Yesterday!

[schmik]

Geez it was windy yesterday. Just had to take the kite out. It was a solid 20knots, gusting up to 40ish knots. Its not a good site to see trees down on roads when you arre on your way to go kiting. When i got the field I could see a guy on a buggy. I was very pleased as this is the first Kiter I had met at this field and because there is someone else out there stupid enough to fly in those conditions.

He (dave) was tearing around in the buggy using a 2m blade II and i was on the ATB with a 2.1 Little Devil. Dave has a speedo on his buggy. He nearly hit 50kph yesterday with a 2m kite! At times we were both totally overpowered. There were some good crashes... sometimes kites were just pulled out of our hands, I was smart enough not to use a harness. Neither of us are light weights and we both managed to get lifted by 2m kites...

It was an insane day! I wouldn't recommend flying in those conditions without wearing ALL of the safety gear. I know it was kinda silly to go out yesterday but boy was it fun.

schmik

[kaboom]

Speaking of yesterday, wasnt there a kite fly day over in geelong. How did that go?? did it rain over there like it did on this side of the bay.
I wanted to go but I had a saxophone concert and it was raining

[gibo]

I briefly flew my 2.5 bullet down at Queenscliff yesterday and lets just say it was 'interesting'. At one point with the kite parked overhead I was picked and up dumped 5 meters down the beach and then dragged on my face for another 20. Never been over-powered quite like that before on such a small kite. I also suffered a pretty nasty line cut on my finger in all the excitment. At that point I decided to go for a beer instead.

[schmik]

Can't tell you bout Geelong. I am in sydeny. I'm sure goshen wil drop in here sooner or later and let you know.

schmik

[kitebuggykev]

HI Schmik
yep was just watching the weather report only minutes ago on TV. Wind in some parts of NSW up to 140 klms per hr. Hmmm interesting indeed.
Regards
Kev

[schmik]

Good to see that you are insane too Gibo! I'll send you a PM next time I go out flying.

Where do you normally fly ?

schmik

[goshen]

The Geelong day was a wash-out. It rained until 1pm at least (about the time I got up), but the flying feild would have been muddy as. Also it was gusting over 30knots, so decided to stay inside. This is now the 4th event in a row that the club has organised which either has had no wind or rain.

Last winter (2002) I think all but one race day over winter was great. Ah well, gotta have bad luck sometime.

[gibo]

I've only flown down at Queenscliff since being in Sydney ( for 5 months ) and that's only with the Bullet 2.5. I have just got myself a BIII 4.9 ( the last one in stock at Kite Power ) and am itching to give it a go. There's no way I'm going to take it any where near Manly, so any suggestions of good UN-CROWDED areas in the Sydney area would be appreciated. A beach would be preferable, I've heard Palm Beach is'nt a bad spot? I've surfed the close-outs that pass for waves up there, but wasn't really looking at the kiteing potential of the place.

[schmik]

Palm is OK. It really depends on the wind direction. The beach is quite narrow in spots but it doesn't get that crowded. The beach gets a bit wider right up the north end.

Long reaf (the north end of Dee Why) can be ok too. This can get a bit crowded but would be fine at this time of year.

I also posted a spot on this site. "George Kendal riverside park". Its not a beach but has pretty clean winds for an inland spot.

There is also "macquarie fields" in Marsfield but i only fly there coz its close to home. Gusty is an understatement when describing this spot. Its for the brave and stupid!

BTW, you can mail me at mik_kat@tpg.com.au if you want to fly. I am now in touch with a guy with a buggy so if you want to try a buggy or ATB drop me a line.

schmik