A photo I took on Sunday afternoon at about 4.00pm ( +/- 23 knts ) looking up towards Leighton beach from Brighton beach.
That pic is scary, looks like crazy Spanish beaches.
And to think I started this sport for solitude.
Select to expand quotewerty said..
That pic is scary, looks like crazy Spanish beaches.
Not even close.
That's probably 8 to 10k of coast and many doing down winders. Plenty of space for sure. I think it's unreal to have all that space so close to the CBd. We are blessed.
I see me.
Yellow, blue Fuel just above the end of the rock groyne.
TBH it was kinda busy at times, but as we were all having a great time....who cares 
Select to expand quoteUnderoath said...
I see me.
Yellow, blue Fuel just above the end of the rock groyne.
TBH it was kinda busy at times, but as we were all having a great time....who cares
I see Mee, look 350klms north I'm on a 10mtr edge with 3 others , sorry I just hate crowds
that's some zoom lens you've got there Gordon. The cranes at Freo look like they're just down the beach
Great pic, look forward to seeing the rest that you took over the last few days
Select to expand quotecauncy said...Underoath said...
I see me.
Yellow, blue Fuel just above the end of the rock groyne.
TBH it was kinda busy at times, but as we were all having a great time....who cares
I see Mee, look 350klms north I'm on a 10mtr edge with 3 others , sorry I just hate crowds
Jokes on you! You ride an edge.
That's like living as far from the edge as possible.
: )
Select to expand quotesir ROWDY said...werty said..
That pic is scary, looks like crazy Spanish beaches.
Not even close.
You're awesome.....
Select to expand quoteTrueSpirit said..
A photo I took on Sunday afternoon at about 4.00pm ( +/- 23 knts ) looking up towards Leighton beach from Brighton beach.
Looks like a 'where's wally' picture..
looks different to tasmania, i usually have to kite here by myself or with a mate. but thats about it. not a lot happening here. but damn windy
I had my first kitesurfing lesson in Safety bay. W.A. Eleven years ago. No other kites to be seen. Actually no other people.
Downwinders along the section of coast in the photo in summer in 30 knots of wind completely solo was the norm.
Crazy growth.Hardly surprising really considering all the frustrated surfers ( i used to be one)that used to bob around in that muck looking for 5 second rides.
All thanks to the new tax on horses and a tax dodger called George.
Cheers George
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Select to expand quoteaustin said...
if my local downwind spot ever looks like that its time to move north....again! 
Just don't move to Tarifa....
Crazy growth? I hardly think so, there really isn't that many people kiting in AUS even in the most crowded spots, especially for 11 years growth. Go to a good surf spot or a crowded skatepark and it's a whole different thing. Counted 300people out at the pass the other day and the conditions were decent but nothing to go crazy about, Snapper is even worse.
You don't know how good we have it in AUS until you kite elsewhere like Spain, France or Brazil.
Lake Silvaplana - Switzerland 1800m altitude
This was early August - their summer and high season
This was early in the day, I stopped counting at 300
and no .. I did not bother to take a kite out ...
I only very much appreciated what I have here (not as crowded as at Leighton though)
have fun :)
gmd
Select to expand quoteTrueSpirit said..
A photo I took on Sunday afternoon at about 4.00pm ( +/- 23 knts ) looking up towards Leighton beach from Brighton beach.
It's a composite image. You say Brighton, but it appears to be taken from Floreat Beach - there's the City Beach watchtower. Look closely. There's no Swanbourne beach/SAS Barracks foreshore section, and Ocean Beach Hotel (the mustard-coloured, round fronted building) at North Cott is too close. And there are far too many buildings, many of them old tanks and cranes that have been demolished, and wong number of cranes, around 'North Fremantle'. That container ship is too big, but not large enough for Clive Palmer's ego (FYI: Never miss an opportunity to have a go at a Queenslander, people). Oh, and there is a kiter (third from the left) who appears to be chatting to some chick, having a bong or getting an icecream from the kiosk next to the City Beach car park, and all while strapped in! Congrats if he managed all three, but I don't think so. Even a 1000mm or 3000mm lens wouldn't compress the shot as much as that. Just sayin'.... 
Hi alverstone. No mate it's a standard pic & not a composite. I have nearly 6 different versions of them from the afternoon. Photo was shot at f22 at shutter of 160. All done with a 400mm F2.8 lens. Original pic on LR3 as
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Select to expand quoteTrueSpirit said..
Hi alverstone. No mate it's a standard pic & not a composite. I have nearly 6 different versions of them from the afternoon. Photo was shot at f22 at shutter of 160. All done with a 400mm F2.8 lens.
Nice shot mate, love those 400 2.8 lenses. It's come out quite nice and sharp considering f22 at only 160 with so much movement in the image. I'll forgive you for being a nikon user though we all have our flaws I guess hahaha
Select to expand quoteTrueSpirit said..
Hi alverstone. No mate it's a standard pic & not a composite. I have nearly 6 different versions of them from the afternoon. Photo was shot at f22 at shutter of 160. All done with a 400mm F2.8 lens. Original pic on LR3 as
attached.
I may have to stand corrected. But I'm stil skeptical. If I'm wrong, I owe you some booze for dissin' your skills on the interweb thingy. But I just can't get my head around the fact that there's no coast showing between City Beach and North Cottesloe and the buildings at North Fremantle loom so large I'll get back to you later on this ....
Select to expand quotekoshi said..
Plenty of room at Dunkirk France, ( Nov ,2013)
Looks like you'd have to be careful launching and landing, not a very big beach area to work with haha
Select to expand quotealverstone said..TrueSpirit said..
Hi alverstone. No mate it's a standard pic & not a composite. I have nearly 6 different versions of them from the afternoon. Photo was shot at f22 at shutter of 160. All done with a 400mm F2.8 lens. Original pic on LR3 as
attached.
I may have to stand corrected. But I'm stil skeptical. If I'm wrong, I owe you some booze for dissin' your skills on the interweb thingy. But I just can't get my head around the fact that there's no coast showing between City Beach and North Cottesloe and the buildings at North Fremantle loom so large I'll get back to you later on this ....
^City beach sticks out further than Swanny - CB is on a bit of a point if you can call it that. Swanny lies in a bit of a dip on the coast (you notice it when doing the downwinder), and the next part that starts to protrude out again is just beyond Swanny around North to Eric Street and keeps going out til Cott groin (you can see the Cott headland - where The Cove is on the other side, in the pic).. Its why you see in particular City Beach, then the Cott infrastructure. I can also see the "poo pipe" or stormwater outlet before Floreat - so the pic is definitely taken from Brighton way. Pic makes sense to me accounting for local geography.
