Went for a fly yesterday with schmik, blowing a gale and very gusty (not my idea of flying at all). 
Pulled a brand new Speed II 10 meter out of the bag, put it in the air, redirected the kite and up we went :twisted:
The wind got so gusty and strong we ended up heading down to Long Reef our normal local spot for a session.
Mike had a P3 8 meter up, I put up the 10 meter S2 again, this time the wind was really cranking (live weather reading I saw when I got home said gusts up to 27 knots) very unstable air after a couple of unsuccessful attempts to keep the kites in the air we packed it away for the day, no use in breaking gear even if we were desperate for a fly.
I think the final straw for me was the S2 overflying me, falling back into the window right as a gust hit me and started to re open right in the middle of the powerzone, I pulled the release just in time and the kite floated gently down to the ground.
Its the first time I have ever had to pull the safety. Thanks to FS for such a great system I think it saved me from getting launched on a one way ticket to New Zealand. 
Thanks to Mike for managing to snap this photo 
