All norfolk coast kitesurfers

[ady]

FECKIN wind is useless. need some winter winds. can't remember the last time i used my 9m

 

Cable park is a good but not as good as old town in 40 nots

[ady]

FECKIN wind is useless. need some winter winds. can't remember the last time i used my 9m

 

Cable park is a good but not as good as old town in 40 nots

[Johnny RRD]

AIDS is better than old town on any day!

[balugh]

I'm bored... If it picks up a bit I might head up and give it a go at the sailing club as it's a big tide today but it is not looking very hopeful at the moment.... :-(

A bit of gardening and then Olympic ogling...which I will definitely medal in at the Games in Rio...

[Perry]

Lol Mark I'm going for gold in breaking myself in as many different ways as I can in one week of holiday :-)

[ady]

Did anyone get out today ?????(norfolk).

[balugh]

I went to Sea Paling Ady. Weather was beautiful but not great for kiting although did get in a bit from about 4 pm onward. Looks like it might be better tomorrow though.

[ady]

hope so Mark. going to have a look at bran or SP tomorrow. onto cable if no wind !

[ady]

4pm and the wind visited branny, 2hrs after a 6 hr wait but worth it.

[balugh]

Thought it might... You guys owe me a beer... :-)

[ady]

EDP have wriiten an article on kitesurfers terrorising seals. Really fucking annoyed me.

 

If it's true (which i doubt) then,,well stating the obvious. But i can't imagine any kitesurfer i know to be that stupid and they also said a seal was hit by a kitesurfer,,,,Really ????

 

This is a really damaging article. Its online at EDP24.

[ady]

EDP have wriiten an article on kitesurfers terrorising seals. Really fucking annoyed me.

 

If it's true (which i doubt) then,,well stating the obvious. But i can't imagine any kitesurfer i know to be that stupid and they also said a seal was hit by a kitesurfer,,,,Really ????

 

This is a really damaging article. Its online at EDP24.

[balugh]

That would be really crap if they were surfing amongst the seal colony. As you know, they pop up every now and then around us at Brancaster and in Hunstanton but we stay well away from the colony. I hope this story is overblown by the observers rather than people being tw*ts. But, it does show that we are being observed most of the time these days and people will raise concerns almost immediately.

[mick]

Well I'm back and I'm black. Well certainly my arse is. My neck and back are a little better and the bruising has subsided. I'm now able to walk, drive short distances and sleep without pain killers. Why, what happened you ask? ( I know you didnt but I have to be dramatic ) I've been to Cape Verde kitesurfing. Not Sal but Boa Vista and not Karamboa but Touareg. A kitesurf school opened there but after 2 mths, closed and relocated. Tomas, the owner called the conditions, hardcore and challenging in an email to me.

 

Half a mile from the water you can hear thunder. Well it aint thunder, its the 5 mtre high shorebreak. I kid you not. Forget Cornwall or Wales. This is rad stuff. Not nice waves just a huge huge shorebreak. Walk in to your knees, the outgoing wave sucks like Monica Lewinsky, the water rushes out dragging the sand with it only to collide with an incoming wave. This jacks up to a huge hieght and crashes down like Thor protesting about something bad. The weight of water coming down is crushing. If you get caught, you're in for a minimum of 4 assaults. Rinsed, rolled, tossed up and crushed. Trust me, this is a bad ass place and the water should never be entered. 3 deaths this year on yellow flag days and so many people in the hotel with broken limbs and neck braces.

 

Me ? First time in paddling mind, I took a big slam into the sea bed. 2nd time in, I got out past the shore break and had a 'swim'. 3rd time in, out past the shorebreak and a rogue wave jacked up and pounded me till I thought I was dead. I wasn't, but a week later and I still hurt like shit. All this on yellow flag days. A red flag day in August puts up 6 or 7 mtre waves like a Tsunami and really is quite scary to look at. You never quite know how big the next one is going to be. Thats how unpredictable it is.

 

Can't wait to be back with you lot. XXXXX

[ady]

Sal is much the same Mick. I didn't know you'd been slammed though,,hope you better soon mate.

 

I did get caught out once as i came into shore too far to turn around and turned straight into an over head height shore dump, felt like being in a washing machine lol. just when you think its all over another comes crashing on top off you. Arms and legs everywhere lol.

 

See you soon Mick.

[skidmarks]

cable sat afternoon /sunday morning whos game winds looking shite !!!

[Johnny RRD]

boxend saturday morning... and hopefully a session after work tomorrow!

[skidmarks]

boxend saturday morning... and hopefully a session after work tomorrow!

working till one sat johnny wont get there till 3 ish or 11ish sunday morning if i go then

[mick]

Sal is much the same Mick. I didn't know you'd been slammed though,,hope you better soon mate.

 

I did get caught out once as i came into shore too far to turn around and turned straight into an over head height shore dump, felt like being in a washing machine lol. just when you think its all over another comes crashing on top off you. Arms and legs everywhere lol.

 

See you soon Mick.

 

Thanks Ady. I'm a shade better today but my bullet hole is so painful to sit on. I would love to come and play and if I could grab a lift from another Cov. kitesurfer I'd be over like a flash. Unfortunately they mainly talk about it here altho there are one or two coming up I think.

[Perry]

Oh no mickola man down :-(. But your mad for going out in dem waves in the first place :-/. Anyway rubber ring to sit on you'll be fine. Just easing you into old age gently ;-) big hugs x

 

Ady Hannams first thing Saturday or Sunday if there's no wind?

[mick]

Thats the beauty of a yellow flag day E. One minute the shore break is like Hunstanton, the next, you're gonna die in a 6 mtre Tsunami. What a friggin place.

[Mark K]

Managed to get a day off work Friday (special high wind allowance), anyone heading out on the water?

[Paddy74]

welcome back Mick , sounds sore get well soon .

[balugh]

Managed to get a day off work Friday (special high wind allowance), anyone heading out on the water?

 

I'm sure you weren't alone... :-) Just packing up and heading out...so hope it sticks around for a little while tonight.

[Mark K]

I'm sure you weren't alone... :-) Just packing up and heading out...so hope it sticks around for a little while tonight.

 

Cheers Mark, myself and Martin from Cambridge got out at Heacham, tide was not the best as was heading back out for a low early aft..

Did not matter that the water was shallow though, had the 10 fully powered all morn, gusting to late 20's/30 cross shore.. Great session, glad to get a good one in after 3 wks of frustrating wind conditions. Only problem was walking back across the mud at low tide!