Rosebud Kite Festival 2010

[Two Hands]

OK folks...

Here's the date to put in your diary's, March 7th 2010, It's the Labor day weekend and is an 11-5pm affair.

Let me know if you're interested in attending, and yes, we Freestylers have been invited back to put on demo's

Tryouts begin next week

WD

[nigel]

Been before and a nice little event.

Only problem is most of us Extreme kiters will be at Sandy Point.

I think Craig and or Matt from PL are going to be there.

Will try and make it, but the lure of a huge beach and a new speed record are a bit more tempting.

Hope the AKA are going to be there to swell the ranks.

[steve_hobart]

Hey WD,

Are you going to take some video of yourself this year? I'd look fwd to seeing that..

cheers

steve

[Two Hands]

I think you might find that the video can be a very wind dependent thing

So have you been checking the airfares to Melb?

[KaoS]

Thanks for the heads up. I'll see if I can work out a day trip

Kevin

Willunga, S.A.

[steve_hobart]

Hi WD,

airfares are cheap...but getting someone to look after my kids for the weekend isn't...

I'd love the opportunity to get some lessons from you and kevin though (or are all your kites still in transit from all of your international globe trotting kevin:-))))

cheers

steve

[Two Hands]

Hey Kevin,

It would be great to have you pop in on us! I'm sure we can make it a hospitable experience

@Steve, mate just park to kids in front of Man vs Wild with a flint and a knife,that should get you 2 days

WD

[KaoS]

I've booked my flights! Come on over Steve!

[steve_hobart]

can you look after my kids for the weekend Kevin ?

[Cesium]

Kaos, reckon you could make it to Moran as well?

[KaoS]

Kaos, reckon you could make it to Moran as well?

I fly in late Saturday and fly out early Monday :-(

Sadly the air fare difference for more convenient times was prohibitive. I'm sure we can have fun at Rosebud though

Kevin

Willunga, S.A.

[Two Hands]

I'm twisting the arm of yet another notable kite flyer, now if that doesn't work I'm going to go the half nelson and try to get a tap out

Jeez we're a dedicated bunch!

TH

[Two Hands]

OK Folks!!

Final roll call,

Forecast for Sunday

Cloud increasing. Isolated showers. Winds west to southwesterly averaging up to 20 km/h.

City

Shower or two.

Min

14

Max

24

As it stands I know of 3 of us rolling down to it, I've got my Ace in a hole , and Two Hands is a certain and I hear there's going to be some Kaos in the house.... Time for the wood work to turn out some extra's I'm hoping, we'll be well looked after down there with the festival stating that we're a valuable part of the event! I'm asking every one to send out word to all the freestyle sport kiters that we know to make an effort to attend, it's a chance for us to get together for a bit of social and a bit of play and hopefully quite a bit of flying!!

Come on guys, lets rock this little town and show the folks out there that freestyle is the way of the future

As Neil Young should have said "Keep on rocking it in the freestyle world" !!!!

Two Hands

[nigel]

Not sure where your getting your forecast, but the Mornington Pen. forecast is this:

Forecast for Sunday

Cloudy. Scattered showers and the chance of thunderstorms. Winds northeast to northwesterly averaging up to 25 km/h becoming light during the evening.

Mornington Few showers.Min 14 Max 20

At least the Northerlies come from over the water and might be a little bit more un-gusty than normal.

50/50 to be there, but if it's no good for speed runs at Sandy Point, I should be there.

[KaoS]

Okay, I'll put vented kites in the bag!

Kevin

Willunga, S.A.

[nigel]

Well he's the forecast from the BOM for the Bay:

Forecast for Sunday

Winds: North to northwesterly 5 to 10 knots tending southwesterly during the morning then tending southerly 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon. Seas: 0.5 to 1 metres. Isolated thunderstorms in the morning.

Melbourne forecast:

Forecast for Sunday

Cloudy. Scattered showers. Isolated thunderstorms from the morning until late afternoon. Light winds tending southerly up to 25 km/h around midday.

City Chance of storms. Showers. Min14 Max21

BYO jacket, might be a little wet.

NO shelter (or very little) at the field either.

