Hi there,

As i previous say in my last post me and my girlfriend are coming to NZ for a year. We arriving in auckland and plan to drive down to wellington and take a week to do it . Where about do you recomand to stop by for beach/party :wink: /place to stay? I was browsing trough the net and raglan came up few time. Is it a nice place?
I hope the wind will be part of the trip. Wellington gonna be the place where we ll settle. Me and caroline can't wait to meet the NZ kiting comunityover there. Thank.
See you later

Ben and Caroline

Raglan rocks!!!!
Grunty waves. Killer current.
You provide the party.

sound cool,
party on the way and we ll share few scoops!!plan to hit the town at the last w-e of september.
thank again
ben

From Raglan its probley worth heading asross to Mt Manganui/Tauranga
great kiting if the wind kicks in and long white sand beaches

no shortage of wind in Wellington. in Jan this year i just drove straight down there overnight and didn't stop on the way. no need... Wellington is where it's at for wind....... no currents needed.

Hi,

i am in wellington now and what the hell is that weather, feel like i am back in dublin. I hope your summer is promissing. Can't wait to hit the bay . My gear should be here on sat!!! yeeepeeee! I checked the kapiti coast on the way down and its look the biz niz.
Hope to meet you all in the water soon,

Ben.

i will be back in welly in nov. see u on the water.

don't be a wuss..... get out there. :twisted:

but yeah Kapiti coast kicks ass. If it's over 30 knots NW in the harbour then kapiti coast is wicked.

lyall bay for SE
seatoun for northerly
eastbourne for a light (under 30 knots) NW
petone for a southerly

then there is lake ferry.......

whaddabout lake ferry....i remember going on holidays there as a kid but havent thought to head into the back blocks of the wairarapa to scope it out.....whats the scoop?

Lake Ferry is sweet mate, just need to wait for a decent southerly... flat water..

I'm just anotha Auckland kiter settling into life in Wellington. Went out to Waikanae on Sat as the forecast NW was meant to be kickin! BUT.......it only got to a shitty 12 knots during a massive 30second gust...

I hope Wellington gets better than this. Does anyone know of any accurate/reliable weather-wind sites for the Wellington area?
Cheers
Shred!

ask Lori if you seen him on thebeach in Waikanae if u can call him for up current wind conditions and call wellington airport (3871980), they are usually helpful.

wind.co.nz does the job. there are a few wind meters if u search google, otherwise just learn what it needs to be blowing in the harbour for your spot to work.

Wind around this time of year follows this pattern in the NW

Wellington Airport 35 plus
Plimmerton 20-25
Waikanae 15-20

If its crap at waikanae, plimmerton is always a good chance, plimmerton is better on bow kites cos it tends to get a bit savage in the gusts as a tourist found out the other week.

For wind info wind.co.nz is OK for Plimmerton and the city, for accurate Waikanae readings use

www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDa...ory.asp?ID=IWAIKANA1

For location information use www.kitesurfers.co.nz/ the main locations these days are Lyall, Plimmerton and Waikanae. For the mad ones Kuku Beach is also a go.

Wellington rocks this time of year and there is only a handful of us go out

what's wrong with seatoun?!

who are you northwest?

Awesome guys. Thanks for the info. I'm looking forward to meeting a few more kiters out there.
As for trying spots, I'll give anything a try once. A few gusts never stopped me before... only been to hospital once so far.. lol

Lets pray for a long hot windy summer in Wellington. :twisted: hehehe!
Shred.

So the shredster finally emerges from the Wellington social scene to re-engage in kiting! Thought you had given up dude. All good here - had a first go on 'bow' type kites the other day and with AKL wind (up and down and around and about), they are the way to go. Shoal Bay crew the other day were segregated into two camps - bow kite riders doing suicidal looking kite loops and C kiters like me mostly just crapping ourselves and doing the odd low risk maneuver.

hey smpl-Brian? Chris here mate.... Seatoun's alright but if its a choice between there and plimmerton, plimmerton everytime... its got real waves and flat water if you don't mind the gusts

Oh Yeah back on the scene dude. Only just getting back into the grove and trying to build a new kite crew. Must get "Doli" back out on the water again. I think her kites have cobwebs for lines these days.
Haven't flown the bows yet. Maybe one day, for now happy flying my Lifts.. Can't wait for the next decent wind here.....need to carve up some waves again............. :twisted:

sure is. still never been to plimmerton, the launch sounds dodgy. am back next weekend for a week before we head to SA. will catch yas then.