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Rails
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Rails Rails
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3 Sep 2013 10:41pm


Little piece of heaven today
No pics this arvo bit even better than the dawn service
Not of a hike though

Rails
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Rails Rails
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6 Sep 2013 7:54pm
What a week!
Got in 6 sessions between work
Reasonably comfortable with the front roll now
Rails
Rails
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Rails Rails
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1 Nov 2013 9:58pm
Town beach @ 05:00 tomorrow
Ride the tide in
Ercorn
Ercorn
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Ercorn Ercorn
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5 Nov 2013 8:16pm
Nice session at East Point this arvo. I now realise I am antisocial, could have stayed with work colleagues and got pissed or gone kitesurfing. No brainier really.
angryphill
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10 Nov 2013 10:09am
Ercorn said..

Nice session at East Point this arvo. I now realise I am antisocial, could have stayed with work colleagues and got pissed or gone kitesurfing. No brainier really.


lol yep kitesurfing has that effect. I very frequently turn down social events if there is even a chance of wind
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12 Nov 2013 2:26pm
Ercorn said..

Nice session at East Point this arvo. I now realise I am antisocial, could have stayed with work colleagues and got pissed or gone kitesurfing. No brainier really.


was out the back of town beach Melbourne cup afternoon until dark - awesome session in ankle deep flat water

Hapi
Hapi
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Hapi Hapi
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20 Nov 2013 6:51pm
Hey guys,
I'll be in Mackay on weekends for the next 12 weeks so if the wind is right I'd like to get out and about. I'm still fresh to the sport but eager to progress quickly. Where are the best spots here and is there any kind of kite surfing group around? Thanks. Sonya
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20 Nov 2013 8:36pm
sonyabreen said..

Hey guys,
I'll be in Mackay on weekends for the next 12 weeks so if the wind is right I'd like to get out and about. I'm still fresh to the sport but eager to progress quickly. Where are the best spots here and is there any kind of kite surfing group around? Thanks. Sonya


Town beach if there is wind, which is not predicted for the next 12 weeks anyway.

Really really bad season here, but we now have a cable ski park as a consultation.

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27 Nov 2013 10:33am
Finally wind

for at least the next 5 hours....

Ercorn
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27 Nov 2013 10:54pm
Rails said..

Finally wind

for at least the next 5 hours....



I was thinking of an early morning session but at 5am the wind had not arrived. Settled for an arvo one. So good to be on a 10 m again..
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27 Nov 2013 11:24pm
Kicked in quarter to 6 gusty though after a while
Was a newb out trying to stand and one other bloke
Good morning, great afternoon
Ercorn
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Ercorn Ercorn
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30 Nov 2013 4:57pm
Early morning session tomorrow because I can.
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3 Dec 2013 10:57pm
Found a bloke in trouble at Illawong Sunday morning
His bridle snapped and the kite started looping, or the other way around
Monday morning and town beach was empty again
Unhooking
Rails
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Rails Rails
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3 Dec 2013 11:02pm
sonyabreen said..

Hey guys,
I'll be in Mackay on weekends for the next 12 weeks so if the wind is right I'd like to get out and about. I'm still fresh to the sport but eager to progress quickly. Where are the best spots here and is there any kind of kite surfing group around? Thanks. Sonya


Should be some wind Saturday Sonja
High at 2 so about 3.30 at Illawong should be sweet (2 km south of town beach)
I am on the RPM

Ercorn
Ercorn
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Ercorn Ercorn
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4 Dec 2013 6:41pm
Rails said..

Found a bloke in trouble at Illawong Sunday morning
His bridle snapped and the kite started looping, or the other way around
Monday morning and town beach was empty again
Unhooking


Yeah, that was me. Thanks for the help, was not sure what I would have done if you were not there. Bridle snapped, then the kite started looping. In hindsight I probably should not have pulled the QR.
Ercorn
Ercorn
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Ercorn Ercorn
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7 Dec 2013 9:27pm
2 nicely powered sessions in one day.
Hapi
Hapi
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Hapi Hapi
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12 Dec 2013 8:12pm
Who predicts a wind change for Sat and early Sun. I'm still deciding if I should make the 3hr drive back to Mackay for the weekend. Seabreeze says no but I want it to say yes
Ercorn
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Ercorn Ercorn
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12 Dec 2013 9:30pm
I reckon Sunday is looking ok, not sure if it will be worth a 3 hour drive though. From Tuesday next week it should be good.
Rails
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Rails Rails
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13 Dec 2013 7:18am
telling me it will be 16 kn in 30 minutes
Better get up :)
Ercorn
Ercorn
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Ercorn Ercorn
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18 Dec 2013 8:06am
There is something inherrently good about waking up and knowing that it is going to blow 20 kits for the next 2 days.

Nice casual session at Eastpoint yesterday.

Looks like this afternoons session will be even better.
Hapi
Hapi
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Hapi Hapi
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20 Dec 2013 9:27am
will anyone be out this morning before 1?
Rails
Rails
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Rails Rails
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20 Dec 2013 3:47pm
Two of us out this morning
Absolutely awesome
Until the wind died when I was trying to cross the Pioneer back to the harbour where I left he car to avoid the low tide walk out
Got a few scratches and will never do that again
We're you on the black slingshot?
Ercorn
Ercorn
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Ercorn Ercorn
QLD, 199 posts
26 Dec 2013 8:31pm
No wind this year by the looks of the forecast WTF?
Ercorn
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Ercorn Ercorn
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5 Jan 2014 6:28pm
Out at Eastpoint with a few Sea Turtles yesterday, nicely powered session, only got out twice over the Xmas break. Next weekend is looking promising.
Rails
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Rails Rails
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7 Jan 2014 8:26pm
SE and some rain for the garden
salty620
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salty620 salty620
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10 Jan 2014 9:10am
Hope you to two "Ercorn and Rails" are down having a go as I post this. I am not game to leave my house at the moment in case it blows away. Forecast moderate to fresh? More like fresh to frightening got up this morning and had to look to see if my shed was where I left it.
Ercorn
Ercorn
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Ercorn Ercorn
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10 Jan 2014 2:47pm
salty620 said..

Hope you to two "Ercorn and Rails" are down having a go as I post this. I am not game to leave my house at the moment in case it blows away. Forecast moderate to fresh? More like fresh to frightening got up this morning and had to look to see if my shed was where I left it.


I rocked down to Mainbeach at 7am, went back home to get a smaller kite and by the time I got back down the beach the wind had gone.

Really sketchy now, but hoping to get a session this arvo.

Yesterday morning was epic, the afternoon was frustrating.
Ercorn
Ercorn
QLD
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Ercorn Ercorn
QLD, 199 posts
11 Jan 2014 10:00pm
2 Of the best sessions I have had all year
Ercorn
Ercorn
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Ercorn Ercorn
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15 Jan 2014 8:16pm
Epic Eastpoint session, big waves and good jumps. Really sketchy self land due to a big squall coming through around 6.30 pm
Rails
Rails
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1371 posts
Rails Rails
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17 Jan 2014 11:03pm
Thought I saw someone out there
What a week
Favourite as afternoon Tuesday on the low
Walked out and 5km of flat with sand at your shins
Got to try blind and double fronts and just freak in perfect. Really
Ercorn
Ercorn
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Ercorn Ercorn
QLD, 199 posts
19 Jan 2014 8:29pm
No afterwork sessions this week
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