SoutherlyBuster Posted March 9, 2010 Report Posted March 9, 2010 Hey, is there anyone still here?? I'm still at Waratah Bay hoping for southwesterlies tomorrow (wed). I'm gonna start at Waratah if I can get back upwind otherwise I'll head over to Sandy Point 11.30ish. And if the wind is still straight down the beach I'm coming home! Direction didn't change much at all today. Evil gusty westerly. Fingers crossed for one more time...... Keep the cam going John for us poor buggers at work. Quote
OBEwan Posted March 9, 2010 Report Posted March 9, 2010 Hey, is there anyone still here?? I'm still at Waratah Bay hoping for southwesterlies tomorrow (wed). I'm gonna start at Waratah if I can get back upwind otherwise I'll head over to Sandy Point 11.30ish. And if the wind is still straight down the beach I'm coming home! Direction didn't change much at all today. Evil gusty westerly. Fingers crossed for one more time...... Fingers crossed for you too John. The weather forecasts are looking good. Supposed to be 15 to 20 knots SW around 2pm. Don't forget the video! Shane Quote
koma Posted March 9, 2010 Report Posted March 9, 2010 I took some shots of the brave few at last night's "NITEKITE" session Have a look here http://www.extremekites.com.au/gallery/members/OBEwan/LabourDay2010/ OBEwan Nice shots! I'll see if i can process and upload mine tomorrow. Waaaay too exhausted for now. Oh. and that Joel vs. Goat shot is sensational Jas! Quote
OBEwan Posted March 9, 2010 Report Posted March 9, 2010 us newbies Easy shane and i think damien (kiwibug?????) and i had this playground to ourselves as the big buggied more experienced people decided to stay on the flats .... until they realised that we had been there a while and came over for a play before the weather turned for thew worse again and i went home .... Sometimes its a good thing to have limited experience and to go check something out for yourself rather than rely on past experience. The "old hands" had checked out the dunes many times on past visits to Sandy Point and 9 times out of 10 found them to be unbuggyable. Because we didn't know that at the time, we went for a butchers and discovered the elements had worked magic and turned the dunes into a skate park covered with a 1cm crust of near concrete hard sand! So the newbs had Disney on Wheels to ourselves for around 2 hours before the old hands wondered why we hadn't returned to the parking lot and came looking for us. 30 minutes later the heavens opened and our many many wheel tracks were erased as we all scuttled for safety. For me that was the highlight of the weekend. Ever since the first time I saw those dunes I've dreamed of buggying in there and finally got my wish. Sandy Point Rocks!! Shane P.S. Kiwibug is Brendan Quote
jdhot Posted March 9, 2010 Report Posted March 9, 2010 Well guys and gals, What can I say, except a HUGE THANKS for making us feel so welcome I had a great time, even though the weather wasn't that co-operative. Still we all managed a bit every day To Joel and all involved in making such a successful event possible thanks again and especially been so accommodating at 3:30am that morning cheers all & hope to see you again soon JD Quote
KiwiBug Posted March 9, 2010 Report Posted March 9, 2010 Thanks Joel and Mel another awesome weekend and BBQ. (and Vicki the Chef/slave.....) I will post photos up asap, and yes Jimbo, I have a few of you and Easy. (none of his superman the first day though.....but I did see it hehe) Hope you all made it back in one piece! Brendan Quote
koma Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 Ok, my photo's are up. http://www.extremekites.com.au/gallery/members/koma/SandyPoint2010+Labour+Day/ There's a few more from the night time Inlet Session but the one's up put up are the in-focus ones. I'll leave the 'trippy' blurro-vision shots to Nigel. Quote
spotter Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 you can spot JD's van from a mile away!!! Quote
Steve Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 Fantastic weekend. Photos will be up in a couple of days when i get home, absolutely stuffed right now. Highlight of the weekend? It has to have been witnessing the ultimate kiteface first hand. Awesome Matt!! LOL's I'll be in touch soon to work something out with you about getting copies of the buggy shots you showed me. To Joel and the XK crew that support him - THANKS! Awesome everything, from the greeting at 3.30am Saturday, to the accomodation, catering, and evening hospitality. I just written to a couple of hundred people and told them to get their bums to this event!! Big thanks to JD too for letting me come with him at late notice. It was great to put names to all the forum identities too. Steve McSameface Quote
