Fast wave in Cape Verde

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stehsegler > 9 months ago, 1 Apr 2012

jsnfok

899 posts

2 Apr 2012 11:16am

Awesome wave, His boarding was bouncing around all over the show through the bottom turn, must make you quite uneasy

tomp

NSW

692 posts

2 Apr 2012 1:54pm

nice line up and wave surfing in 10-12 knots? plenty of rocks on the inside to encourage you complete your turns

CJW

NSW

1731 posts

2 Apr 2012 9:51pm

Where's Kauli when you need him

Mark _australia

23526 posts

2 Apr 2012 9:01pm

Interesting, according to a recent thread we can't get on a waveboard until 20kn - clueless kiters

That was about 12-15kn at most and the most awesome wave riding, glassy as, best you could ever hope for

FilthyAmatuer

877 posts

3 Apr 2012 5:28pm

but how do you get out in the first place?

- Grovel out the channel (not that there is much at Cape Verde)
- Timing
- Skill
- Taking a few on the head now and then

Reckon by the red thumbs there are a few people here who have not sailed light cross off. I never said it was the best alround session, just the best riding.

Conditions like that are magic - not if you get it every day, sometimes you want to plane lol, but to sail cross off with barely enough wind to get out, and a long peeling wave, is insanely good.

Jimmy wind

NSW

45 posts

3 Apr 2012 11:28pm

almost all my wave sailing is done in these type of conditions.I usually just jump of the rocks into the channel with my gear and swim to the wind line. There's a few spots where i do this another trick is to swim out from an up wind protected spot and sail downwind to the wave spot. nothing better than a perfect clean face.

peto

NSW

406 posts

4 Apr 2012 11:49am

Jimmy Wind, I thought I would just remind you. You live on the Central Coast of NSW, not NW Africa. I highly doubt your claim.

DunkO

NSW

1147 posts

4 Apr 2012 12:02pm

i find the best way to deal with big surf and light winds is get belted and spend an hour swimming for your gear then give up come home and post how good it was on seabreeze and that everyone missed out.

Jimmy wind

NSW

45 posts

4 Apr 2012 4:22pm

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peto said...

Jimmy Wind, I thought I would just remind you. You live on the Central Coast of NSW, not NW Africa. I highly doubt your claim.

peto

NSW

406 posts

4 Apr 2012 4:50pm

Haha, I reckon that is Toowoon Bay. One photo does not convince me of what you said. I've been there enough to know it is a pretty crap wave, nothing like you see in the video.

DunkO

NSW

1147 posts

4 Apr 2012 4:59pm

Today was sick 8 ft 10 knots and you all missed out.

Boris

261 posts

4 Apr 2012 3:50pm

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Jimmy wind said...

almost all my wave sailing is done in these type of conditions.I usually just jump of the rocks into the channel with my gear and swim to the wind line. There's a few spots where i do this another trick is to swim out from an up wind protected spot and sail downwind to the wave spot. nothing better than a perfect clean face.

That's nothing. My trick is to carry my gear (still rolled up) into the water, take a deep breath, walk along the bottom until I am directly under the break (which is hardcore, just the way I ilke it), then I rig my gear under water, get in the straps, float up to the surface just in time to burst through the face and smack a fat one.

Also, almost all my wave sailing is done under heavy machine gun fire after necking half a dozen stubbies.

p.s Toowoon Bay is lame.

whippingboy

1104 posts

4 Apr 2012 5:00pm

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almost all my wave sailing is done after necking half a dozen stubbies.

I call it warming up

ibid

NSW

136 posts

4 Apr 2012 9:06pm

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DunkO said...

Today was sick 8 ft 10 knots and you all missed out.

not everyone missed out - me, tim and cameron were waveriding the clean ones while you were swimming - and dont exagerate - when did it reach 10 knots, must have been after i left

DunkO

NSW

1147 posts

4 Apr 2012 9:17pm

rule one make sure no one was around before talking it up ^^

actually was pretty good between 12 and 2, yeah it was about as light as you can sail without a sup.
lately cronulla has produced some really good wave riding days, proper banks with clean DTL waves.

nutbag

154 posts

4 Apr 2012 7:31pm

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Jimmy wind said...

almost all my wave sailing is done in these type of conditions.

Dude, you live in NSW (and not even the windiest part). You NEVER sail in those conditions. Snap out of it.

