out we will post it on here for you so that you know and if you want to you can come and see us.

Hey peoples it has been pretty crap lately except for the awesome wind we had one day last week which was totally insane!!! went up down the whole beach cranking some big jumps nd powerslides.cant wait for a session wen we all out together agen its been fricken ages.

well laters

SOUTHIE!!

Southie

Well we got a long weekend coming up (Labour Day),with late Morning low tides all 3 days, so we should be able to get together down at North Beach for a session. It's a bit too far out to guess the wind, but as per usual, we live in hope...

i hope alright i hope i get my new top trucks before thn :shock:

Wow... It's been going off down at the beach this afternoon... Damm work..

Anyways, here are the tide times for the long weekend: -

Sat - Low Tide: 10:27 (Beach rideable 6:57 to 13:57) - Wind: NW 5-10*
Sun - Low Tide: 11:11 (Beach rideable 7:41 to 14:41) - Wind: SE 10-15*
Mon- Low Tide: 11:57 (Beach rideable 8:27 to 15:27) - Wind: SW 10-15*

* Wind direction and strength subject to change, (we hope...!)

I want to baord each day this weekend so maybe a trip to Tullet & Spot 'X' might be in order, unless the NE'ers come through... :wink:

well im working the saturday and 4-9pm on monday but shall be out inbetween,

tullet is great for boarders spot X not so much so

I want to buggy all weekend too Spig but unfortunatly i have to work saturday. I will definitly be wanting to go out on both Sunday and Monday wind permitting.

C you on the beach or at the park where ever the wind takes us.

Has anyone buggy/board at the spit (birdlings flat?) below Lake Ellesmere? Looks good in theory for S and maybe even NW SW as there should be no local upwind trees to cause even more turbulence (nice flat lake Ellesmere or the Sea).

Just a thought for the non-Easterlies.

p.s. Where is spot X?

If we told you that we may have to kill you... :wink:

ill tell you where spot x is

for $50

...and then we have to kill you kiter as you cannot be trusted to hold such a great secret.

Spot 'x' is special and should only be used if the wind gods are forbidding us to go to the beach.

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Anyway Spig that dvd is great can wait till you have them avalible for sale.

Anyone want to buy my Rebble only $350? Yes people you heard right 350 for a 5m kite. Anyone? Anyone at all?

just had one great session with my 1.5m junkie added another grass stain to my LBNZ shirt lol

Glad to see you are still alive syMptom, they were some serious gust I saw out there today... Anytime you can get lifted out of your buggy on a 1.5m kite, is a day to watch kiting DVD's.

And Kiter... do you even know where spot 'X' is...? :shock:

i know where alright if you look close at the post a few back zenon gave it away to anyone with a clue'

but i knew where because you told me :roll:

looks like a good afternoon to go to tullet seen as the tide is high at 4pm >.<

change of plan, on way to beach asap

Hey looks like itis shifting round to a strong East-based this afternoon - anyone out playing?

It's all North & West out here at the beach.....

Yep ignore me - must have been a blip onth wather station I was looking at then misread the foreast - bugger

See you around 3.30ish

Pretty insane session on Friday afternoon. Definitely rate that NE as a top 10 session of 2006 for sure. Some good even races between SyMptom and I. showing that the 1.5 can keep pace with it's bigger 2m brother.

On the downside, the whole bridle of my 2m junkie (small yellow ass kicking kite 8) ) exploded during a kiteloop. Pretty impressive stuff, only 3 bridle lines are attached to it, the rest all snapping at the knots, due to the huge amount of force exhibited during the loop. Will be ready to rock again by tomorrow afternoon (predicted NE swing after 12pm).

Now I know the ultimate strength test for future prototypes.

Kitelooping in 25+ knots kills bridles!!!

Hey Blizz can we find out how strong the bridal is on my Blade III 6.6.
Can you kite loop it in 25+ knots for me so i can watch and see if they bridal is strong enough??? Please???? it will also tell me how strong the flyer is too?...If hes still conscience?:mrgreen:

Construction an the blades = crap.

