Watched this bloke kiteing the alley last Saturday morning during solid Winston boomers.
Howling souherly, waiting for and shredding the biggest wave of the set. Only bloke into the waves with a kite and on a twinny.
Unfortunatly got dropped in on often by the jet ski crew.
The bloke is a legend.

Dunno if there is such a thing as a drop in on someone a tt.

How true.
The dude really needs to get a board.

Red thumb if you ride a twinny haha

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bjw said..
Dunno if there is such a thing as a drop in on someone a tt.

Maybe all the manly surfboard riders were too chicken to go out!....

I'm yet to find surf conditions that a kiter on a surfboard can ride and I can't........ And i'm even weirder than the TT rider since i ride a mutant.

The real shame is the riders who weren't there.

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bjw said..
The real shame is the riders who weren't there.

What are you trying to promote here bjw, that kiters should go out in conditions they may feel or is above their ability

If the T.V. news was reporting and emphasising it was conditions for experienced Surfers only, then I guess the same would apply to Kiters. I, myself have no problems in saying I kited the Broadwater (Flatwater) that day, remained safe and enjoyed it along with many other Kiters as well as guys and gals that usually only Kite out in the Surf these days. There is plenty of information about and particularly encouraged by Kiting Australia and all types of Kiting Instructors to Kite safely and to ones ability. This only stands to good reason IMO as well I'm sure for the vast majority.

By the way Jamie and Co are Legends and exceptionally good Kiters, that were there that day

Unlucky for the fella that got washed on to the rocks and punched out from his kite. thankfully it didn't hit anyone once it was released.

there was a lone windsurfer out there after that who was killing it. he was doing far better than the jetski crew.

I was out at nazza on Saturday on a TT with one other guy also on a TT didn't see one surfboard rider insight.

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markus86 said..
I was out at nazza on Saturday on a TT with one other guy also on a TT didn't see one surfboard rider insight.

Maybe one day you will see the light!

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markus86 said...
I was out at nazza on Saturday on a TT with one other guy also on a TT didn't see one surfboard rider insight.

We all hang out in the pocket mate

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Boonty said..
Watched this bloke kiteing the alley last Saturday morning during solid Winston boomers.
Howling souherly, waiting for and shredding the biggest wave of the set. Only bloke into the waves with a kite and on a twinny.
Unfortunatly got dropped in on often by the jet ski crew.
The bloke is a legend.

It was Kemp..

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/South-East-Queensland/That-swell/

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Loftywinds said..

Boonty said..
Watched this bloke kiteing the alley last Saturday morning during solid Winston boomers.
Howling souherly, waiting for and shredding the biggest wave of the set. Only bloke into the waves with a kite and on a twinny.
Unfortunatly got dropped in on often by the jet ski crew.
The bloke is a legend.

It was Kemp..

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/South-East-Queensland/That-swell/

long way from Yeppoon

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gcdave said..

markus86 said...
I was out at nazza on Saturday on a TT with one other guy also on a TT didn't see one surfboard rider insight.

We all hang out in the pocket mate

You guys must have been getting covered up real deep !

Maybe all the surfboard riders were.... surfing!

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LostinSpace said...

bjw said..
The real shame is the riders who weren't there.

What are you trying to promote here bjw, that kiters should go out in conditions they may feel or is above their ability

No way. The last thing anyone wants is hacks lawnmowing good breaks.

But im sure there is a bunch of competent guys who just lucked out and missed it.

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bene313 said..
Maybe all the surfboard riders were.... surfing!

Yer most guys were surfing snapper where there were 10 drop-ins per wave.

Sounds fun

Markus 86 ride that wave down the line and I might check the photo out more than once .
This is where the hard core crew were that day www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/Wave-sailing/Winston-Swell-at-Currumbin/

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WillyO said..

markus86 said..
I was out at nazza on Saturday on a TT with one other guy also on a TT didn't see one surfboard rider insight.

Maybe one day you will see the light!

I saw light. Went to the light. The light was slappy, harsh, twitchy and boosted like ****! I went back to the dark side and having been grinning ever since!

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teabaggin said..
Markus 86 ride that wave down the line and I might check the photo out more than once .
This is where the hard core crew were that day www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/Wave-sailing/Winston-Swell-at-Currumbin/

Looks like a nice wave. Top effort Markus.

On a side note. I wonder if the same ground swell that hit us here in NZ also hit you guys in qld? I also have similar conditions on Tuesday/Wednesday.

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teabaggin said..
Markus 86 ride that wave down the line and I might check the photo out more than once .
This is where the hard core crew were that day www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/Wave-sailing/Winston-Swell-at-Currumbin/

Sorry bro I promise to read the memo next time

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Plummet said..

WillyO said..

markus86 said..
I was out at nazza on Saturday on a TT with one other guy also on a TT didn't see one surfboard rider insight.

Maybe one day you will see the light!

I saw light. Went to the light. The light was slappy, harsh, twitchy and boosted like ****! I went back to the dark side and having been grinning ever since!

Each to their own plumdog.

Some shots from my area last Saturday, the windsurfer never got right out the back. I saw one kiter over the whole day get right out the back and some others who got close but had to beat a hasty retreat when mountain of water started to stand up in front of them. All were on surfboards. The only way over the mountains of white water was to boost, or use a surfboard. There were some big swims had by a few who ventured too far downwind and got caught in the dead air zone, the wind in this location is cross off. The photos do not really give a true impression of how big the waves were. The surfer had picked off a smaller wave and pulled off into a big duck dive and swim.

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I hate that feeling

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Rails said...

Loftywinds said..

Boonty said..
Watched this bloke kiteing the alley last Saturday morning during solid Winston boomers.
Howling souherly, waiting for and shredding the biggest wave of the set. Only bloke into the waves with a kite and on a twinny.
Unfortunatly got dropped in on often by the jet ski crew.
The bloke is a legend.

It was Kemp..

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Kitesurfing/South-East-Queensland/That-swell/

long way from Yeppoon

We got an awsome swell in poon, but no where near the size of down south! It was super Fun. I'm not sure I would feel safe in that swell On the GC that day, especially in boots!

Loving the photo's. Those conditions make ya ring pucker. But if you manage to survive the day..... man what a rush.

gnarrr pics!!

these pics gets my pulse racing... enjoy going down the line too much towards that wind shadow, or oh sh%t it just switched SSE and the wind dropped so cant get back upwind.

is that last pic the beach upwind or the actual alley?! :-0

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theDoctor said..

I hate that feeling

probably up there with missing out on a free t-shirt!