I hate mondays!

After a chilly and windless weekend what do we get here in Dunedin?

Blue skies and ..... 25 knots, grrrrr

damn all you self employed weekday warriors...

oh well, 3:15 pm escape from work it is then.... it's be 10 kots and gusty by then I bet :roll:

where you thinking of heading?

brian

it's going to be high tide soon so harwood's not an option.

watercooled is the only real afterwork option at this time of year

got your kite fixed yet?

i'm not too keen on those inner harbour spots. you dunedin boys are crazy bastards. had a look at warring, looks pretty good and sheltered. what direction does the swell come thought ie what makes it sheltered. is the lagoon deep enough? aramana (spelling) looks good as well.

kite is fine. foot is almost sweet.

agreed.... every time i check out the dunno windmeters they are off the page. i think i need to check it out one of these summers as the wind down that way is incredable. Doofus you dunno boys are bloody tough SOBS. Good on ya man.

Hey smpl are you still in welly or down south?

when u see it off the page it's usually way too gusty

warrington is good in a ne but you need a good 20 kts plus on the taiaroa meter
it only gets e/ne swell and is usually quite flat

the lagoon is ok but it only works in a ne when you might as well be at the beach, the sw is too gusty



aramoana is a tricky one. it has a rep for being very sharky. the harbour side of the mole (big breakwater) has a huge current, the beach side of the mole often has a big rip too.

the inside of the aramoana spit on the actual harbour is sometimes ok in a s or sw but much nicer at low tide. the current can be fun here too

harwood is far and away the safest/nicest place to go but not always the windiest

hi thrasher, who are you? yeah, i'm in dunedin, but i busted my kite on my first session, that was embarassing, and did my ankle in. where are you at?

not too keen on the harbour craig. how often is the wind ok for warringto nand harwood. i will check out the river mouth south of here soemtiem as well.

yeah it's windy often enough but too far for us workers to go after work

by the river mouth south of here i guess you mean taieri mouth, i ain't been out there on the kite so i don't know how good it is

have u got yourself a car yet?

craig

i don't live in dunnos. i live in Auckland and kite in auckland but in the next couple of years (not this summer but the next one) i'm probably gonna do some travelling around the country to check out some of these spots and dunnos is on the list. Is it true that dunedin is more suited to advanced kiters and poleys due to the wind and beaches etc or is it safe for beginners to kite there too.

Hey smpl I used to live in the windy city (wellington) and i'm keen on returning there someday and having a few sessions. I used to live in Tawa which is by Porirua.

me thinks the harbour is dodgy, but that's not an educated opinion. we don't have to launch kites in front of building's in wellington.

nah craig, not getting a car, but my mate has one. i will try and get mark m to come out to these safer spots, as we are not workers.

i miss seatoun and waikanae

yes the whole harbour apart from harwood and couple of other out of the way spots is dodgy.

harwood would have to be one of the safest learning spots in the country, it's just that it's a 1/2 hour drive from town

but with modern gear, a level head and being very picky about when to go out or not it is possible to survive a season without munting yourself

there are tons of great places to go kitesurfing, it just happens that the most convenient one and the one that gets the most wind over the summer is damn dodgy.

with only half a dozen regular kiters it just takes a while for new places to be discovered


craig

at least the cold keeps the crowds away!!!

what's the best way to launch at harwood at high tide. is the wind stronger there than warrignton generally?

there's usually just enough sand to set up. set your kite up as close to the waters edge as you can

if there's two of you set up both kites, but wind up one bar carefully , then launch one, walk out flying your kite carefully and launch the other guy.

or do a drift launch

or do a weighted tip launch with a sandbag from shallow water

or eat your lunch/inspect your gear for 1/2 an hr until the tide drops (the beach is flat as, so it won't take long)

wind strengths would be close between there and warrington, possibly a wee bit more at hwood

craig