They Can't stand to be looped after 20 knots, whereas the 1.5 junkie was holding up to numerous kiteloops in the 25 knots of yesterday....

However, if I can witness someone looping it (that's downlooping - no uplooping sissy girls 'round here) then I'll retract the above statement.

Until then. Blade construction = pathetic 8)

But seriously. I reckon it would blow out between 15 - 20. Snapping at the tips first, where the secondary meets primary.

Thats what i want to find out but honestly i dont think thats correct.

Rob Hills, Mark Everitt, Richy Stones all used to fly the Blade III and they would be downlooping the kite in winds we wouldnt even consider it in.

So maybe your dislike of the blades and flexifoil in general is getting in the way here a bit. But as you said i will also resevere my judgment until i find someone that is willing to downloop my 6.6 in 25knt wind.

Hey big kites out later boys!

I'm off paragliding for a while, might catch you guys on the beach later if it blows enough and stays NE.

Jay

Wind at the beach is currently avg 5 out of the NNE, and building. [Kiter - Get out ther on your 7m mate, nows your chance...!!)

Will post at 12:30 the latest condition at the beach...

Otherwise it might be a trip to Tullet or Spot 'x'

Just gotr back from the beach, testing out my 3.0m Samurai2...sweeeeeeeetttt...

Anyway... the wind is dropping and coming far too much out of the North for any beach action...

Tullet or 'X'...? which is best in a Northerly...?

Wind may swing easterly later, but the tide is already on it's way in...

Ok Spig get that Sami in the car and come on over to Tullet park which is the best for boards.

Will see you when you get there then????

Will be there around 2:00pm

ahh bugger i forgot to fall off the couch

i had to see a man about a dog. :wink:

whats up tommorow i still have to put my board back togeather .

O well today was...Not to good but not bad either.

Kite of the day was the 13m Guerilla.
Good to get a look at Spigs new addition to his kit.
And not much else happened....

But the only good bit was the fact that the wind was light enough for me to get to learn how to fly the ARC which will now be going out on further sessions. And we actually managed to get some buggy movement once Spig had left. lol typical. :roll:

heres hoping NE winds 2moro before work at 4

Condition are great down at the beach right now.... Around 8-10 knots NE

Beach rideable from about 8:30 until 3:30

I'll be out at North Beach in the next few hours...

Wicked you might see us buggyiers out there to.

After the epic 3.5 hour Labour Day session, where there were 9 land based kiters out at North Brighton, I am surprised not to see any posts about it here...??

I am even more surprised that Zenon has not posted that he now has the official 2006/2007 summer land speed record of 52.6 kph in his buggy and his 4.9 Flexifoil Blade, (GPS recorded)..!! Who's gonna beat that I wonder...?

He also got 2 other awards on Monday: 'Most Spectaular Crash of the Day', and entry into the exclusive, 'Dragged into the Dunes Club'.

The Crash of the Day was during a speed run where Zenon could not hold a straight line along the beach and got pulled sideways towards the softer sand on 2 wheels at high speed. After doing a very impressive 2 wheeled jump, (unitentional), and coming down on the front wheel of his buggy, both he and the buggy sumersaulted end-of-end until he finally came out. But the ride was not over as the Blade dipped into the powerzone and started to drag him on his back along the beach, until he tried to gain some control over his kite at which point he took a sharpe right hand turn and got dragged up the front of the dunes. Fortunately his kite came down and he was able to regain his composure... Luckily no injuries, but the 50ft drag mark was a sight to behold... Well done Zenon... Any crash like that you can walk away from is a good one... [I'm sure there is a morale to this story, but I'm buggered if I care... :) )

Monday was the best session so far this season with an average 9 knots NE all afternoon, almost no real gusts but a few big lulls... I was grinning like a fool when I finsihed, (and before exhustion set in).. :lol:

Okay so on to next weekend....The tides are good for afternoon sessions on Saturday & Sunday: -

Saturday Low tide: 15:56 (ride time 12:26 to 19:26) Wind: 15-20 knot NE
Sunday Low tide : 16:46 (ride time 13:16 to 20:16) Wind: NNE 30-40knots..!!

