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Mega wipeout - guess the damage

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laurie > 9 months ago, 7 Oct 2009

laurie

3860 posts

7 Oct 2009 6:31pm

Whilst at my local sailing spot a week or so ago, a friend took some photos of a newbie getting nailed in some mild conditions.

Have some fun and see if you can guess the damage sustained to the gear (please don't spoil the fun if you know)

Sorry .. no prize apart from fame.

Leech

1933 posts

7 Oct 2009 6:38pm

blown sail panel ?

jp747

1553 posts

7 Oct 2009 6:57pm

just the tendon?

nick0

NSW

510 posts

7 Oct 2009 10:07pm

id say .. snaped mast snaped or bent boom ..... crushed ego and spirit for sure ... also i guss he suffered an embaresing carry up the beach to his car

Richiefish

QLD

5612 posts

7 Oct 2009 9:08pm

one pair of board shorts ???

knigit

319 posts

7 Oct 2009 7:33pm

Awesome photo series

. Caption comp #101?

What's the time gap between shots? Is that the fastest ever voluntary dismount that I see there between pic 1 and 2?

hm... I actually got sucked back-up into a wave not dis-similar to this one at said spot last year... what worse, it was with a mates brand new board and sail.

surprisingly nothing got damaged (including myself).

another mate of mine made the same mistake on his first wave... he got away with a half hour swim and a broken mast.

As for the photos I am guessing... mast and sail...

BTW, this is a classic mistake at your local spot. Someone told me when it gets to this size you need to line up you take off with a certain rock on the beach.

P.C_simpson

1492 posts

7 Oct 2009 7:51pm

Mast and a some sail damage for sure, not to mention a gut full of water..

garyk

QLD

277 posts

7 Oct 2009 10:03pm

Everything but the fin

Gestalt

QLD

14722 posts

7 Oct 2009 10:34pm

i'm going for broken mast, sail panels gone, mast track ripped from board, bent extension

mineral1

4564 posts

7 Oct 2009 8:48pm

No damage

sausage

QLD

4873 posts

7 Oct 2009 11:33pm

One thing for certain - the wave broke

greenleader

QLD

5283 posts

8 Oct 2009 12:14am

head batten

Haircut

QLD

6491 posts

8 Oct 2009 12:23am

ego?

AusMoz

QLD

1510 posts

8 Oct 2009 1:36am

1 - Damaged emotionally

2 - Severed sphinster !!!

Speedo's now have been forced to to cater for the windsurfing industry - re-introduced the brown speedos!!!!!

busterwa

3782 posts

8 Oct 2009 12:15am

Fully MUNTED

Sailhack

VIC

5000 posts

8 Oct 2009 9:48am

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laurie said...

Whilst at my local sailing spot a week or so ago, a friend took some photos of a newbie getting nailed in some mild conditions.

C'mon Loz..."a friend"? "a newbie"!

Just admit it was you bailing in the 2nd shot and we can stop playing these mind games, and get you some professional help with your shame issues.

evlPanda

NSW

9207 posts

8 Oct 2009 11:25am

Wallet - broken.

king of the point

1836 posts

8 Oct 2009 9:17am

worn out car horns ?

ClaireS

8 posts

8 Oct 2009 9:20am

great photo series. broken ego at least. wonder how many people were sitting watching this

pacman76

QLD

123 posts

8 Oct 2009 1:25pm

I rekon he invented a new windsurfing move.... the submerged triple backloop

as for damage.... a torn footstrap

Mark _australia

23526 posts

8 Oct 2009 4:01pm

There is a reason it is called tombstones

I reckon mast is good cos it was parallel to the wave so would not have been driven into the reef.

I call sail panel only

Greenroom

7608 posts

8 Oct 2009 4:53pm

Was he heading out through the break?

windtechno

VIC

372 posts

8 Oct 2009 8:01pm

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king of the point said...

worn out car horns ?

Your awesome king of the point

GalahOnTheBay

NSW

4188 posts

8 Oct 2009 8:15pm

Mild conditions? lol...

Did he he claim it as his first tube?

busterwa

3782 posts

8 Oct 2009 7:01pm

new screen saver

shark

361 posts

8 Oct 2009 11:51pm

bet he buys a kite next

poor relative

9106 posts

9 Oct 2009 12:25am

Wonder if this was post or pre

WindWarrior

NSW

1019 posts

9 Oct 2009 8:56am

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Greenroom said...

Was he heading out through the break?

Looks like he was heading in... not out... before he got taken out !
*Based purely on the tack he is sailing on

EDIT

Damage estimate

2 x panels blown
1 x batten snapped
1 x box of the worlds most expensive beer to share with his mates !

laurie

3860 posts

9 Oct 2009 10:28am

Amazingly the only damage was a 200m swim & a broken batten. We couldn't believe it. We fully expected broken masts, sails..but nup .. a batten .. sorry don't know which one. :-)

The photo relli posted was post-prang.

And yeah .. he wasn't a newbie, but the famed dreadlock toting "Corey" who was a standout superstar all day, doing some wild poop. Scotty McKercher also made an appearance and was also awesome to watch.

Here he is early in the day on a bigger sail, before changing up:

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