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evlPanda
evlPanda
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5 Apr 2013 4:35pm
Just something I found serendipi... serendipitiously(?) while clicking from suggested video to video. No professionals nor fast edit cuts with "dubstep" wooop-woop-wgr--zzzz-grrr nor any craaaazy camera tricks nor any "post-production" production giving it that "post-punk"/"new-80's" so called "edge", nor any hyper positive "caught in the moment" candid, "unsolicited" comments about how 5mm more here and 5mm more there drastically improves wind range and early planing performance while also boosting top end speed and stability while reducing costs and "ease-of-use", (although the riders are all on Super Freaks) ...and admittedly I have no sound so perhaps it does have a "dub-step" or "indie-folk" soundtrack, and perhaps they are talking about a product and not their "feelings" or "insights" into the sport that they "love" or so much because it makes them feel so "connected" to nature...
...where was I going with this?

It has some pretty water.



And it looks like it's from that guy from New Caledonia that got caught on the rocks or rescued someone from the rocks once.
seanhogan
seanhogan
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5 Apr 2013 7:49pm
ahahahhahahahha I'm the guy that rescued and got fined (managed to have it cancelled) but I did not make that video !!
John340
John340
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5 Apr 2013 8:35pm
Great sailing shots! What an epic down the line wave. Where in New Caledonia is the break. It looks from the helicopter shot that it can be resched by sailing across the lagoon to the reef. How far is it from the main accommodation area?
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
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5 Apr 2013 6:51pm
Nice vid and yeah what an awesome DTL wave!!!!

Observations:
(1) Alex at 4mins is talking flat out in Russian (?) but I knew exactly what he meant and then i saw the crash it was spot on. Hilarious!!! No need to know the lingo to see how that one was gonna end up lol

(2) WTF was kiter at 6:32- 6:33 ish thinking? Get outa the way mate!
Sputnik11
Sputnik11
VIC
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5 Apr 2013 10:31pm
Mark _australia said...
Nice vid and yeah what an awesome DTL wave!!!!

Observations:
(1) Alex at 4mins is talking flat out in Russian (?) but I knew exactly what he meant and then i saw the crash it was spot on. Hilarious!!! No need to know the lingo to see how that one was gonna end up lol

(2) WTF was kiter at 6:32- 6:33 ish thinking? Get outa the way mate!


Beat me to it - both the things I was gonna comment on.

Some really beautiful photography. I thought for a moment it was Diamond Head.
busterwa
busterwa
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5 Apr 2013 10:50pm
Great watch Thanks for the share ...Wouldnt be pulling that **** @ gnarloo be successfully reaming yourself a second arsehole on the bull horns in a stack..
terminal
terminal
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6 Apr 2013 12:24am
Nice video. Dont understand the words, but do understand his enthusiasm.
glideontime
glideontime
NSW
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7 Apr 2013 10:05am
Maybe its time for the monochrome bear to book a passage to Le morne, July is good. A whole other world of seductive sega music , dreams and the reality of DTL Gold over technicolour concrete coral reef.
Although we may suffer mono lingual ignorance,. The body language conveys a fraction of the emotional response of exposure to the intense energy that passes across the south west corner of this amazing island
WindWarrior
WindWarrior
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7 Apr 2013 11:06am
windanza said...
Maybe its time for the monochrome bear to book a passage to Le morne, July is good. A whole other world of seductive sega music , dreams and the reality of DTL Gold over technicolour concrete coral reef.
Although we may suffer mono lingual ignorance,. The body language conveys a fraction of the emotional response of exposure to the intense energy that passes across the south west corner of this amazing island


The wind, the reef, the wave and the rhythm of the island beckons once again ConsumaBill... are you interested ?
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
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7 Apr 2013 9:22am
^^^ Kremlin even speaks the lingo and can translate for ya
WindWarrior
WindWarrior
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7 Apr 2013 11:50am
Are you up for it Marky Mark... the collision of cultures along with the caress of boards, bodies and sails on technicoloured reef !
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
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7 Apr 2013 9:58am
'ken oath I would. But no quids for overseas trips

DunkO
DunkO
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7 Apr 2013 12:01pm
6:33 One of the few times a kilter was making a valid attempt to get out of the way.
He was fought on the inside and making a b line to the shoulder once there he pulled off the back of the wave. If anything the sailor was drawing a line pretty close to a guy trying to get away from being cleaned up.
glideontime
glideontime
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7 Apr 2013 2:11pm
Maybe windsurfer was focused on the section looming dtl and not consciously aiming for kiter. If you have seen this wave in its entirety. A kiter who has straightened out to the inside is wise to sail upwind inside the lagoon out through little reef and then come in the back door at chamoix instead of complicating issues for bullets in the barrel
What would the wise young wind warrior say ?
Kev my heart never left the land of sega its just a matter of prying the crustaceous shell off this lovely rock we call home.
Looks like the berjaya has been rebuilt by another chain/name. Thats the spot, but reflex report said something about a hotel sinking in its own waste, i wonder whether its the new or another resort that was referenced
WindWarrior
WindWarrior
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7 Apr 2013 3:35pm
Same spot as the video... just a tad bigger

The Good


The Bad


The Ugly
Z1291
Z1291
208 posts
208 posts
7 Apr 2013 2:43pm
Here's a version with captions so you can understand what they are saying.:
seanhogan
seanhogan
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7 Apr 2013 8:15pm
John632 said...
Great sailing shots! What an epic down the line wave. Where in New Caledonia is the break. It looks from the helicopter shot that it can be resched by sailing across the lagoon to the reef. How far is it from the main accommodation area?


definitely not New cal.... it's mauritius
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
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7 Apr 2013 6:21pm
DunkO said...
6:33 One of the few times a kilter was making a valid attempt to get out of the way.
He was fought on the inside and making a b line to the shoulder once there he pulled off the back of the wave. If anything the sailor was drawing a line pretty close to a guy trying to get away from being cleaned up.


I agree he was trying to get out of the way.
But looks like he was there as he did not ride his last wave to the end and made his inside turn right there, where it would interfere with whoever was on the next wave. Typical problem with doing short runs thru the break.
DunkO
DunkO
NSW
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7 Apr 2013 9:36pm
Yeah not ideal place to be, he was in the way. Decent size wave and he was probably pretty keen to get out of the impact zone.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
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7 Apr 2013 10:12pm
^^^ looking at Kev's second pic I'd not wanna be on the inside
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
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7 Apr 2013 10:23pm
seanhogan said...


definitely not New cal.... it's mauritius


Yeah we do that with WA places too
seanhogan
seanhogan
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8 Apr 2013 10:25am
John340
John340
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8 Apr 2013 3:32pm
seanhogan said...
John632 said...
Great sailing shots! What an epic down the line wave. Where in New Caledonia is the break. It looks from the helicopter shot that it can be resched by sailing across the lagoon to the reef. How far is it from the main accommodation area?


definitely not New cal.... it's mauritius


I checked out Le Morne Mauritius on Google Earth and I can see that now!

evlpanda put me off with his comment about the guy from New Cal. Also the wave looked like a wave I'd seen on a video on a previous seabreeze forum I viewed some months ago about wave riding in New Cal. I've subsequently checked out that video and that wave was at Tenia Island New Cal

Anyway, It all looks better than no wind in Brisbane
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