Thredbo | Mt Kosciuszko 26th & 27th july

[techno]

Hi all just leting you all no i and a mate will be at thredbo going kite boarding on kosciuszko (http://www.thredbo.com.au/)

everyone is welcome to join us


cheers


Ben

[schultzie]

lucky bastards... ill to to get up later in the year.... well i hope any way

[VB]

Hi Ben

I could have been interested, but have now made other commitments for next weekend.:( Give me some notice and I might be able to join you next time;). Hope wind and weather are good to you guys!:yes3:

Cheers

Paul

[techno]

hay anytime your up for a trip to the snow let me no ill be in it. august trip sounds good i was going to give you and tim a call about it

Cheers

Ben

[VB]

hay anytime your up for a trip to the snow let me no ill be in it. august trip sounds good i was going to give you and tim a call about it

Cheers

Ben


Hi Ben

Looking at late august now, or first weekend in Sept and lach is organising a week from 15-21 Sept at Thredbo ( see separate thread), which I have expressed an interest in......so there are a few windows of opportunity depending on work commitments and weather conditions.

Keep in touch!!

Cheers

Paul

[techno]

Hay will anyone be down at the snow this weekend it looks like it going to be just me now and it not a good idea to go out in the back country by your self so if anyone is going let me no so i can meet up with you

Cheers

Ben

[Hybrid]

Hey Ben, im heading to Hotham and Falls this Sat 26th Jul n Sun then will be heading to Perisher on Mon n Tues but staying im Cooma Mon night. will be on my own in perisher my aim is to look for a kitable spot near the road around the whole area. i wont be going back country as its not a good idea if inexperience and on your own. if you're still going to be up there then, pm me if you want to meet up. Sid

[lincpike]

Hi Ben (and anyone else heading to the snow)

I should have checked the forum before i headed out today. would have been great to kite with yooz. still a bit green to kiting so am keen to pick up some any tips and tricks i can from more experienced kiters.

Had today off and took the work skidoo up to Charlottes. nice breeze coming over the top and was using a 2.5 to get around mt stirling to the thredbo side. it closed in though so i went back down to a huge flat field in the valley a few km's back toward peisher and played with a 6.5 for the rest of the arvo. back home now and feeling majorly unfit.

working tomorow so have fun, hope the weather doesnt hit too hard for you.

will be in perisher for the whole season with random days off. drop me a line on 0402385554 or lincpike@hotmail.com next time you come up and will do my best to juggle shifts and catch up.

Lincoln

[lincpike]

Hi Sid
there's a place just near the taboggan park at perisher which i have tried to use a few times. its a few hundred meters from the car park so is handy but the wind is pretty dodgy in that part of the valley.
Lincoln

[techno]

Hi Lincoln

I will be back down on the 9th &10th august you can find us in and around the bowl at the base of Mt kosciuszko or at the top of thredbo

Cheers

Ben

[Hybrid]

thanks lincoln, looks like ill be heading up early tues had a big day at falls yesterday still abit sore. ill prob look at an area just right of scott j bar at smiggins if that does'nt work ill catch the oversnow and get them to drop me off before charlotte pass ill give ya bell when i get up there. sid

[techno]

ok kids

i will be in thredbo saturday morning if you need or would like to get a hold of me call 0418 647 342 or you can find me over the top of mt kosciuszko

Cheers

Ben

[VB]

Hi Ben

i tried using the quote facility in your previus message, but for some reason my reply text wouldn't appear.

Anyway mate, hope the weather is favourable to you next weekend. Would love to master Kosciuszko kite skiing.....maybe on 5-7 sept!!!

cheers

Paul

PS: Think twice about going on your own in the backcountry.

[rollyz]

Was skiing Thredas Sat/Sun and soem kiteboarders appeared up top. :)

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm267/rollyz2008/low027.jpg

[Icebird]

Ah, that was us...

Here's a tip:

(UTM WGS84): 56 613814 E 5961084 N

Good in almost all winds.

[skier]

Hey Pat,

I am back in town now so let me know if/when you are keen to head down to the mountains. I am looking to go this weekend. I have your maps too - unfortunately I didn't get as much use from them as I had hoped.

[Icebird]

Hi Tim,

I'm working hard clocking up airmiles with the new family situation, I used up a lot of credit on the Hudson bay expedition! looking to get down to Main range in 3-4 weeks.

Tell us how you go this weekend, good luck.

Pat

[Peace]

I met up with tim on the weekend, saturday was way too nasty... not much visibility. Put a 6m Access XC up in the afternoon, put it back down in about 15min...:blush:

Sunday was unreal though pity you had to bail early Tim :( Dave and I got up there around 12-1 oclock... had hired some snow shoes for the hike over the back of thredbo, it was a very calm and warm sunny day. There was no wind until we got over the hill and down into this little basin/bowl. Put up a 10m Flysurfer Psycho 4 and Dave put up a 10m Speed 2, we had a decent amount of power at around 10-12knots.
Dropped down into the top of that main valley and the wind completely died... waited for 20 odd minutes while sipping on some hot chocolate and then the wind cranked up to 15+knots. Then had a fantastic session until we decided to head back to the top of thredbo at about 4-430pm and actually made it all the way there with the kite! Got all the way up to the back of Antons T-Bar, winds were a little flukey on the way down but i was suprised at how well the Psycho 4 handled it, just had to keep tension on the lines as we were going straight downwind pretty much.

Then had some fantastic powder sessions on Monday morning down to Dead Horse Gap... Great weekend!

Peace

[techno]

Hi all

skier, VB and myself will be down on the 5th 6th of september all welcome to join us in what should be a grate weekend

Cheers

Ben

[skier]

Then had some fantastic powder sessions on Monday morning down to Dead Horse Gap... Great weekend!
Peace

Hey Peace,

I looked at the wind stats when I came home and noticed it picked up right as we left. Bummer for us. Glad to hear that Dave and yourself got to make the most of it.

Looking forward to the next opportunity to go skiing..

[VB]

Hi all

skier, VB and myself will be down on the 5th 6th of september all welcome to join us in what should be a grate weekend

Cheers

Ben


Hey Ben....looking forward to that weekend.....snow conditions should be great up there!!!

Paul:yes3:

[Baggsy]

i will be down there on the 1st to the 5th ...