Now home from a little holiday in WA, had a great time as usual


Ben at Scarborough Beach on his Nude (Sorry Mate)












Cervantes




Jesper




Col







Slowy Jumping




Sunset at Port Beach

Sorry I missed out on catching up with you while you were here Firie!

I think you mean scarbs. Silly old bugger.

Same here Anita, I did have a peek a few times at the river but not enough wind in the arvos for me, I only had a 5.9 no cam by then, I did get a couple of good morning runs in at Majestic. See you next year maybe

Fixed now Troppo

Hi firie. can i add to your thread? I'm touring here too. We went to cervantes and it was blowing nicely, but there was no one there. Where do you sail there?

some pics from corros from the last few days. been big forecasts, but like qld, it rarely happens. today was a decent blow for the first time since arriving last friday. it's been lucky to have been any more than 15-20 at best till today

Hey Bob thank god you didn't take any snaps of me
Was nice to meet u

Why doesn't Colin get to wear a big helmet in the chopper like the pilot does?

Haircut, the last two weeks have been unseasonally dismal for wind.
ISAF will be finished this weekend, then the wind will come back.
Nothing like a sailing comp to kill wind.

great hope the comp got some wind. lots of people there

I think this is a king of the point photoshoot? It was unfortunate that the wind didn't cooperate

Hi Haircut, as usual great shots mate, got to love those WA sunsets hey. I hope you get some good wind, the ocean there is bloody awesome, I love it. I finally stepped up with my camera, empty pockets but happy.

Was very nice to meet you Mark, if you have any brains you would be out of the water late arvo same as me, so no photos. I was so cold taking the chopper photos at Cervantes my arse cheeks were shivering, I kid you not.

R1DER, ignorance is bliss, the pilot know the rep of the R22

Haircut, here is a link to show where they guys sail up at Cervantes
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/General/Cervantes-Speed-2011-Movie-2/
PS, there is a shot of some ol bastard from Queensland in that lot.

thank you

I think i got a glimpse of him !

All said and done 15 to 20 knots seabreezes in Geraldton with tropical rain for a week give us all the ****s. But hey even with the lighting tower on at that time was fun.......and different,WEzzzz sailed with a sweet swell on a hight tide for the last 2 hours of the day. I was lit on my 5.7and big board. The sun set was unreal and the full moon busted through the clouds. (i got my fix )
Wezzz get that lighting tower happening again for shore.

Hope you hung around after that 1 average week because ive never seen so much cloud in Geraldton myself ......good or bad news depending on your time in the west ........... it hasnt stoped blowen after that and its been super fun day after day

and it looks like the xmas cheer will be celebrated after some good sailing hope your around for it sunday 18/dec looken forward my friend

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Haircut said...

Hi firie. can i add to your thread? I'm touring here too. We went to cervantes and it was blowing nicely, but there was no one there. Where do you sail there?

some pics from corros from the last few days. been big forecasts, but like qld, it rarely happens. today was a decent blow for the first time since arriving last friday. it's been lucky to have been any more than 15-20 at best till today

Maybe should have postponed your trip for a couple of weeks we've had a couple of cracking southerlies here. Your probably having an awesome time anyway. By the way love the Firefly (boardshorts) were you deliberately going for the colour co-ordination, very fashionable. Enjoy the rest of your trip

they were in the sail bag. didn't you get a pair when you got yours?

Hi KOP. Yes still here. The last few days have been good. Not much of a wave. I think Friday / saturday last week were the best of the waves since arriving.

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they were in the sail bag. didn't you get a pair when you got yours?

Hi KOP. Yes still here. The last few days have been good. Not much of a wave. I think Friday / saturday last week were the best of the waves since arriving.

Well you have to be SAILED OUT then joken.........had a good late one 2 days back, ive passed a couple up ........new serge soon ........

HAIRY BALLS hit hells gates and you ll get some size and punch. Coros is the softest wave in Geraldton but hey it will get you and hold you down..ps small compared to what ....it is the middle of summer.. the dragon will breath again......fk its still a great place to buzz around
Hv a good one see you out there

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they were in the sail bag. didn't you get a pair when you got yours?

Hi KOP. Yes still here. The last few days have been good. Not much of a wave. I think Friday / saturday last week were the best of the waves since arriving.