[nigel]

And here's the Mornington Penn. forecast:

Forecast for Sunday

Cloudy. Scattered showers. Isolated thunderstorms in the morning. Winds northeasterly averaging 10 to 20 km/h tending southerly up to 30 km/h during the afternoon.

Mornington Chance of storms then showers. Min 14 Max 20

Fingers crossed it clears up a little so we can have a fly.

[kraut]

And here's the Mornington Penn. forecast:

Forecast for Sunday

Cloudy. Scattered showers. Isolated thunderstorms in the morning. Winds northeasterly averaging 10 to 20 km/h tending southerly up to 30 km/h during the afternoon.

Mornington Chance of storms then showers. Min 14 Max 20

Fingers crossed it clears up a little so we can have a fly.

Out of curiosity, how do all those forecasts compare to the EK ones Nigel? While the EK weather service looks pretty nice, all these discrepencies that've come to light recently are little bit of a worry for us wind hunters.

[nigel]

Out of curiosity, how do all those forecasts compare to the EK ones Nigel? While the EK weather service looks pretty nice, all these discrepencies that've come to light recently are little bit of a worry for us wind hunters.

I'm not touching that one with a barge pole!!

All the forecasts come from the BOM, but as Joel has informed me there are upto 6 different forecasts available.

I'd be inclined to say the Port Phillip bay forecast is going to be quite accurate, it's only the sea breezes they tend to get wrong, as they can be stronger at the top of the bay near Melbourne, when expected.

For down at Rosebud, all the forecasts seem to say much the same, so that's what I'd expect to get.

The EK forecast for Melbourne says light SE'ers (with some East in there early) with a 15 knot peak around 8pm.

All I can say is that they are all computer modeled, and if they are right, well done to the BOM.

But it does make me wonder if they are hedging their bets with different forecasts????

[steve_hobart]

Okay, I'll put vented kites in the bag!

Kevin

Willunga, S.A.

sounds like you may be taking home some vented kites even if you didnt turn up with them!

cheers

steve

[KaoS]

sounds like you may be taking home some vented kites even if you didnt turn up with them!

cheers

steve

I took home EXACTLY what I took to the airport :-(( Flights were cancelled due to weather, and even with rescheduling they couldn't get me to Melbourne airport any earlier than midday Sunday.

But get this! Virgin Blue "didn't cancel the flight", Melbourne airport was closed due to the storms. Not "technically" VB's fault, so no fault, no responsibility. No responsibility... no refund or credit.

I hope everyone at Rosebud had a good time. I'll try to get there next year

Kevin

Willunga, S.A.

[steve_hobart]

unbelievable.....bloody airlines couldnt care less about the customers.....

[DaveA]

Surely any half decent airline/ business would have refunded your money !

So VB’s planes sit on the ground knowing they won’t be flying anywhere, and yet they don’t have the decency to give your money back.

How can they look you in the eye and say "sorry, no money back"

This represents a huge profit for them.

Quite frankly I’m staggered at this.

Do not use budget airlines people, they will shaft you the second there is a complication.

[Two Hands]

Apparently my clients don't understand that I'm a professional kite flier

And Kevin, mate that was some biblical weather we had, love to Linda for being the one who had to take you back, and so soon after thinking she'd get a few days with you out from under her feet. Bad all round I guess

Thanks to both Pete's/Peter's for shaking their tail feathers down at Rosebud There are some very solid skills shaping up there, I think I might have even taken a 2nd if there were judges

As for a kite fliers perspective: The field this year was a far better playground with a generous 20x50m space to demo in, now the wind could have been slightly more co-operative but it didn't destroy too many kites (and I would have loved to have a little run on the Ozone) but as we say at the 'pointy end' sacrifices have to be made sometimes!

It was a pleasure to get a chance to catch up with Craig Hanson of Peter Lynn and to get a story or 2 from his Sahra crossing, yet another reason for fearing those Kiwi's, a totally mad bunch

Thanks to Alison for pulling it all together in less that ideal weather for the W/E, a great day had by me for sure.

I'm guilty of not even being able to get back to the vehical to get my camera out, but I'm hoping a few shots turn up from other sources

Regards

TH