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Northerly or Southerly Change?

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Created by nigelw2 > 9 months ago, 7 Dec 2012
nigelw2
VIC, 237 posts
7 Dec 2012 8:31PM
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What do you do with a forecast like tommorrow?
Do you go the northerly and risk getting caught out in the southerly change (and battle 5 million people on the beach) or do you wait for the change to come through and risk missing out all together because it comes too late?
OR, do you can everything else and go both?
Decisions decisions!!

Big eeeZeee
NSW, 1100 posts
8 Dec 2012 1:53AM
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change aint coming till early evening. ride the northerly son!

deanrobi
VIC, 641 posts
8 Dec 2012 8:47AM
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Northerly in the morning, have some lunch and then see how you feel, maybe head over to the over side of the peninsular and ride the southerly

PaulVee
VIC, 126 posts
8 Dec 2012 5:29PM
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Looks like change is on the way right now!

theWILFRED
VIC, 77 posts
8 Dec 2012 6:21PM
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SSW 39knots at st kilda!. i dont see anyone out there.

suniboy21
VIC, 1090 posts
8 Dec 2012 7:13PM
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Get out there!!!!!!

sk1nner
VIC, 181 posts
8 Dec 2012 9:03PM
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Launched about 10mins before it hit, and did it hit hard. a couple of us out at hampton.

suniboy21
VIC, 1090 posts
9 Dec 2012 9:27AM
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i launched about 7:30 at gnotuk.
Waves were brutal for the bay.
fully depowered on my 9

nigelw2
VIC, 237 posts
10 Dec 2012 8:36AM
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Had a couple of hrs on an 8m at Frankston before the change on Saturday and did a Seaford to Gnotuk downwinder on a 14m on Sunday morning.
Missed the crazy southerly change and had an awesome weekend!!

suniboy21
VIC, 1090 posts
10 Dec 2012 9:33AM
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nigelw2 said...
Had a couple of hrs on an 8m at Frankston before the change on Saturday and did a Seaford to Gnotuk downwinder on a 14m on Sunday morning.
Missed the crazy southerly change and had an awesome weekend!!


how long did the down winder take?

Peterc150
VIC, 710 posts
10 Dec 2012 5:25PM
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Saturday looked a bit too dicey - that southerly change gusted up to 50 knots!

I had a nice session on Sunday at Hampton in around 20 knots, along with many others.



More info and photos: www.peterskiteboarding.com/2012/12/nice-kitesurfing-at-hampton-after.html

nigelw2
VIC, 237 posts
10 Dec 2012 8:24PM
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Sunniboy,
I think we took about 2hrs on Sunday, stopped on the beach around Chelsea in a bit of a lull but all in all its was a good session.
I've done the same run in about 45mins and once we took about 3 hours, it just depends on the wind and how much time / energy youve got.



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