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Mega wipeout - guess the damage

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Created by laurie > 9 months ago, 7 Oct 2009
laurie
WA, 3848 posts
7 Oct 2009 6:31PM
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Whilst at my local sailing spot a week or so ago, a friend took some photos of a newbie getting nailed in some mild conditions.

Have some fun and see if you can guess the damage sustained to the gear (please don't spoil the fun if you know)

Sorry .. no prize apart from fame.















Leech
WA, 1933 posts
7 Oct 2009 6:38PM
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blown sail panel ?

jp747
1553 posts
7 Oct 2009 6:57PM
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just the tendon?

nick0
NSW, 510 posts
7 Oct 2009 10:07PM
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id say .. snaped mast snaped or bent boom ..... crushed ego and spirit for sure ... also i guss he suffered an embaresing carry up the beach to his car

Richiefish
QLD, 5610 posts
7 Oct 2009 9:08PM
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one pair of board shorts ???

busterwa
3777 posts
7 Oct 2009 7:31PM
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knigit
WA, 319 posts
7 Oct 2009 7:33PM
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Awesome photo series . Caption comp #101?

What's the time gap between shots? Is that the fastest ever voluntary dismount that I see there between pic 1 and 2?

stehsegler
WA, 3473 posts
7 Oct 2009 7:38PM
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hm... I actually got sucked back-up into a wave not dis-similar to this one at said spot last year... what worse, it was with a mates brand new board and sail.

surprisingly nothing got damaged (including myself).

another mate of mine made the same mistake on his first wave... he got away with a half hour swim and a broken mast.

As for the photos I am guessing... mast and sail...

BTW, this is a classic mistake at your local spot. Someone told me when it gets to this size you need to line up you take off with a certain rock on the beach.

P.C_simpson
NSW, 1489 posts
7 Oct 2009 10:51PM
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Mast and a some sail damage for sure, not to mention a gut full of water..

garyk
QLD, 277 posts
7 Oct 2009 10:03PM
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Everything but the fin

Gestalt
QLD, 14437 posts
7 Oct 2009 10:34PM
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i'm going for broken mast, sail panels gone, mast track ripped from board, bent extension

mineral1
WA, 4564 posts
7 Oct 2009 8:48PM
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No damage

sausage
QLD, 4873 posts
7 Oct 2009 11:33PM
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One thing for certain - the wave broke

greenleader
QLD, 5283 posts
8 Oct 2009 12:14AM
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head batten

Haircut
QLD, 6481 posts
8 Oct 2009 12:23AM
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ego?

AusMoz
QLD, 1455 posts
8 Oct 2009 1:36AM
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1 - Damaged emotionally

2 - Severed sphinster !!!

Speedo's now have been forced to to cater for the windsurfing industry - re-introduced the brown speedos!!!!!

busterwa
3777 posts
8 Oct 2009 12:15AM
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Fully MUNTED

Sailhack
VIC, 5000 posts
8 Oct 2009 9:48AM
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laurie said...

Whilst at my local sailing spot a week or so ago, a friend took some photos of a newbie getting nailed in some mild conditions.


C'mon Loz..."a friend"? "a newbie"! Just admit it was you bailing in the 2nd shot and we can stop playing these mind games, and get you some professional help with your shame issues.

evlPanda
NSW, 9202 posts
8 Oct 2009 11:25AM
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Wallet - broken.

king of the point
WA, 1836 posts
8 Oct 2009 9:17AM
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worn out car horns ?

ClaireS
8 posts
8 Oct 2009 9:20AM
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great photo series. broken ego at least. wonder how many people were sitting watching this

pacman76
QLD, 123 posts
8 Oct 2009 1:25PM
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I rekon he invented a new windsurfing move.... the submerged triple backloop

as for damage.... a torn footstrap

Mark _australia
WA, 22539 posts
8 Oct 2009 4:01PM
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There is a reason it is called tombstones

I reckon mast is good cos it was parallel to the wave so would not have been driven into the reef.

I call sail panel only

Greenroom
WA, 7608 posts
8 Oct 2009 4:53PM
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Was he heading out through the break?

windtechno
VIC, 372 posts
8 Oct 2009 8:01PM
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king of the point said...

worn out car horns ?


Your awesome king of the point

GalahOnTheBay
NSW, 4188 posts
8 Oct 2009 8:15PM
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Mild conditions? lol...

Did he he claim it as his first tube?

busterwa
3777 posts
8 Oct 2009 7:01PM
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new screen saver

shark
WA, 361 posts
8 Oct 2009 11:51PM
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bet he buys a kite next

poor relative
WA, 9089 posts
9 Oct 2009 12:25AM
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Wonder if this was post or pre

WindWarrior
NSW, 1019 posts
9 Oct 2009 8:56AM
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Greenroom said...

Was he heading out through the break?


Looks like he was heading in... not out... before he got taken out !
*Based purely on the tack he is sailing on

EDIT

Damage estimate

2 x panels blown
1 x batten snapped
1 x box of the worlds most expensive beer to share with his mates !

laurie
WA, 3848 posts
9 Oct 2009 10:28AM
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Amazingly the only damage was a 200m swim & a broken batten. We couldn't believe it. We fully expected broken masts, sails..but nup .. a batten .. sorry don't know which one. :-)

The photo relli posted was post-prang.

And yeah .. he wasn't a newbie, but the famed dreadlock toting "Corey" who was a standout superstar all day, doing some wild poop. Scotty McKercher also made an appearance and was also awesome to watch.

Here he is early in the day on a bigger sail, before changing up:








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