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Well Waikuku is upon us with less than 5 days until the fun begins...

The following people have booked spots in the 2 available cabins @ $10 pp/p night: -
Cabin 1 (5 spaces)
1. Spiglord
2. Kiter
3. Norwester (plus pooh bear mug)
4. J2NZ (Jay plus little one!)
5. Zenon the Elder (aka Craig)

Cabin 2 (5 spaces)
6. Blizzad
7. Zenon the Younger
8. syMptom
9. Dwars
10. **Spare**

I will be paying for the cabins when I arrive at the camp site at about 3pm on Friday, so make sure you pay me for your cabin spot when you arrive. If you are on the above list DO NOT PAY at the campsite office.
Anyone camping, or not on the above list should pay for their accomodation at the campsite office upon arrival. The only person camping to my knowledge will be Dirtdaddy plus one.

Here is a list of things you should remember to bring: -

Bedding, (sleeping bag, sheets, etc) Pillow Towel Torch Clean change of pants Food & drink (a BBQ will be available for use - thx Craig) Kites/boards/buggies..!! Sense of humor/adventure Non-wind toys

Current forecast is looking reasonable with 10 knot Easterlies on Friday evening and 10 knot North Easterlies for Saturday and Sunday. Obviously the forecast is subject to change, and there is always the on-shore effect which may kick in, (as it did on the Jib Jam last year). Keep everything crossed.

hmm 50/50 if I'll come up, depends on forecast and motivation.

probably a saturday morning redeye run if i do

maybe, maybe not :roll:

It would be great to see you represent Dunedin Craig...

And remember the low tide is not until around 4pm so no need for an early start on Saturday morning...

I'll update the forecast every day until Friday...

Hey, what is the name of the campsite?

Me and Lisa have Friday off and might head down early. Unless the tide times are crap

Are there cooking/eating facilities there too? Other than BBQ? Do we need to bring plates/cutlery/mugs/kettle?

Hope there is a fridge for the beer too!

Jay

ah but if it is windy and the tides in i'll be out playing with the sharks

and if it stays windy you might struggle to see me in a buggy

If you are luckey Jay the Buggy Squad may get there early as well. As it happens im sure there is a kitchen there but mugs plates and cutlery are all advised. there are kettles in the cabins from memorie also.

C you there. And if anyone wants any gear taken down tell me and i can arrange for it to get there as we are taking a tralier so theres plenty of room.

Jay

The Campsite is the 'Waikuku Motor Camp' at Waikuku Beach.

Just drive north out of Christchurch for about 25kms and look out for signs on the right form Waikuku beach. Turn right and go all the way along the road until you get to a tight left hand bend, then take the first right after the bend, (shop on corner). Follow that small road straight down to the Motor Camp.

The Cabins are very basic, (what do you expect for $10 a night..?), and to the best of my recollection there is rudimentary cutlery and kitchen stuff in the cabins, and a separate kitchen block on the other side of the site. Waikuku Beach itself is a one-shop-village, so the shop you would have passed on the way to the campsite is it. It does have a very good fish & chip shop inside, (closes at 8pm), which I recommend and will be visiting...

What Waikuku lacks in amenities it makes up for in it's natural beauty and a lovely long beach...

oh yea only 2 days till the fun begins
Have taken thusday and friday work
Thursday for gettin the gear ready and friday to get there early
C U Fellas at the beach

Yup, on 2 days to go.... See you at the site from around 3pm

Just checked the forecast and Friday evening is looking good, and Saturday is getting better. Sunday looks wet, but still plenty of time for the weather to change...

Yeaha. Going to be good. Myself and dad are getting the tralier organised tonight packed tomorrow.

My buggy axel is now straigh again but for how long not even i know im thinking maybe friday evening, 8)

Axel Brace will be being made hopefully no guarantee thou.

And Me Blizz and syM are going shopping tomorrow to get the edible supplies and the drinkable of course.

C u on the beach.

Zee

More rumours surfacing about a 6m Yakusa being available for demo this weekend...

Interesting...?

oh shit''

will i ring the paramedics now or after :shock:

Depends on if I can make it or not, and if I will be flying any kites, as my rib has already been tenderised by working too hard in the garden last weekend. :roll:

Forecast I saw today looks like westerlies. Boo!

Invited another guy, Mike, who has a buggy and a c-quad. Hope you don't mind me inviting him--the more the merrier. If he comes, he'll camp.

Can't wait to try out lots of kites. See you Friday!

ps-Steve, you still alright for me to give you some $ for bbq meats?

I'm working on a contingency plan in case the wind does not play ball on Saturday. There are a number of large domains and parks in Rangiora that we will try and use if we need to on Saturday and Sunday. I'll scope it out tomorrow.

Invite anyone you like as it's definately more the merrier...

Jay - you are sweet for some BBQ...

I want the yakuza...... :twisted:

Tell you what Blizzad...I challenge you to a race you on the 6m Yakuza me on the 8m Access 2. What ya say up for the challange??? who cares ill race ya arse anyway.

wazzzzzzz uppppppp wazzzzzz upppppp wazzzzupppppppp

its gonna be kite fricken heaven
Please Mr Wind god bring the NE

i can imagine your jumping up and down bro'

its just another day for us beach boys

My advice is to get there as early as possible on Friday afternoon as that looks like it will be the best of the wind...

Forecast for Saturday is definately 20 knot Norwesters,... We should be able to fly out at the point at low tide but long runs might be in short supply. The alternatative is to relocate to an inland site to make the most of the wind... We will just have to play it by ear..

