Well, may as well get it under way. (Its going to be a loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong winter).
Pick the first breeze of 08. There may be a prize, there may not, it ain't up to me. If there isn't you still win bragging rights.
Only 3 people per date.
Must be in ssw to wsw range. More than or equal to 18 knots (green arrows), for 3 or more green arrows in a row.
No frontal crap, must be nice summer seabreeze.
You can only change your guess once, and not after half way through august.
If this is too early, ignore it. If you don't like the rules, complain.

I'll try an update the list as often as I can. (Can we please maybe get a sticky so its easy to find?)

August-(yes please)


September-

11:h20fly
27:General

October-

3: Dawn Patrol
10:Green Pat
15:Gruezi

November-

December (please no)-

We've had it DP, it was back in Jan

Im with the General - 27th Sept.

It'll be heaps earlier but its an auspicious date

28 September.

It's a Sunday, I work Sundays, so it will blow its t1ts off.

August-(yes please)


September-

11:h20fly
27:General, Puppets On a String
28:Big Fat Mick

October-

3: Dawn Patrol
10:Green Pat
15:Gruezi

November-

December (please no)-

15th September, although i agree with Supersane

I am saying september the 13th. we do get (if we are lucky) maybe 4-5 days a week of southerlies 15-20knonts in september but i am saying early in september for the first proper breezes just because i cant wait.


SO SEPTEMBER THE 13TH will be the day.

ewan

31st September

**** are you serious guys! you get NO wind for 5 months, What the hell do you do, surely not at home with the missus. I get cold turkey if I dont get out for 5 weeks let alone 5 months. Is that all over Oz or just in some area's. Im moving over next year, That wind situation dont sound good, 5 months thats a lot of beer to be drunk. Whats the situation in the summer, say from Sept - May? In Brissy area.

nickloop there is wind but in WA it's frontal wind gusty and unpredictable not like the awesome summer sea breeze. In Brisbane you can not kite but up towards the goldie and cairns they get southerly winds dominated by high presure systems which are good

later

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Dawn Patrol said...

Must be in ssw to wsw range. More than or equal to 18 knots (green arrows), for 3 or more green arrows in a row.

measured from where? Gnarloo, Rotto, Swany, Melville??

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specimen said...

nickloop there is wind but in WA it's frontal wind gusty and unpredictable not like the awesome summer sea breeze. In Brisbane you can not kite but up towards the goldie and cairns they get southerly winds dominated by high presure systems which are good

later

what are you talking about? You can kite in Brisbane, and btw the Gold Coast is south of Brisbane not north.

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nickloop said...

**** are you serious guys! you get NO wind for 5 months, What the hell do you do, surely not at home with the missus. I get cold turkey if I dont get out for 5 weeks let alone 5 months. Is that all over Oz or just in some area's. Im moving over next year, That wind situation dont sound good, 5 months thats a lot of beer to be drunk. Whats the situation in the summer, say from Sept - May? In Brissy area.

of course your not actually trying to say kiting conditions in the uk are remotely as good as here now are ya....

they are pretty good here, just colder. Winter means drysuit, hood,gloves and a good pair of boots. Been out in -15 windchill in a mean easterly blowing straight from russia. But winter is great kiteing, normally on me 7m waroo or 10m nemesis. summer, if we get one, normally windy atleast once a week, most no wind time is 4 weeks. If I knew how to put pictures on here I could show you easter bank holiday, -4 and 35-50mph wind, awlsome. still cant wait to kite in Brissy area in October for two weeks and for good next year.

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nickloop said...

they are pretty good here, just colder. Winter means drysuit, hood,gloves and a good pair of boots. Been out in -15 windchill in a mean easterly blowing straight from russia. But winter is great kiteing, normally on me 7m waroo or 10m nemesis. summer, if we get one, normally windy atleast once a week, most no wind time is 4 weeks. If I knew how to put pictures on here I could show you easter bank holiday, -4 and 35-50mph wind, awlsome. still cant wait to kite in Brissy area in October for two weeks and for good next year.

i'll take our 20-30 degree, 20-30 knots, 6-7 days a week, 6 month long summer and the regular winter fronts (12-15 degrees ;) if its all the same to you...

october 29th. cause it's my birthday!! hopefuly before that actually

nickloop you can have that -15 wind chill factor.

why do you think im moving to Oz, to bloody cold here. I get poss 3-4 weeks of wearing a shortie and one of them is cos I go to Tarifa in spain for a week every year. Roll on 20-30 degrees,

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why do you think im moving to Oz, to bloody cold here. I get poss 3-4 weeks of wearing a shortie

even in victoria we get more than that of warm water. we get 4-5 months of wearing boardies and a rashie.]
ewan

I say October 20th- though I hope it is earlier!

october the 1st!

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even in victoria we get more than that of warm water. we get 4-5 months of wearing boardies and a rashie.]
ewan

yeah but you must be wearing boardies and a rashie over your steamer for 3 of those months

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ewan kite said...

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even in victoria we get more than that of warm water. we get 4-5 months of wearing boardies and a rashie.]
ewan

yeah but you must be wearing boardies and a rashie over your steamer for 3 of those months

no, the water is 20-24 degrees from november to march

ewan

So........
Did today count as the first?

No. Has to be proper summer weather pattern.
Measured from Swanny OR Oceanreef, whichever get the required wind first.
Come on people. Vote for your day
Update of about 3people coming soon

The 4th of October 2008 it will be...

October 25th 'cause that's the first day I will be home from the US FOR GOOD, and will be able to kite it,not just look at it oon a screen and brood over my misfortune.

D

look wat i got today.

go down to south channel island, oh yeah

ewan