BobM Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 So what are the dates for next year, so I can book the time with SWMBO Quote
KiwiBug Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 I guess the next one will be Speed Week in the beginning of Nov.... else Labour Day next year. Quote
Peter Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 great photos koma and others too looks like fun that night flying. Quote
nigel Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 Talking of pictures, did anyone get any snaps of Joel's new stickers for the EK van?? To all that wern't there, the EK van got pimped by a magic fairy Sunday night. On a more serious note: A big thanks to all in the EK team for putting on another great event for us kiters. While the weather didn't play ball, I'm sure we all had a good time. Thanks EK. Quote
Kathleen Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 A very big Thank you to Joel, Mel, Vicky and everyone else that organized a great event for the weekend. We had a great time even if the weather didn't always want to cooperate as much as it could have. It was great to see some new faces there as well as the familiar ones. Craig's talk about his Sahara buggy trip was a highlight of the weekend and I think inspired some others to think about adventure buggying as well. Quote
jdhot Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 All though I'm renowned in NSW for Lurking with a camera I was there to purely have fun & meet everyone. I did however take about 3 pics The Inlet JD Quote
The Duke Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 Well another one done and dusted so to speak...... A well deserved thank you to all the XK team that put in so much hard work to make this event one to remember, time and time again. THANK YOU It was good to see some new faces once again, and to catch up with the old ones as well. A special thank you to the Crazy electricuted South African Kiwi, who made us laugh on Monday, showing his determination to buggy on the main beach, despite the torrential rain and lightning, and for sharing the experience of the trip accross the Sahara. Thanks Craig. A very good time was had by all, despite the efforts of mother nature. Thanks, from the Duke Family. P.S. see you all at Speed Week. Quote
jhn.holgate Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 A big thanks to all the EK crew who made this happen. And to Craig for a very entertaining talk on Monday night. Hung around until Wednesday and was greeted by 10 - 25 knots (depending on how close to the rain clouds I got!) straight on-shore. Had an excellent run down to Waratah Bay and back up to the point on a nearly deserted beach. managaed a new pb of 64.4kph when it got a tad gusty at the point. Was sorta just hangin on at that point Here's some pics. video soon. Quote
Jason Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 Another event done and dusted. Thanks to all the EK crew that made it possible and thanks to the others who make it possible for us interstate types who blow in with no buggy and not much else Anyway here is the video I put together- Jason BrisKites Quote
Andyfly Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 Top vid Jason, thanks for posting it up for those of us that didn't get there.... And to all that posted pics...thanks 'sfunny how many world leaders have a goat experience to distract them.... .... At least Joel had his the right way up..... cheers Andy Ps...the vaseline on the lens for day one did nothing to soften the looks of the crew...they're a hard bunch..... Quote
Peter Posted March 10, 2010 Report Posted March 10, 2010 i can see the vid box but it says its unavailable. is it just me? opps all ok now, i refreshed the page. awesome video jas, well put together Quote
.Joel Posted March 11, 2010 Author Report Posted March 11, 2010 No Kite flying, just goat wrangling- Anyway... it went well on the BBQ. Regards, .Joel Quote
Prawno Posted March 11, 2010 Report Posted March 11, 2010 Working on getting my pictures up at the moment. But in the mean time here is a picture of the point and prom i took one night for you guys that haven't been down there before. Spectacular place. Quote
Oooo Posted March 11, 2010 Report Posted March 11, 2010 great vid jas but did you get on the piss before the first day bit fuzzy lol or was that just from the pure speed lol the princess chariot looked great too guys would have loved to be there for that one some nice pink paint wouldn't go a miss glad you all had a great time or tho the wind didn't play wooooooohooooooooo!!! Quote
Prawno Posted March 11, 2010 Report Posted March 11, 2010 Righto here are my pictures in a slideshow for easy viewing. And of course thanks to everyone involved in putting the weekend on, it was awesome fun. Quote
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