one week back from MAUI! weather in maui....27-30 degrees. weather in adelaide 7-15 degrees. wind in maui.... solid 25knots plus. wind in adelaide dismal gusty 13-20 knots! going from windsurfing everyday in warm water rashie and shorts..... to back at work up at 6 raining no wind!! is this not the hardest thing ever!!! I WANT SUMMER! or a one way ticket to maui will do just fine!!

You need a good dose of HTFU young man.....but geez it was cold out there today and I was only taking photos! You and Kym need to invest in some booties.

The superfreak looked great Chris.....Gemma would be stoked!

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demons_taipan11 said...

one week back from MAUI! weather in maui....27-30 degrees. weather in adelaide 7-15 degrees. wind in maui.... solid 25knots plus. wind in adelaide dismal gusty 13-20 knots! going from windsurfing everyday in warm water rashie and shorts..... to back at work up at 6 raining no wind!! is this not the hardest thing ever!!! I WANT SUMMER! or a one way ticket to maui will do just fine!!

Looked like you were having a good time at Kent reserve!

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demons_taipan11 said...

one week back from MAUI! weather in maui....27-30 degrees. weather in adelaide 7-15 degrees. wind in maui.... solid 25knots plus. wind in adelaide dismal gusty 13-20 knots! going from windsurfing everyday in warm water rashie and shorts..... to back at work up at 6 raining no wind!! is this not the hardest thing ever!!! I WANT SUMMER! or a one way ticket to maui will do just fine!!

Looked like you were having a good time at Kent reserve!

Must be the influence of his new quatro!

kent reserve is almost my new fav spot!!! exept for hookipa..... hahaha nah it was awsome out there! pitty a couple more guys were not out... my board in the lambergini of boards with the price tag of a old holden!!! i love it. its a sexy board. just need to pay it off now..

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kent reserve is almost my new fav spot!!! exept for hookipa..... hahaha nah it was awsome out there! pitty a couple more guys were not out... my board in the lambergini of boards with the price tag of a old holden!!! i love it. its a sexy board. just need to pay it off now..

Welcome home thanks for the updates as you went over there Have to agree about the cold, and Rollllll on Summerrrrrrrrrrr
What board have you got
Mineral

I will answer this one, both Kym and Chris purchased quatro freestyle waves while in Maui. We were offered the opportunity to demo two quatro boards from the chaps at the cannery, those chaps being Keith Teboul and Pascal, clever ploy on their behalf, as the next few days all 5 of us became instant Quatro fans, pledging never to ride anything else, well for the time being. The boards we demo'd were the 75 ltr and the 95 ltr. I was riding the 95 ltr (footnote: I weigh 98kgs and ride a 122 ltr board at home, so a board under 100ltrs is unknown territory) - I fckn loved it, easy to plane, light, holds the plane through lulls, turns with amazing ease, just a good easy to use board, eats up chop blah blah blah!. Kym loved it, so bought the 75 ltr, Chris was way too excited and had to have the 85 ltr, Arlo and Anita spent two weeks working out how to import them back to the UK as they wanted a couple of them, stay tuned on that one. I kept my credit card in my pocket (bloody hard) as I knew I would be inheriting Kyms 94 ltr JP FSW on our return (hope she is ok with that)

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divaldo said...

I will answer this one, both Kym and Chris purchased quatro freestyle waves while in Maui. We were offered the opportunity to demo two quatro boards from the chaps at the cannery, those chaps being Keith Teboul and Pascal, clever ploy on their behalf, as the next few days all 5 of us became instant Quatro fans, pledging never to ride anything else, well for the time being. The boards we demo'd were the 75 ltr and the 95 ltr. I was riding the 95 ltr (footnote: I weigh 98kgs and ride a 122 ltr board at home, so a board under 100ltrs is unknown territory) - I fckn loved it, easy to plane, light, holds the plane through lulls, turns with amazing ease, just a good easy to use board, eats up chop blah blah blah!. Kym loved it, so bought the 75 ltr, Chris was way too excited and had to have the 85 ltr, Arlo and Anita spent two weeks working out how to import them back to the UK as they wanted a couple of them, stay tuned on that one. I kept my credit card in my pocket (bloody hard) as I knew I would be inheriting Kyms 94 ltr JP FSW on our return (hope she is ok with that)

hmmm, you'll be lucky Dave. Number 1 - that JP Freestyle wave is a sweet ride of its own accord and Number 2 -75 litre, whilst the 75 litre probably got used every day in Maui, you are in for a rude shock now you are back in southern Australia where sea-breezes less than 20 knots are the norm! Put your high wind gear back at the bottom of that sexy trailer of yours i'm sorry to say. Could also have something to do with why you were loving the 95 litre so much!!!

