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Friday 27Jan 2012 Probably not today... 2pm@DY
DY Point
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NATIONAL WEATHER MAP La Nina may be starting to weaken -- finally! (FYI, above the zero-crossing = La Nina = rain = bad weather;
Awesome weekend of camping and kiting Photo: Tracey Friend
Photo: Tracey Friend
Photo: Tracey Friend
Photo: Tracey Friend
Photo: Tracey Friend
Photo: Tracey Friend
Photo: Tracey Friend
Photo: Tracey Friend
Photo: Tracey Friend
Photo: Tracey Friend
Photo: Tracey Friend
Photo: Tracey Friend
Solitude. Finally!
Night 2: 40 km of beach, about 10 campers and these guys set up camp over the hill less than 50m from us!
Snakey visitor
SurfPhotosOfYou shot this one
Couple of shots of BenW down on the S Coast, from www.surfphotosofyou.com.au
http://www.surfphotosofyou.com.au Mid December BOM forecast for today was "Possible Showers". Here're a couple photographs of the "possible rain". Pity the poor folks camped out with kids in the damp, smelly tent or the caravans along the coast this week....Dee Why is not exactly looking like the Sahara this week either.
BLUEBOTTLES: out in plague proportions on Saturday. My arm this morning:
This photo was taken last Friday morning at Curl Curl. NSW Fisheries boat checking the Shark Nets off Curl Curl. According to Michael at SurfPhotosOfYou.com they fussed around with it for about 20 min and released it. I'd say from the tail size, it'd have to be at least 3.5m or more... I rang NSW Fisheries several times to try and find out more, but they never returned my calls. :-(
We had a cranking southerly last Sunday on the northern beaches. Michael from SurfPhotosOfYou took some nice shots at Longy: http://www.surfphotosofyou.com.au
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Chris http://www.surfphotosofyou.com.au Me on GoPro at Narra on Sunday
Dee Why Cockie during fog a few weeks ago
Last Friday morning at Dee Why
Here's the radar link if you want to keep an eye on the storms.
BOM WIND METER: http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/watl/weather/obs.jsp?graph=all_obs&station=66197
You should consider renewing your AKSA membership if you haven't already. Go HERE for the renewal link. Cheers, Rob SO, YOU WANNA BE A KITESURFER? http://www.kitepower.com.au/blog/you-want-to-be-a-kitesurfer/ If you haven't come across this site, it's got some great forecasting tools. MAGIC SEAWEED DEE WHY FORECAST: Wed 18 May
ome awesome long-exposure photos from PHOTOS BY TIM RANSOME
Some great surf at Dee Why this week.
A few shots from Esperance in January You can guess how this ended... No, this is NOT a snowboarding video...
Where else can you find this view!?
Ian making the most of some light wind on a 19m Flysurfer
Perfect straight cross-shore winds are a treat!
Youngy and Rob
Youngy again
This is what DogHeaven must look like: Not every day you find a whale skull on the beach. Gusty nor'easter at Narrabeen
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Frank snares a few tasty ones at lunchtime last week in Dee Why:
Couple of GoPro shots from Friday's session early December
THE PALE BLUE DOT Off-Topic here for a moment--if you haven't listened to this marvelous gem, take a few minutes out of your busy day to be awed and humbled by Carl Sagans fabulous reading of this passage from his book "Pale Blue Dot"PALE BLUE DOT EXCERPT, CLICK HERE YOU ARE HERE--(ARROW)
Sir Richard Branson to mark 60th birthday Video interveiw: http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/blog/kitesurfing-across-the-english-channel/ Article: From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-10652352 Branson says his wife Joan thinks he is "barking" mad The Virgin boss will be accompanied across the 24-mile stretch of water by his children, Holly, 29, Sam, 26, and some of his nephews. He plans to leave Dungeness in Kent but said the French finishing point was dependent on wind conditions. Sir Richard, who turns 60 on Sunday, is to embark on the six-hour trip some time in August. I'm putting my poor 60-year-old bones through an arduous 24.4 miles, over water, hanging on to a giant kite” Sir Richard said: "Kitesurfing is one of my favourite sports. I absolutely love the amazing rush you get when going at high speeds, in high winds, with the most beautiful kite acting as your only guide."He added: "My wife [Joan] swears I get more barking as I get older. This year I've almost crippled myself running 26.2 miles in my first marathon." "Joan could have a point. But as Holly, Sam and my nephews will be doing it with me, at least I can claim the whole family is barking and at the end of the day they are Joan's children as well - so she's 50% responsible."
