UK Ainsdale 2010

[Bobby]

Blow the cobwebs off the kit ladies, those bleeding easterlies have buggered off and it's looking like a decent weekends worth of wind coming our way.

 

Getting niggly with kiters depression and desperate for a session so fingers and toes crossed the forecast holds.

 

Any takers beware of them real big high tides early afternoon so park 'em motors hard up against them dunes.

 

[williamjames555]

i need to come down next time its blowing on a weekend, summer in ynyslas is unfortunetly over

[mick]

i need to come down next time its blowing on a weekend, summer in ynyslas is unfortunetly over

 

Yes its officially SHUT !!!

[williamjames555]

Yes its officially SHUT !!!

 

i dunno what you talking about all i now is that i cant go to my bungerlo until october

[Match]

Evenin' gents. Long time, no Dale. Can anyone suggest a free place to park near the front for next weekends air show at Southport? Cheers Matt

[Bobby]

@ Matt - Hope alls well with you and yours Matt - beach is exactly as you left it dude, cept where all the grumbling was its all now just love and peace

We sometimes stick the motor in Duke St. or a road off it;

53.643628,-3.012112 - Google Maps

 

What a day fellas! - Loads of stoke, sunshine and natter, fantastic 11m stuff. Massive tides meant moving the motor twice though, but I at least got on the beach - unlike some poor kiter dudes.

On the beach for 09:30 out the pond at 5:30, no aches, no pains. Glaxo should bottle that sea water stuff - but the Stella brewery should take some credit too

 

Looking pretty decent for the rest of the week, bag that warm water while you can.

 

Top day

[garc]

Bar Stewards. I had to work

[JohnDave]

Alright Matt, hope all's good with you.

 

Good day down there today, pity I couldn't get on the beach but I'm sure the walk from the rangers station did me good. Hopefully I'll make it down during the week too.

[carltb]

[Bobby]

Class act Carl.

 

Rotation over that stream was very cool

[Bobby]

Friday looks way too good to miss. High teens bang onshore, loads of sunshine and infilling goons all afternoon.

 

And I've just pulled a dodge at work giving me Friday off.

Fanfriggintastic

[garykf]

only just got chance to post a few pics from last sunday.http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/4995744592_296624d493_b.jpg

 

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[garykf]

few more

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4106/4997131432_f253b2b6a4_b.jpg

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4108/4996518339_f610bd7592_b.jpg

 

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[garykf]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4997167310_01ef317f01_b.jpg

 

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4092/4996559413_a919bafd86_b.jpg

[JohnDave]

Nice pics Gary, Not sure what I was doing to Bobby there?

 

Looks like the wind is stopping for the weekend unfortunatly

[garykf]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/4996571661_a5a109f0e7_b.jpg

[garykf]

think it was a bit of kite lovin going on there John:) Here one of you mid back loop. No wind this weekend so look like I will be heading for the Marin trail.http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4103/4997191772_6fe4f699fb_b.jpg

[garykf]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4997167310_01ef317f01_b.jpg

[Match]

@ Matt - Hope alls well with you and yours Matt - beach is exactly as you left it dude, cept where all the grumbling was its all now just love and peace

We sometimes stick the motor in Duke St. or a road off it;

53.643628,-3.012112 - Google Maps

 

Good to hear it, Aindale is a special place and will always hold a place in my heart. My knees and hamstrings are on the mend to a point that I'm running and pushing for some kind of fitness again now. I don't think I'll kite again because of the knee stress, but I may come and do a Banks to Crosby run sometime soon.

 

Ta for the advice on parking. Have fun fellas.

 

Matt

[Bobby]

Great pics Gary - always amazes the daughters how their old Pop can look so cool

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Ace day

Low 13m winds in the morning, high 11m winds in the afternoon. Flew the 13 all the way through A wee bit overpowered but way too lazy to come in and change down

Jets and choppers all over us pulling in some practise in for the weekend fly-in.

.....and tons of cockles and lots of dead fish!? - Tsunami warning?

 

Came in after I pulled a 360, whilst trying to kiteloop the 13 (always a bad idea for that big dude) then pulled the bar the wrong way to exit - major Noobie mistake - kite crashed and I crashed...hard. Time for bed said Zeb.

Cheers to Andy for the sunscreen and the dude for the banana and the choc.

And real nice to see Big-Jon and some proper buggying down there - been too long dude.

 

Not a lot for the weekend but Sat afternoon is now going green

Was gonna pick up a new Blu_Ray player but hey Costco's open Sunday

[big-jon]

Cheers Bobby - was a great day!!

 

It's been far too long and was great to get moving again and start blasting up and down the beach - 43mph according to 'mytracks' on my HTC!!

 

Shame I missed too many other good days, but I hope to see a few more before the end of the year.

[Berrykiter]

had an amazing afternoon/evening on friday was a nice 20+mph and great direction and beach to out self

(excellent wind for me to practice with guerilla)

little vid of me jumping

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ian.

Edited September 18, 2010 by Berrykiter

[Bobby]

Nice vid Ian

 

Saw you on that yellow fun machine when I was out on the water Friday.

Used to have one of them in red, it was a great kite. Bought it off some dude who'd ripped it on a reef down under, had it repaired and it was one of the best arcs I ever had - in the end sold it to a guy in S.port and I replaced it with a 10m Venom 1 - another classic kite.

 

Always thought small arcs are just the best fun.

(except the Peter Lynn 630 I used to have...now that was just plain scary)

[redmark]

nice one mate see you are getting the hang off this quickly ,looks like i have a race on my young student lol

had an amazing afternoon/evening on friday was a nice 20+mph and great direction and beach to out self

(excellent wind for me to practice with guerilla)

little vid of me jumping

[video=youtube;Q-cLxEnCHsc]

 

 

ian.

[Match]

We sometimes stick the motor in Duke St. or a road off it;

 

Perfect advice sir. Muchos thanks