No spewin, i will have to hit them up for a pair very trendy indeed. Don't worry the forecast here is dismal for the next week so your not missing anything

there were some crack sailors there yesterday. Best I've witnessed with my own eyes, and they were all from overseas. On freestyle boards they do freestyle on a wave (not much waves around btw), waveride with freestyle gear on a wave better than the aussies do with their quads / thrusters / twins etc. where do they sail to get so good?

from today

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there were some crack sailors there yesterday. Best I've witnessed with my own eyes, and they were all from overseas. On freestyle boards they do freestyle on a wave (not much waves around btw), waveride with freestyle gear on a wave better than the aussies do with their quads / thrusters / twins etc. where do they sail to get so good?

Its because Australians never do a freestyle apprenticeship, 'cause as soon as we can plane we head into the waves to get cheap thrills... Unfortunately wavesailing (Bottom turn cut back bottom turn cutback) is fairly stagnent as far as getting good at windsurfing is concerned..

Like picking up a Gutair and playing Smoke On The Water for 20 years without learning any technical stuff...

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Haircut said...

there were some crack sailors there yesterday. Best I've witnessed with my own eyes, and they were all from overseas. On freestyle boards they do freestyle on a wave (not much waves around btw), waveride with freestyle gear on a wave better than the aussies do with their quads / thrusters / twins etc. where do they sail to get so good?

Its because Australians never do a freestyle apprenticeship, 'cause as soon as we can plane we head into the waves to get cheap thrills... Unfortunately wavesailing (Bottom turn cut back bottom turn cutback) is fairly stagnent as far as getting good at windsurfing is concerned..

Like picking up a Gutair and playing Smoke On The Water for 20 years without learning any technical stuff...

+1 I totally agree

Most people also don't have the patience to learn freestyle which is disappointing because the extra sail and board control skills you learn translate directly into any other discipline.

I'll be up in Canberra for a week and a bit from Friday Akim, will bring my FS gear and hopefully some wind with me. You and the fam. will probably have escaped to the coast though chasing wind for Alex I guess

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Its because Australians never do a freestyle apprenticeship, 'cause as soon as we can plane we head into the waves to get cheap thrills... Unfortunately wavesailing (Bottom turn cut back bottom turn cutback) is fairly stagnent as far as getting good at windsurfing is concerned..

Then again... freestyle on a wave is just gay and will most likely end up in people throwing stones at you.



But to be honest... it's because people from Europe are hungry. They only get good conditions every so often... and once they do they make use of every last second. First out ... last off the water.

I just pretend the stones are roses.

Another thing is people can get embarrassed falling in, and you do lots of falling in while learning.. Then it gets dismissed as 'Gay' followed by the statement 'I'm not doing that sh!t'

I used this excuse when all my mates started to learn switch, I decided that was **** and learnt everything regular stance.. Looking back I was just frustrated that everybody else could sail switch but me.. I think I even used the excuse that I was Australian, and switch is Euro..

I'm still the same with learning moves both ways, 'screw that I already know it one way, why learn it twice'

But I know enough to find a flat day at Corros just as enjoyable as any other.

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there were some crack sailors there yesterday. Best I've witnessed with my own eyes, and they were all from overseas. On freestyle boards they do freestyle on a wave (not much waves around btw), waveride with freestyle gear on a wave better than the aussies do with their quads / thrusters / twins etc. where do they sail to get so good?

Easy tiger......take it easy on the crack............. better on freestyle gear in wave than quadies thrusters twins Not to sure about that

Well its good to see your sailing with your blinkers off ,,,,,,,,,Now freestyle sux if you carnt do it ....... good on them when its flat

NEW SWELL HIT TO DAY

so now open your eyes and lets see the lip hit and the freestyle moves flowen into the WAVE SHREEDING MOVES FRONT HAND AND BACK HAND whats its about for me.

I like that aspect of the NEW SCHOOL young guns riding SIC

Jager (AUSSIE) has been busten out the last couple of days and maken the euros look lame

Sailing standard is getting better and better as the young guns are not so fk young. amp out

Ps HELLs Gates WAS firing this morning 6-8 foot sets

some waves here today, but the coronation beach wind generator machine is stuck at 13knots instead of the recent 15knots

the crack foreigners must have known something as they weren't in the car park at the break of dawn

i've realised that the more stickers you've got on your sail, the better you are. i'm off to the shop for stickers

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i've realised that the more stickers you've got on your sail, the better you are. i'm off to the shop for stickers

see if you are a kiter it's a lot easier. You just need to wear your board shorts over your wetsuit.

yes speaking of wetties, it's been cold as soon as the sun sets, but it's nicer than sticky humidity
a couple more from yesterday. i like freestyle gurlies

everyone's local fave





someone sailing from last few days with a silver severne who managed some very big tidy backloops. unfortunately i didn't get any shots of the biggies