Sunday... who knows...??

We won't let a little mis-directed wind spoil the party now will we... ?

jumping off the dunes could always be fun if the NE aint blowing

Ok, it is now 1 30 am. I am now finally finished all the prep for Waikuku. It includes:

1 newly repaired G2 13mtr
1 ready to rock buggy arc 3.3mtr (Codenamed: speed)
1 MK2 "go faster" seatbelt on Syms buggy. Pretty simple, but much better than the tremendously obsolute MK 1 on Zenon's machine
1 freshly repaired 6.5.... the ultimate kite for cruising
1 Ready to go mountainboard, with new inserts. MUCH better...

Oh, plus a new bridle on the junkie 2m,, which blew out mid kiteloop！！

I kinda hate this Waikuku business, gotta go to school on like 6 hours sleep now. But it does motivate me to finally get everything ready to go.

Good with the bad I guess. But fully looking forward to seeing the performance of this 13mtr. Even if Friday is the only good day, I'll be flying in the Nor wester no worries, just gotta put it over the sea..... more motivation not to crash!!! 8)

Oh Zenon, bring that race on buddy, but keep in mind the speed 3,3 is ready bro........

Good solid nor wester + insanely fast buggy kite = Zenon losing horribly!!!

No the challange was between the two Ozone kites after that ill race you and your speed with the Yakuza.

Whatever man, the wind's only gonna be good for dune buggying anyways,,,,

No complaints there, got the quiver af arcs ready to go now!!

dont forget to get me a pic of my resurrected g2-13

i won't be coming up as i couldnt be arsed fixing everything up then driving a 9 hr round trip

have fun!

Craig

Just to let everyone know that I have arranged with the Southbrook Rugby & Cricket Club in Rangiora to be able to use their sports field/s on Saturday & Sunday if wind conditions are not suitable at the beach. On Saturday there will be an area the size of 2 rugby fields to fly in, and on Sunday even more. The only things we will need to bear in mind will be not riding across the wicket area and avoiding the rugby lights, but we should be okay with that. I have a few other options that I am pursuing.

Hey, me and Lisa have just finished packing, so off to get some beer, Jack D, Rum and Coke.. oh and a bit of food. Then up to find the beach, with Lisa driving (she has aways driven autmatics), so if we don;t make it, you'll know why!

See you guys later, pray for good wind!

Jay

I am right behind you.....

Okay, if anyone wants to join us for a fly on Saturday or Sunday, we may relocate to Southbrook Sports field in Rangiora, depending on wind conditions.

If you want to know where we are, txt me on 0275 370494

Otherwise.... Be there

Cheers guys - wicked weekend!

Cheers to Steve for organising it and thanks to Craig- what a meat-fest!

See you all on the beach soon!

Jay

I had a wonderful time! Thank you for letting me crash the guys' kiting weekend.

Lisa

MINT weekend, end of story. From the company and kites, to the beers and bonfires. Can't be faulted

Thanks to all that turned up... Without your participation it would not be worth arranging...

Looking forward to the next one in April..

Couple of photos up more coming and Spig i will have a whole lot coming your way on disc so you can put them up on the Landboarding photo site.

Sorry I didn't make it out. Seemed my whole weekend wasn't going to go to plan. Great photos, I'd love to see more.

great weekend with a great bunch of fellas (and the little one)
Well done to the Spig for organising the cabins and the beers and the kites
Special thanks to the people below

The chef for the use of the BBQ and the meat smorgasbourd....MMMMMMMMMMMMM

Kiter for the Mirkin

The lads for the spectacular buggy displays and contineous entertainment

The foreign fellas in the tent(sorry fellas cant remember your names) for putting up with us all.

Dirtdaddy & Ladyfriend for showing up

Jay and the little one for keeping the crazy lady company

And last but not least Toyota HI LUX man for bringing some salad

:roll: :roll: :roll:

hey thanks to all for a mint weekend, pity the wind didn't play ball but the appitite was definately whetted.
will scope you guys again soon.

have board will travel

Your welcome to come to the Beach anytime we are out. Theres always a kiter somewhere who would be keen enough to let you have a go now that you can fly.

8) mint, I'll be pulling supermans by the end of the month.

But who wants to try a spot of downhill me wonders?

if you know of a tame grass slope to practice on id bring ths surfari out for a bit of a play

Im up for a go on the slopes

wicked, i;ll organise a day up at old school, coool long grass slopes with some technical lines for the more adventurous.

i'll bring a small kicker.

watch for the new thread soon.

OOO im up for that but ill do it on a landboard not the SURillbreakyouranklesFARI...

I guess it's gotta be done... One old fart signing up... :?

O and best day for organising it would be a Sunday as i dont think any one of us work sundays.

Or anytime after next wednesday as thats when exams sorta finish.

I'll watch 8)

add with a video camera and that will top it off.

:roll: old fart indeed! i garentee you'll wax my ass.

thinkin we do a learna sesh at old school, b4 rockn off to a spot tbd in vic park or around there somewhere. if anyone thinks they know a good spot post here, and i'll do a recce.

im guessing this is a totally differnt element for a lot of people so i think this will be about honing new and old skills.

will try find a phat jump tho,,, cos i can.


thoughts here.

theres something about the fact that victoria park is on top of the port hills that worries me....

wheres old school anyway? that sounds somewhat safer...

mabie google earth could lend a hand finding a grassy slope...? ill start looking after my eng exam