well done hardie on a great mile that sees you at #2 on the ladder
looks like you guys and girls had some good wind down there in crab chewer land..
also great to see Chris A get some pb's in as well!!!

Ta, thanx buddy, always nice to be recognised when you put in a big one. I knew I had a good one, just had the power on virtually the whole way, just a few minor very short lulls, when I saw the 32.872 on realspeed I hooted and hollered, with my 10yo covering her ears, and asking me not to yell, I was hoping for a 31 plus, so the 32.8 was a bonus!! The conditions were superb, and I reckon the equipment that made the difference was probably the Gaastra Vapour, just handled both the lulls and gusts perfectly.

Big congrats Hardie awsome stuff.

The boy was on fire today

Well done Big Fella

Permission for "Smug Mode" has been granted

Well done hardie, thats one fast NM.

I feel torn. Happy for you but hey you knocked me off in the rankings. Oh well i have some work to do.

Am spewing i only packed wave gear in the car this moning. Spent two hrs way over power off Bunnos back beach barely hanging on to me 5.3m wave sail.

Carm the mandurah Mob

Well done Hardie, that's some bloody effort clocking constant over that distance.
As Elmo indicated Smug look is approved from us mere mortals

well done mate.

i bet you were "hardly" trying......

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Gestalt said...

well done mate.

i bet you were "hardly" trying......

Maaate........ It was so tempting to give up when some of those gusts hit........ but I just wanted it badly enough to endure the burning or should I say the melting of my back leg, and the will to shut off the fear factor......

Good stuff mate. Can you send some wind here PLEASE!!!

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pierre said...

Good stuff mate. Can you send some wind here PLEASE!!!

Sorry to knock you off no.2 mate, and yes we have an unfair advantage here in WA, particluarly Hardies Run for the NM, I'm sure you guys would have done 34's here yesterday!!!!

Well done Hardie, good onya

Nooooooooo wind here any time soon, told Benny I'll have to get the Start out to get a ranking this month

Well done Hardie,that a long way at speed. How many jibes in that

Thats allright mate no hard feelings.
I like guys who push it hard at the end you always get a good result,it will be good to see next time when it blows that you crack a 34 or 35kts NM i know you have it in ja.

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pierre said...

Thats allright mate no hard feelings.
I like guys who push it hard at the end you always get a good result,it will be good to see next time when it blows that you crack a 34 or 35kts NM i know you have it in ja.

My first go at the NM that day I hit a big chop about a 1/3 of the way through and jumped out of the harness lines and had to hang on in the strongest gusts of the day out of the harness, and in the end I couldn't hang on with about 400m to go, and had to let go. My display peak on that run was 37.49, whereas my display peak on the record run was 35.19 so who knows would have at least been a 33??? It's a bit like the big fish that got away it was gonna be this [.............] big!!!!!!!