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divaldo said...

I will answer this one, both Kym and Chris purchased quatro freestyle waves while in Maui. We were offered the opportunity to demo two quatro boards from the chaps at the cannery, those chaps being Keith Teboul and Pascal, clever ploy on their behalf, as the next few days all 5 of us became instant Quatro fans, pledging never to ride anything else, well for the time being. The boards we demo'd were the 75 ltr and the 95 ltr. I was riding the 95 ltr (footnote: I weigh 98kgs and ride a 122 ltr board at home, so a board under 100ltrs is unknown territory) - I fckn loved it, easy to plane, light, holds the plane through lulls, turns with amazing ease, just a good easy to use board, eats up chop blah blah blah!. Kym loved it, so bought the 75 ltr, Chris was way too excited and had to have the 85 ltr, Arlo and Anita spent two weeks working out how to import them back to the UK as they wanted a couple of them, stay tuned on that one. I kept my credit card in my pocket (bloody hard) as I knew I would be inheriting Kyms 94 ltr JP FSW on our return (hope she is ok with that)

hmmm, you'll be lucky Dave. Number 1 - that JP Freestyle wave is a sweet ride of its own accord and Number 2 -75 litre, whilst the 75 litre probably got used every day in Maui, you are in for a rude shock now you are back in southern Australia where sea-breezes less than 20 knots are the norm! Put your high wind gear back at the bottom of that sexy trailer of yours i'm sorry to say. Could also have something to do with why you were loving the 95 litre so much!!!

Just changing the topic. Seabreezes have started in WA already! I will be over on Boxing Day for some nuclear seabreeze action for two week (Gero Windsurf Festival). I cannot wait!

Anyway "back to the real life" here in SA for now.

gero would be sweeeeett in summer! im jelous.. have used up all leave and in debt by alot.... dont think that i can make W.A this year.

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gero would be sweeeeett in summer! im jelous.. have used up all leave and in debt by alot.... dont think that i can make W.A this year.

Yeah....it will be very sweet. I cannot wait!

This is how trees grow up there




And this where I want to work




P.S
Did you bring me back a Quatro......

that pic is glod! when i own my own electrical company... thats my working hours!!!
hey hey if ya had asked we could have arranged something!! dont know how i would have went dragging TWO boards around all the bloody airports... was haard enough with one! quatros are awsome tho! i highly reccommend.

i wish you blokes would turn around and go back to maui. Since you announced you were here, there has been no wind here..... not that its been much of a winter anyways. Just the other week was good.

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i wish you blokes would turn around and go back to maui. Since you announced you were here, there has been no wind here..... not that its been much of a winter anyways. Just the other week was good.

Kent Reserve was working late Saturday. How is the board going?? Any pic's of it.

Chris, windsurfing kit and airports are a pain in the ass. Last time I went to WA it looked like I was moving house.

Which board?

The light wind board you are shaping with Karl.

Yeah good,
we hotwired the blanks today so its early days.

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i wish you blokes would turn around and go back to maui. Since you announced you were here, there has been no wind here..... not that its been much of a winter anyways. Just the other week was good.

The wind went away when I started building my trailer....I have already appologised!

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Scotty Mac said...

i wish you blokes would turn around and go back to maui. Since you announced you were here, there has been no wind here..... not that its been much of a winter anyways. Just the other week was good.

The wind went away when I started building my trailer....I have already appologised!

apolagy not accepted!!!! the wind gods prob want better stickers on it?? could you just spare a tyre for sacrifice.... this no wind stuff is so so ***ucked. im sick and tired!!!

Ahh Chris be patient and be alert -There was a nice sail to be had late on Saturday arvo at kent rsve. Mate was having a flyer on his 77 Fanatic freewave and a 5.4 and Harry was blasting away on his 5.7 and Freewave I had a reasonable time but should have gone bigger than 5.4

Watching the kiter disentangle himself from the dry reef (the one a couple of hundred metres out to sea that you can't see till you are almost losing your fin as it sucks dry before a wave) while getting battered by a small swell and then having to swim his gear all the way to the entrance of the Inman river just added to the entertainment - poor bugger.

Watching another kiter trying to hit the wedgey bommie as it broke was entertaining as well.

You might be lucky at snapper if the nw blows tomorrow arvo -or weds arvo in the wsw'r