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About this blog

A bit about me.  
I grew up in Port Lincoln, South Australia and worked there as a professional fisherman until 1987 when I contracted viral encephalitis which left me quite severely disabled.

Kite surfing was not around before I got sick so I never had the opportunity to try it. Ever since then I have always wanted to try kitesurfing but thought that I would not be able to.
I’m always looking for a challenge and while in Port Douglas In 2010 the local kitesurfing school was having a demo day, I saw that they had a buggy sitting on the beach, my eyes lit up with excitement and i asked “would I be able to do that?” of course they said “why not!”. I never looked back!

I spent a couple of years struggling with foils, I would spend half my time crawling back and forth between the buggy and a wet/crumpled foil or waiting for help so that I can relaunch.  

 

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Thirteenth Beach

We had another great day kiting at Thirteenth Beach last week, Doug(@igeighty), John(@jhn.holgate), Shane(@OBEwan), Michael(@Mik333), Richard(@the_hatman) and myself. I'd shifted the tow point of my hotwire further back and it made such a difference, the buggy felt really good this time.  Towards the end of the day I'd been finding it difficult to see much of anything, and at one point I nearly ran over the hatmans upturned buggy laying in the middle of the beach and the hatman nowhere in s
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We Fixed My Kite

@.Joel just helped me fix my kite that I ripped a couple weeks ago, the rip went the whole way through, from the leading edge all the way to the trailing edge. We used a product called Kite Aid (which Joel sells). Its amazing stuff, you just iron it on, wait 5 minutes and go kiting. There's no longer any need to mess around with sailmakers and expensive sewing repairs. Ive used it before on small rips but never on a tear this large, lets see how it holds up. Fingers crossed, Ill come
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First Run With GT's

The following weekend we got out to sandy Point for our first run, 3 of the GT's got there toes wet, Nigel didn't make it because he had a problem with his tyres. We had really good wind on Saturday, Mary went up on the dunes with the windmeter and said it was 25-30 knots. I was only taking it easy so I could get a feel for the buggy and I still reached 68 kph. You don't even feel like your going fast and when you take the pressure off the footpegs the buggy just keeps on going straight. If I di
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New Buggies

Our new GT Race buggies arrived The next week our, it feelt like xmas, Gotta love new toys! 4 of us imported them from the Netherlands, Joel, Nigel, Doug and myself. The other guys all got GT Rapide's while i got the slightly smaller GT Radical. We all got together for a bit of a BBQ and an assembly day. My buggy The other guys all have this buggy Heres a time lapse video of us assembling my buggy, you will want to flick through it cause it drags on a bit
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Sandy Point Again

I'm still in Melbourne, so another weekend at Sandy Point It looks like our new buggies might turn up soon, so I think I'm going to hang around for a while longer
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Speed Week 2015, Sandy Point - Vic

I havn't updated my blog for a while, every time I sit down at the computer I just cant get into it, so now its time to pull my finger out and catch up on it all. The Extreme Kites crew at the annual pilgrimage to Sandy Point located 2 hours drive South East from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 4 days of fun (and hopefully a little craziness) over the Melbourne Cup long weekend. We didn't get any record breaking winds this time, but we still had a great time. Just nice easy flying on the ma
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Heading South

Its that time of year again when i have to leave paradise and start moving down the coast. Before i left we had another week camping at Archers point up near Cooktown. It was a great way to end the season up here, we had super low tides and some really good wind as well. Its really warming up now and theres talk of crocs being quite bad around cooktown, we didnt see any but the ranger saw one at Archers point while we were there.  Im currently in Yeppoon and have been for about a week, its been
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Another "OH SHIT" moment

We have been going up to Cooktown a bit lately, weve been going to a place called Archers point. Its not a great buggy spot but it is a beautiful place to go camping and the wind is fantastic! Its a few hours north of Port Douglas and the trade winds come in there properly. The wind is a garanteed 10 knots stronger than here. Its not a very long run, maybe a few hundred metres but its great to get the adrenalin pumping.  We ran into Jason (Briskites) and the Brissy crew. It was also school ho
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My Winter Home

As summer draws to a close and the weather starts to get a bit colder I usually find myself trying to escape the winter and make my annual pilgrimage northward, kiting wherever I can along the way. As most of you know, I am currently im currently in Port Douglas. Most of my winters are spent up here, it is one of the few places that is both windy and warm at this time of year. Most of my days here are spent playing with the kitesurfers and just splashing around in the puddles ... 
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Speed Week 2014 - new PB

Last year at Speed Week i managed to get myself a new PB.Its near enough to 90km/h (89.8 km/h) As you can see here, it was a little bit windy. And there is my weapon of choice - 4m Air Rush DNA
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The Way South

Most years i spend my winter in Port Douglas, when the wind stops i then make my way down the east coast to spend summer catching the wind in the southern parts of Australia. Here is a video we put together while travelling down the east coast last year.   
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IKON

I met Ben from IKON: http://www.ikon-kiteboarding.com a few years ago and he introduced me to LEIs. Because LEIs hold their shape relaunching is so much easier and I hardly ever have to get out of the buggy. I can now spend my entire session flying; I have not looked back and am actually starting to get good at it (well, I think so...). A couple of years ago, Ben contacted me and asked me if i wanted to be on the IKON team, i never believed i could be good/noticed enough to achieve something li
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