upload it to youtube or vimeo

I enjoyed that!
Our supposed big wind day in Gero has spectacularly crashed to about zeroe after work

Hey Matt,

There were about 3-4 of us out at the alley around 1.00 to 2.30

Felt more onshore than what it shows on the graph





Great sesh though..........YeeeooooOoooow!

Lambie said...
Matt C
Did you say you were on an 8m kite in 50 knots??? I don't doubt it was 50 knots

Don't you own a 5 or 6m kite? Down here in cold old Victoria we get the 'occasional' southerly blast where a small kite is mandatory in the quiver!!

I also noticed the shorty wetsuit - seriously ?? I'm reaching for my 4:3 steamer about now!!

Thanks for posting - I'm surprised there were a few more that got out but then again an 8m swell would have pulled me up fast as well - sit and watch in awe and kite a few more sessions before dying!! My wife appreciates that attitude :-)

Yeah I do, but I lent the 6s to Sean and Scott. I love bring over powered

Matt C said..
8M Slingshot Wave SST, and boosting

Man the kite must be pretty ****, sponsored rider, 50 knots and couldn't even do some loops. Are you ****, or is the kite ****? Maybe you should try another sport?

50 knots is a mother of nature event you wont forget if you are on the beach - this is my (max gust) kestrel reading that I got while contemplating what kite to pump up in the middle of a seriously crazy moment where the water and the beach didn't seem to have a defined boundary - Spring last year at Loch Sport on the Gippsland lakes - I had to walk off the beach to a protected area to read the kestrel
Ok its blurred but I guarantee its a true 52.5 knots . We did get out when it backed off about 20 mins later but on 6m kites and I'm 93 kg !

Maybe EDIT the topic, 50 knots is cat 1 which it was not.

^^^^^ absolutely not - We could hardly see when on the beach !! soo much sand and water moving
Some have said the kestrel might have under-read the wind speed cuz the plastic impeller would have been slowed down by water and sand ?
I was at the Terrigal sailing club back in the early 80's when a front came through at an official 60 knots - that was frightening !! roof tiles were being blown off the roof and into the Haven - and I could seriously lean into the wind !!
50 knots - its nuts !!! 60 knots is just crazy (the force of wind speed isn't linear)
I reckon my Bandit 6 m with my weight is OK to around 40 knots gusts - beyond that I just don't need to be out there - and not in 8m surf!!

Mark _australia said...

Gilly3 said..
Hey Matt,

There were about 3-4 of us out at the alley around 1.00 to 2.30

Felt more onshore than what it shows on the graph





Great sesh though..........YeeeooooOoooow!

shows 30kn day with some gusts.

50kn my arse. We get solid non stop 35kn seabreeze here, half the guys go home and those that are out are on 6m and not for long.

Matt u can't call it a 30- 50kn day as it peaked somewhere in your state for 10sec at 50kn. It was a 30-35kn day. You kited 30kn.

Sorry mum, I wont do it again

Matt C said..

SibboV1 said...

Matt C said..
8M Slingshot Wave SST, and boosting

Man the kite must be pretty ****, sponsored rider, 50 knots and couldn't even do some loops. Are you ****, or is the kite ****? Maybe you should try another sport?

I'll give dancing a go, when you post a video.


appreciate the tip!

I've got a great video of me dancing with your misses. Want me to post that up? She said not to though, something about not another of her sex tapes.

I'm with you Cauncy...that inability to red-thumb has made us a group of critical haters.

Hey Matt, nice work champ. I enjoyed watching your stoke and thanks for taking the time and effort to post it. Wind meter or not that was blowing it's box off and credit to you for getting amongst it.

It was a good alternative to all the pictures and video I have seen of flooded roads, homes being battered and traffic lights down.

Good onya!

That reading is taken from the airport, so not really a true indication for what was pushing through at the beaches......anyways

Get the cameras ready fore next Tuesday....




might even get to 60knts!

The main thing, we had a great time. Thanks for the positive comments, looking forward to the next strong winds :)

Hey Matt. All jokes aside.

Next time its blowing onshore (35 knots plus) pop up to the Sunny Coast, there are a bunch of places you can boost without risk getting lofted & slammed on to the beach.

I have seen first hand a bloke with two snapped ankles from a loft, this was only in ~25 knots. He didn't even get that high, he just went sideways into the shallows.

One of the Perth racers, Jonno also ended up in a tree not long ago, that was in under 20 knots.....

Stay safe.

Kozzie said...

Mark _australia said..

Gilly3 said..
Hey Matt,

There were about 3-4 of us out at the alley around 1.00 to 2.30

Felt more onshore than what it shows on the graph





Great sesh though..........YeeeooooOoooow!

shows 30kn day with some gusts.

50kn my arse. We get solid non stop 35kn seabreeze here, half the guys go home and those that are out are on 6m and not for long.

Matt u can't call it a 30- 50kn day as it peaked somewhere in your state for 10sec at 50kn. It was a 30-35kn day. You kited 30kn.

yeah i was going to say it felt alot more like 40 knots to us then 50 and that was the gusts

just wish the misses didnt kite then we could of got a photo aswell

couldnt see anyone else kiting at Kirra, good stuff for getting out, but when your with us next time, I'll take your wind judgement into account. I might even take a photo for you ??