Z1291

208 posts

4 Apr 2012 8:32pm

Another lightwind video, in much worse waves. (and same gear as dunko)

stehsegler

3557 posts

4 Apr 2012 9:34pm

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Boris said...
until I am directly under the break (which is hardcore, just the way I ilke it), then I rig my gear under water, get in the straps, float up to the surface just in time to burst through the face and smack a fat one.

you must have a pretty floaty board. Every time I tried that I ran out of air before the board started to float.

Carantoc

7194 posts

5 Apr 2012 9:01pm

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Boris said...

That's nothing. My trick is to carry my gear (still rolled up) into the water, take a deep breath, walk along the bottom until I am directly under the break (which is hardcore, just the way I ilke it), then I rig my gear under water, get in the straps, float up to the surface just in time to burst through the face and smack a fat one.

Also, almost all my wave sailing is done under heavy machine gun fire after necking half a dozen stubbies.

I do almost the exact opposite.

I float my gear out until I am directly in front of a wave, then I go underwater, tangled up in my rig, and do multiple forward and backwards loops whilst running out of air until finally I surface some distance from my gear, which has managed to de-rig itself.

And, all the time under a heavy barrage of mocking laughter coming from anyone within 200m.

And, I can successfully do this with small slow waves as well as big fast ones.

Jimmy wind

NSW

45 posts

8 Apr 2012 1:31pm

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peto said...

Jimmy Wind, I thought I would just remind you. You live on the Central Coast of NSW, not NW Africa. I highly doubt your claim.

Ha ha settle down buttercup! I was responding to Mark's post re. wavesailing in light wind. Yes I live on the central coast of NSW and almost always wavesail in these conditions i.e. 10 to 15 knots.

Maybe you and nutbag should take the time to read the post before being such d#cks

P.S. tip if the day - next time your at Toowoon try sailing outside the lagoon, I know it might be a little scary but if you guys are going to make those claims you will have to come down and put your your big boy pants on at some stage

Jimmy wind

NSW

45 posts

8 Apr 2012 1:36pm

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Dude, you live in NSW (and not even the windiest part). You NEVER sail in those conditions. Snap out of it.

Also, Your Mum thinks I'm a good wavesailor!

nutbag

154 posts

8 Apr 2012 12:05pm

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nutbag said...

Dude, you live in NSW (and not even the windiest part). You NEVER sail in those conditions. Snap out of it.

Jimmy wind said...
Also, Your Mum thinks I'm a good wavesailor!

Yep. She sure did.
But then she saw your latest video.

AUS-49

NSW

70 posts

9 Apr 2012 11:24am

Wanda has been going of the last fews weeks....

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DunkO said...

rule one make sure no one was around before talking it up ^^

actually was pretty good between 12 and 2, yeah it was about as light as you can sail without a sup.
lately cronulla has produced some really good wave riding days, proper banks with clean DTL waves.

peto

NSW

406 posts

9 Apr 2012 11:59am

Lay off the drugs Jimmy.

northsail

NSW

97 posts

9 Apr 2012 6:06pm

Go get em Jimmy!

I know what you were on about with your post. You are right. Peto and Nutbag should READ before making comments.

Zachery

597 posts

9 Apr 2012 7:30pm

Awesome vid and wave, hats off to anyone out there in subplaning conditions and over 3/4 mast, committment and the expectant swim is all part of the fun

peto

NSW

406 posts

10 Apr 2012 7:30pm

I certainly read the post, no worries there. I've done Toowoon Bay too many times in hope of scoring something decent. So Jimmy, your challenge will remain open for a long time as I prefer to sail cross-on than be continually dissapointed at that lame joint. It's occassionally ok for a jump. Oh but I don't ever venture out the back... That would be too hardcore.

McMahon

VIC

129 posts

10 Apr 2012 8:02pm

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ZackAttack said...

Another lightwind video, in much worse waves. (and same gear as dunko)

Zack, it looks like they've got some unwelcome company with them?! 42 seconds in, bottom right corner.

Z1291

208 posts

10 Apr 2012 6:51pm

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McMahon said...

ZackAttack said...

Another lightwind video, in much worse waves. (and same gear as dunko)

Zack, it looks like they've got some unwelcome company with them?! 42 seconds in, bottom right corner.

Good observation, got no idea how you spotted that.

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