We did wave sailing coaching sessions previously which were quite good when there was no wind, however wasnt quite as fun when you couldnt go out and practice it all afterwoods.

No need to be nasty Daniel. I was actually planning all arvo today. Nice little nor easter with the best waves we have had for months........I was kiting though. Could have sailed when the wind picked up, but I am too old, fat and lazy to walk up the dune to the car park. Maybe tomorrow.

Good luck to everyone at Wanda tomorrow, hope it goes well.

I cant make it, I took a chunk of my thumb nail off waterskiing

Isnt that the stupidest excuse for not going in a comp... "I broke my nail"...

shame you guys didnt stick around. We headed up the beach to greenhills and had one of the best sails Ive had this year. light wind, but cross off, head high smooth as hell, real fast. stoked. Even brett goodwin and 200kg brien were out and lovin it.

hm... been following this topics over the last few days and I must say I am bit torn.

Firstly... I am little bit on the heavy side after the last winter (lucky for me JP makes those super early planning Real Word Wave boards) so I can feel the pain of all those fat arses putting in their complaints so far. Hang in there guys... look forward to those days when all they lightweights complain about it being too windy.

On a more serious note... I always thought wavesailing was about charging down the line with a fully powered up sail then hitting a ramp into what always feels like an awesome aerial (which of course mostly turns out to be a little hope of the wave)... Then my friends I spent 10 days in what must be one of the most beautiful places our country has to offer. Yes you guessed right, it was Gnaraloo.

There my eyes where opened to what must truly be wavesailing... that is surfing with that stupid sail, mast and boom attached to your surf board always getting in the way. But seriously my friends, I have come to a cross road in my live as a windsurfer: should I embrace charging down the line with a fully loaded sail or should I go the way of the true wavesailor where the rig merely becomes an accessory?

Personally I am torn!

May a good compromise would to have a minimum wave height/ wind speed before a WAVESAILING comp is being called. Something like... 1 meter waves and 15 knts of wind.

PS: I am sure now people will start arguing over what constitutes 1 meter wave... measured at the back or the front of the wave...

sounds good. After the comp we went out to voodoo where it was 3/4mast and 21+ kts.

Hey Dan, Windang still ok. No where near as good as it used to be and probably never will but there is a bank that has formed out in front of the two walls now, so it still gets all the wind. But the tide makes it a problem because it flows so quick. Also more sharks now. But besides that it is still good.

thanks george, good to hear. funny how nature eventially takes back what belongs to it . On the subject of noahs, you should have seen the school of hammerheads at wanda on sunday, hundreds of them. The clubby boats were out all day trying to keep them off the beach, worried they were going to riot I guess.