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WindWanderers Freestyle Meet (the train)

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Created by Gestalt > 9 months ago, 14 Feb 2008
Gestalt
QLD, 14387 posts
14 Feb 2008 2:09AM
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The February installment for the WindWanderers will be at the Train on the GoldCoast this saturday. 16/02/08. Usual start time of 1pm.

The current forecast for the day is a 15-20 knot SE.

the day will include

bbq
sunglasses and t-shirt lucky draws
vulcan clinic

details of the location can be found on the WindWanderers website under the location guide. www.windwanderers.com

check out the club webpage for more details. hope to see everyone there for a fun and relaxed day.

cheers
Justin.B

NotWal
QLD, 7428 posts
14 Feb 2008 3:58PM
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I'll bring my mast measuring kit along again for anyone who's interested in knowing their mast stats.

evlPanda
NSW, 9202 posts
14 Feb 2008 5:28PM
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Sweet, I'm there.

Where do you get those little mini windsurfers from (not Justin)?



EDIT: I found them, wow!
www.intanations.com/replica-windsurfers/gallery.htm

Gestalt
QLD, 14387 posts
15 Feb 2008 11:02PM
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cheers notwal.

i'll measure yours if you measure mine.

howdt panda, i bought those minatures off ebay to use as trophy's for the club. they were great. if i ever find anymore on ebay for a decent price i'll get more.

KL in the pic won the trophy for the best dry forward loops on the day. top effort.

i also kept a trophy for myself. it's a starboard formula board with gaastra nitro 3 sail. it sits right beside my computer so i can touch it for good luck.

see you guys tomorrow.

greenleader
QLD, 5283 posts
15 Feb 2008 11:07PM
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wind is looking good.......windwanderers are go.

aus301
QLD, 2039 posts
15 Feb 2008 11:59PM
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I think I will be down for this one.

Will bring the good camera with the 300mm lens to get some pics.

Gestalt
QLD, 14387 posts
16 Feb 2008 12:37AM
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go! go! go!

forecast is nice.


cool aus301, i've been looking for a decent camera to use.

Befree001
QLD, 82 posts
16 Feb 2008 12:07PM
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Damm, I didn't see this and have other plans (fixing car), bugger was looking forward to the next meet and actually dusting off my gear - hpefully I'll be able to make the next one.

Hope its a good day

Daneli
QLD, 1538 posts
17 Feb 2008 10:30AM
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Missed this yesterday as I had to work.

How was it??

Gestalt
QLD, 14387 posts
17 Feb 2008 11:35PM
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was another great day daneli,

the wind was a bit patchy early on but settled in for the arvo session resulting in a couple of hours of powered up sailing on the smaller gear.

although we didn't run a "formal" Vulcan clinic, a lot of the guys talked throughout the day to Haircut to get the run down on sliding, spinning and vulcanning. it was fantastic to hear the in's and out's from the man himself.

i have managed a quick review on the club website including a link to some photos from the day.

cheers to the sponsors and to haircut for lending your time helping make the day great fun.

http://www.windwanderers.com/news.html

owain
NSW, 228 posts
18 Feb 2008 1:26AM
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where r the photos??? and the rest???

cheers owain

Gestalt
QLD, 14387 posts
18 Feb 2008 12:41AM
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hi mate,

more photos are coming. waiting on them to be emailed through etc. there may even be some vid footage from the day.

i'll get the review written over the following week and upload it. for now i just wrote a brief account.

if you go to the windwanderers website you will find a link to the sponsors website where you can see photos etc.

if you are still having trouble then let me know.

Haircut
QLD, 6481 posts
18 Feb 2008 11:47AM
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a few taken from the video. it's unfortunate the wind began to turn into crap.




elizabethb
QLD, 2081 posts
18 Feb 2008 6:01PM
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hey who rides on the gold coloured sail!?

Seen it at wello on sunday

Nice looking. Geeze some of u had some speeeeeeed!

aus301
QLD, 2039 posts
18 Feb 2008 7:17PM
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Wello on Sunday was pretty good, flat and fast

swoosh
QLD, 1926 posts
18 Feb 2008 7:40PM
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sailed @ manly on sunday, great little session :D

surfinchick
251 posts
18 Feb 2008 7:30PM
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Unlike these guys, I spent most of my time in the water!!
After one catapult, landing on my head/ear, (No, not the wedgie fall I was telling you about) I got water in my ear that I couldn't shake out. Now have a pushed in ear drum and inner ear infection.
Damn murky broadwater water.

da vecta
QLD, 2512 posts
19 Feb 2008 9:18PM
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elizabethb said...

hey who rides on the gold coloured sail!?

Seen it at wello on sunday

Nice looking. Geeze some of u had some speeeeeeed!



must have been the Chairman!

mkseven
QLD, 2314 posts
19 Feb 2008 9:45PM
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elizabethb said...

hey who rides on the gold coloured sail!?

Seen it at wello on sunday

Nice looking. Geeze some of u had some speeeeeeed!



This is something like saying who was riding the green kite Liz just bite the bullet and take up windsurfing, you know you want to.

vando
QLD, 3416 posts
19 Feb 2008 11:07PM
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elizabethb said...

hey who rides on the gold coloured sail!?

Seen it at wello on sunday

Nice looking. Geeze some of u had some speeeeeeed!

Oh That wasnt my new Loft Blade sail with the golden orange bottom panel.

Gestalt
QLD, 14387 posts
20 Feb 2008 12:25AM
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hey guys,

jeez, i am struggling to know what some of the moves are that i'm looking at in the photos from the day.

nice pics by the way aus301.

one of the sequences has de vecta doing a vulcan, then halfway through the move when he is sliding backwards the sail powers up and pushes the nose back to a broadreach postition again. so now da vecta is sailing along in the straps on the leeward side of the sail....... he recovers and sails out.

so it's a vulcan, but instead of the gybe he spins back again ending up in the straps on the wrong side where he sails out.

so what's that called jeez, and i still can't stick all of my tacks.

elizabethb
QLD, 2081 posts
20 Feb 2008 1:05AM
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da vecta said...


must have been the Chairman!


hmmm I honestly have no idea. SEXY looking sail though! Was HOOTING along.

mkseven said...

This is something like saying who was riding the green kite Liz just bite the bullet and take up windsurfing, you know you want to.


aahh mk I cannot take up windsurfing! Tsk tsk tsk. I will TRY it one day soon! I'll come jump on NotWal's gear one time you're down at Wello and its not windy enough to kite and make a real a$$ out of myself! [}:)]

vando said...


Oh That wasnt my new Loft Blade sail with the golden orange bottom panel.


Might have been you Vando! No idea to be honest!

Was only ONE gold one at wello on sunday!



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