Looks like Saturday could be the one, although the forecast is likely to change...

WOW!! Now that is a hardcore crash. Quite funny that Zenon neglected to tell me about this ONE! But don't worry, he will now be constantly reminded of how the 4.9 kicked his ass.

Thanks for keeping me in the loop spig :wink:

Looking forward to Sunday and those 30- 40 knot winds. Junkie will be sitting on the floor, fully rebridled and ready!!

Shame I missed Monday.... God damn study.

land speed record' i went faster for sure .

when my kite lines were cought around that bloody blowkart

I was going to get around to posting all of the above. But hey the crash was cool and felt pretty cool to specially the double kite loop that Blade did.

And yes the Speed record is good but will not stay that way as im sure both mason and i were going way faster before you arrived with the gps Spig.

But hey i dont care if the blade spanked me cause it was fun and i have the CURRENT LANDBOARDING NEW ZEALAND SPEED RECORD!!!! Yeeha bring on those 30knt winds hopefully ill get my new Reactor by that time cause man if i do that speed record will be mearly a blip on the speedo as it climbs to the mid 60's or higher... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Who else wants to join me in the "Dragged into the dunes club"????anyone???

hmm wll we deffinatly were going faster b4 the gps arrived.... so much so we actually took down the 5m kites :shock:

my 50.9kmph was bloody close but it seems horrizontal drag got the better of me b4 i could get an extra 2kmph out of the buggy >.<

bring out the gps on sunday in that 40knot wind and ill easily beat zenons 52kmph with my 1.5m junkie if that is his 1.7 gual doesnt beat me(which i somehow doubt)

bring on the weekend

ps,

may go kiting 2moro if that NE is blowing like the paper is saying

Hey dont you put that Gual down it kicks your junkies arse every other time ive been out with you but who knows. Both kites designed by the same guys but my gual is a small bit broken ripped in a couple of places and the bridal is broken so maybe i need to make myself a new one.

BRING ON THE WEEKEND!!!!

i was beating u that day at the park...

i got 70 km/h the other day on the gps

oh but it was on water!

well 1 inch of water maybe 2 inches

havent tried the gps on the buggy yet.

Looks like the AEOBB boys have a bit of competition... :wink:

Excellent, excellent session today...

Finally got the G2 15mtr up and going and boy is it one cool kite. It's a new kiting innovation, the only G2 with a black right wingtip 8)

When I got the kite, it was completely destroyed, one tip being melted from an incident with power lines. So i spent a couple of hours repairing it, now she looks like a sack of rubbish, from my dodgey repair job, but flies awesome.

Kitelooping the beast in winds when the 4.9 blade and Junkie were stalling out, was awesome. After Sym and Joe left started to really crank it up. Getting speeds higher than the windspeed due to the excessive kiteloops.

First time in a buggy with a proper arc 8) It's bloody awesome. Grinning from ear to ear now

Bring it round to the factory (Blizz's garage) before we go out next weekend, otherwise it will never get fixed.

Oh, while I think about it, if any of the other NZ landboarding crew (Kiter, Norwester, Southie, Spig, Zenon, Jay, Sym or Dwars) ever need repairs done to your kites I'll fix 'em up for free. So make the most of this open invitation

Oi so my 13m doesnt class a proper arc now? And bull shiet was we stalling out we (well I) had a great time while you were getting your 15m. O well what ever you say. Will be good to get both Arc's going at the same time.

good to hear you had fun i was at the beach trying to fly the 5.5 then the 7m :shock: then i finaly got some traction with spigs depower those ozones are one nice set up.

Im Yet to flog off with Spig's Access and take it for a speed blast in the buggy. Dont worry it will happen if i can ever pry it off him. :wink:

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