Yep kiteboarder died of boredom waiting form some thing of interest to be written on this forum

Actually anything to be written on this forum
the only thing that might have been of any interest is the Shaan Miller Saga but that has got bogged down in how he cant park the high light being shaan crashing into Sam Parkers sectaries car Lord help us all this is a high action extreme site.

and in other news, a kiter died waiting for the wind to blow

one session in a month

left work early today, and got 6-10 knots and 5 degrees, didn't bother, not worth the numb toes....

aaaaaaaaaaaagh

Three of us got out for a light session on the Poo-pond last night.

My first session this month.

Looking better today - NE is blowing at Brighton already, I hope to get a wave session in before lunch.

Have you tried those 4" fins on any of your boards yet Craig?

DK

Recreational Marine Forecast for Auckland


STORM warning in force for the Hauraki Gulf and from Bream Head to Cape Colville. GALE warning in force of the Manukau and Waitemata Harbours.

Situation: A strengthening northerly flow covers the North Island. A front over the north Tasman Sea is expected to move southeast towards the country today and lie over Auckland by midnight.

Forecast issued at 0505hrs 18-Jun-2004 valid until 2359hr Friday:
Manukau and Waitemata Harbours, Hauraki Gulf and Bream Head to Cape Colville
For the Manukau and Waitemata Harbours: Northeast 20 knots, rising to 30 knots gusting 45 knots this morning and to 40 knots gusting 55 knots in the afternoon. Moderate sea becoming rough this morning and very rough in the afternoon. Poor visibility in outbreaks of rain. For the Hauraki Gulf and from Bream Head to Cape Colville: Northeast 30 knots gusting 40 knots, rising to 40 knots gusting 50 knots this morning and to 50 knots gusting 65 knots in the afternoon. Rough sea becoming very rough this morning and high in the afternoon. Poor visibility in outbreaks of rain.

That'll kill ya! :twisted:

Nice one.. to top it I finish work at 11:45..
Any one heading to Takapuna?

SEE YOU THERE 3:00PM YEEEEEEEEEHHHHAAAAAAAAA (sound of Tangled blowing his wad all over keyboard)....

I was in me patrol car have'n me usual Big Mac combo and I thought I saw someone out at Taka who looked Shaan Millar, shit he ened up close to the rock wall a few times! What does he exactly look like anyway?

Kite Police

sure as hell wasn't me, unless you've got a memory like a crocodile (i haven't kited taka in years) but i have been having the odd late-night safety meeting under the pohutakawa trees there - including last night at 1.00am as i recall.

Just got in from a two hour session at South Brighton.

Wind was around 15 knots - just powered on a 13.5m and new cutlass 142 prototype (three fin directional). Swell is pretty small, about waist high - should build thru the day.

Came off the water as a passing shower dropped the wind to zero in about 30 seconds.

Looking out the window now in the last 30 min its built back to over 20 knots - looks like I'll be getting back into a wet wetsuit for the afternoon session.

Super stoked with the new board - the outline has a bit more tuck in the hips than the last one - with same fin/rocker/stance. Center fin more solid in the water than ever, with a much more progessive turn radius. Still with plenty of width and a deep single concave it is pure pleasure in waves - surfing down the line with linked top/bottom turns and the odd driving cutback - all with the power in the kite shut off...

With that wind over 20k out there now I should be sweet on just an 8m.

DK

Well whatever floats your boat. Does Sue know about this?

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Looks like the Decay Kiss of Death (the DKD?) has stuck once again, the trees are stuningly flacid for a forecast of 45knots.

Chris

decay - if you gt out there in that grovelly shite then I will personally fight my way through the penguins to come and cheer you on

Oh look it's windy again. Out you go Dave, don't mind the large white icy looking things floating out there. Probablly polystyrene, yes that must be it.

Osama the unbannable is BACK
There is some need to sort out the brotherhood here my southern fellows - you are showing the intelligence of a half empty bottle of Speights - get a grip , loosen your camel bindings and let a little more oxygen to your nether regions.. The testiticular strangulation is starting to show..

I have been hanging out at the oasis and my two camels who simply spit and shit make more sense. you are going kiting a bad name

3.5 hour session at Takas on 6.8 Cabrina.. hmmmm..
Almost burst my ear drip, Came out for 2 min to wash the blood of my face After slamming my face into my board. Then decided it was a day when I noticed The skin from my hands still on my bar.

Stick me in a dark smelly hole and I will continue smiling for a week.

Role on Sat..

i was @ takas 2 thisarvo , and got treated with little respect by that bitchy N/w,talk about bad tempered ,was great to do takas again but,mayb 2morow will b better, but then if it is ill go 2 orewa i guess

Jez - talk about my neigbours getting on my case!

I did go out again about 4pm - very lit on my 8m kite, full tide and wind over 30 knots by then had the sea a huge mess of white water. The swell was breaking way out past the pier and the reforms were over head high and closing out on the inside! Sh!t don't even know why I rigged up really, was like kiting in a washing machine.

The water isn't as cold as these two think either - tho putting on a wet 5mm wetsuit is exactly fun.

Was back on the water again at 10am this morning in a N tending NW wind. Smooth, clean head high waves, cross to cross offshore wind and only Alex, Nico and I about. Alex and I ended up doing the downwinder to Southshore bashing lips the whole way. Cheers for the lift back Nico.

This afternoon Nico and Su did the same run - nothing like a 5km downwinder in cross-shore and good waves.

This has been the most Ch-ch riding in June I've ever done, and with all but a handful of local riders given up until the spring its been VERY un-crowded to boot.

DK

bah :roll:

it's not the cold we're worried about, but some wind, any wind would be good

oh well it will make fiji even sweeter i guess

i might even have to do the super desperate 31m stack thing tomorrow

craig

So you wouldn't want to hear that we had a repeat of yesterdays conditions today and that a group of us got a driver sorted and did a whole bunch of laps of South-brighton in cross-shore/head high blah blah blah blah blah blah........

nope, don't want to know that at all!

bleh
:roll:

Or that some of us didn't need a driver (other than for one little run) and stayed *upwind*. Yes used kite and board to actually make ground up the beach. This is not downhill mountain biking people.

I know the feeling Doofus. It's true, as like out of the blue, six days in a row of kiteable wind, with warm lofty northerlys mixed in. Alas, I saw but did not sail, as I was nurturing our next two generation Xs- with digging, & sandcastles, and stick throwing for ridedog. Sarah enjoyed her long weekend in Melbourne (trade off for Fiji), man I've got it easy. Tim 8)
Respect!