Lully lameness

Wind was on for a bit then off again. I even wrapped lines up before a decent squall came in . . . riding consisted of going out, riding, wind falling, trying to get back to shore, waiting, riding again. Sucky. And cold.

Cold

Could have done with booties at least. 4/3 is fine.

Bit of a puddle around getting used to the HG again. Crappy light wind and it dropped off on me at the end, terminating my session early . . . but just in time to get to work.

Maybe the last hurrah

Wind never picked up, maybe 12 to 15 knots, but I got to play with the Sonic2 and the TT at high tide  on the estuary . . .

Having a hard time getting the timing right for the kite, as it's as big and slow as the 21 some times and is as easy to stall as the 12. Not 100% sure I like it for "freeride" as it proved impossible to do any tricks that needed a loop to complete or power them.

Hmm. Still stayed out for 4 hours though :D

Straight jackin' the air

Everyone was heading out for the weekend, so I loaded up the car with family and we made a day of it, at Lake Coleridge.

Dead calm in the city, and there was a puff before the hills, but when we arrived at the lake . . . bloody hell!

Was very well-lit on the 10m. Had butterflies before the launch on the narrow and rocky beach. The gusts were a touch brutal but goddamn we got some good air!

Magic foil and waves

Sucked so bad on the 18 and TT that I gave up early and went back to the park to pack up. Alec arrived before I'd finished, and offered his Double Agent so I went out on that . . . and had a jolly good time.

The DA really is very slow, but was well suited for noodling around in the waves, and the Sonic drifted nicely as the wind picked up. Actually got some wave riding done, between circuits from south of South Beach up to the pier :o

Foil success after a rough start

Someone on the Facebook reckoned it was a good day for the foiling, so I trotted on down to coincide with a build up to peak wind.

He was already on the water, looking powered, but as I set up I watched him begin to struggle with falling wind. Hmm.

Got a tack or two on the water before it dropped too far, Buddy dropped his kite and swam in. We nattered for a bit and the wind picked up some. He went out and was ok so I joined him.

Nice mellow session resulted, right at the bottom end of power though. I caught a few good waves . . . but it looks like to surf them, they'll need to be chest-high at least.

Spotted a pair of Hector's Dolphins cruising past in the deep end of the pool. Nice!