ka43 said...

Great work Elmo.
For us wind starved Sydney siders your spot is just paradise.
Fark, how long are the runs and the water is so flat!!
One day will make the cross continent trek and try Mandurah.

That's less than half way still not even in Claudesville yet another km or 2 to go

I may have given you a bit of a ribbing on the way past in race 2... Maybe I had been following you for the best part of 3 km

The racing was very close, in one of the races I was following Reg for most of the leg, I couldn't get close enough to pass, he couldn't pull away, we were dead even. Going 3 k's with only 10 metres separation between us says something about how evenly matched we were.

Of course this all changed at the gybe marker!

Never got close to Elmo though. Thanks for the vid, I think you managed to find a remix of the original hardcore mix (mine's a bit different). Thought I was the only deviant to have that one still kicking around!

sick_em_rex said...



I've got the same mix on my hard drive in the car Nebs. Wife makes me turn the groaning bit off so the kids don't ask too many questions.

Groaning yes, "I've never done anything illegal in my life" no

nebbian said...

sick_em_rex said...



I've got the same mix on my hard drive in the car Nebs. Wife makes me turn the groaning bit off so the kids don't ask too many questions.

Groaning yes, "I've never done anything illegal in my life" no

Ummah Ben, I'm gonna dob on you to my wife

Watching your last vid just reminded me of this.

The thing that burns the most is when your coming back to the take off point (sandbar) after supporting the rest of the field on your shoulders (i.e. being the last bloke in), the smug buggers like Claude, slowie etc. etc. are coming back out for another quick run "just to fill in time"

firiebob said...

Ah Elmo I'm onto you mate, you're just messing around at the start cos you like catching and passing, more fun than leading from the front

Yep I've had a few comments about that, but being a gumby on the front row is not clever when you've got 3-4 people lined up behind you

Slowy,
Had a stack of comments about hand over and have been trying it, unfortunately it has to be a conscious effort to do it.
Staying dry for a gybe still has some major novelty factor which generally gets a internal "woo hoo" If I come out planning the woo hoo is let loose on the world.

Can't sail overhand though as it hurts my wrists and fingers quite badly (sore for days)

I do take on any advise given though and will generally give it a go to see if it works for me

My new front hand generally ends up on top... I think

Never belted my elbows together, belted everything else but not elbows

{Edit}
Just had a look at my other vids pretty much all other gybes (bar one) are under to over.

Oh well back to the impact zone this arvy

{Edit 2}

Just read that article goes against all other which I've read but what I've been doing lines up (kinda) with it

3. Move your back hand about a foot farther back on the
boom, switch your front grip to palm-up to greatly aid the
second THROW you?ll see below, unhook without disturbing
the sail, and set your back foot on the rail behind the
front strap. You are still sheeted in, sailing in a broad
reach with your sail foot near the back of your board.
(Some expert jibers bear
off still hooked in, letting the harness pull them forward
into the correct weight-forward position. The few times
I?ve tried it felt good and worked well, but it has obvious
hazards.)

Over to over doesn't feel natural, but then again staying dry when cornering isn't natural either

To all that competed (And watched the video/viewed the photos at:
http://www.windsurfingperth.com.au/index.php/component/content/article/1-latest-news/83-gpsmandurahdrag)
Can I have your .gpx or .sbn GPS file from the day?
e-mail: gadget 'at' windsurfingperth . com . au
(replace 'at' with @ and remove the spaces between the dots)
It would be great to get as many as possible to add to the video
Thanks in advance