"GOOD MORNING RICHARD" --A MUST-WATCH VIDEO NEED A KITE FIXED OR MODIFIED? GLEN'S YOUR MAN! Had a very pleasant visit with Glen at Glen Salmon Marine in Avalon last week. While I was there having a mod done on one of my kites, he showed me a few photos of a trip he took to Indonesia last year. How bout them waves, eh? That's Glen riding. If you need some kite repair or mod word done, highly recommend Glen's work. Super professional quality work (he's a sailmaker after all!) and he's got all the right gear to do it properly. Glen Salmon Marine23 William Street, Avalon, NSW 2107 p: 0403 913 688
Moon shot from the balcony during full moon:
DEE WHY POINT
Wicked sunrise at Dee Why:
STOCKTON, V2
Another trip back to Stockton on the weekend. Unfortunately, the gods were not smiling this time. After arriving early Saturday, the rain set in by midday and stopped only for about an hour in the afternoon-- long enough to set up the tent--then it proceeded to start bucketing again.This continued all night til about 9am, stopping only briefly to allow the tent to get packed away whereupon it kicked in again. By 1pm we decided to pull the plug and head back to The Big Smoke, hoping we'd get another chance another day I can't say it was one of my favourite trips but there is something innately satisfying about successfully starting a fire in the rain then huddling around the fire to stay warm and devising ways to keep the rain out of the fire as the coals glow in the dark and you slowly polish off nice bottle of red--continuously wondering how the bloody hell humans ever survived in this hostile world before modern conveniences came on the scene. Explored the dunes during the couple of hours when the rain had let up on Saturday and discovered the squatters village where (it's claimed...) that they filmed parts of the MadMax movie in the 80s, though this is disputed by some. Was originally built in the 1880s as a holding depot for supplies to provide for shipwrecked sailors and has been allowed to continue standing on strict terms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton_Beach,_New_South_Wales http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/article/5052507/lifestyle/tin-city
Weekend trip to Stockton "Big Grey Things" Kat and I camped at Stockton Beach on the weekend (Check it out on Google Maps HERE) Not a lot of wind but I did mange an hour or so on Saturday afternoon in marginal conditions with about 12 knots flying my 9m with a surfboard at Birubi Beach--one of the only places I know of on the East Coast of Australia where the wind is cross-shore in an E wind and if it's NE or N almost dead offshore. Was paying pretty close attention to not falling off though. Magnificent beach, uncrowded, pristine and even some nice peeling waves up in the corner. If only the "S-Factor" weren't such an issue...
This is the place made famous in that video a couple years ago: You HAVE to watch this video: BEACH FISHING FOR GREAT WHITES: ONLY IN AUSTRALIA... Drove over to Fingal and a couple of learners were kiting but not really going anywhere. And just North of there, there's another S-Factor location at Hawks Nest:
GREAT WHITES INSIDE THE SURF BREAK AT HAWKS NEST: FOR THOSE OF US WHO REGULARLY KITE AT HAWKS NEST BEACH, THIS VIDEO IS A REAL EYE-OPENER: (MY HAWKS NEST DOWNWINDER LAST YEAR CLICK HERE) On Sunday we drove back down the beach about 5km and just chilled in the calm conditions with no one around other than a few folks on horseback and a couple motorbikes. By late afternoon there was a bit of excitement around Nelson Bay when this fella turned up. Apparently on Saturday another one, TWICE the size of this one was caught. 280kg TIGER SHARK AT NELSON BAY ON SUNDAY We were told someone caught one on Saturday that was 418kg.
One from the "GOOD IDEAS" Department: PUT LOCAL COAST GUARD CONTACT NUMBER IN YOUR SPEED DIAL: 02 9337 5033 Tuesday night just on dark I got a call from Jon at Fishermans. He was packing up his gear and was approached by an elderly couple who claimed to have seen a kite go down about 400m offshore between Fishermans and Collaroy. Jon couldn't see anything and hadn't noticed anyone out there previously but he rang me and we discussed what to do. I drove up to the headland at Collaroy with my big torch and scoured the water in all directions as best I could and couldn't see anything. Jon and I hooked up at Narrabeen 5 min later and walked the beach looking for any sign of gear on the beach, or anyone else looking for someone and for kiter vehicles in the car park and after checking three carparks and three beach areas decided that it must have been a case of mistaken perceptions. Just in case, we drove back to S Fishermans where someone would have washed up in the prevailing conditions and checked again but found nothing. It did however raise the thought of what would have been the best thing to do if it turned out to be a genuine emergency that required a rapid response sea rescue. After some discussion we decided that it would be a good idea if all kiters had the Coast Guard emergency contact number in their speed dial. Additionally, it's also probably a good idea to have a number for the local police in your phone too, just in case. SO, the Sydney Area Coast Guard contact number is: SYDNEY COAST GUARD: 02 9337 5033 DEE WHY POLICE: 02 9971 3399 EMERGENCY SERVICES: 000 OR 112* *(112 is the GSM international standard emergency number which can only be dialled on digital mobile phones. 112 can be dialled anywhere in the world with GSM coverage and is automatically translated to that country's emergency number.) Awesome conditions down the south coast last weekend of Nov.09 Here are the galleries: CLICK HERE FOR SATURDAY PHOTOS
One of the best kiting days ever at Long Reef. Unfortunately, the timing on the camera shots wasn't the best (takes a shot every ten seconds) and it managed to miss all of the big waves on the Bombies... c'est la vie. Here's one of the smaller inside waves.
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/ksmelikova/Thunderstorm#slideshow/5404653983809063586
Here's one I shot from the park
DOLPHINS AT DEE WHY POINT
I thought they only did this in Flipper movies...
That weird day of the Sydney dust storm Dee Why at 0715am
SHARK ATTACK PREVENTION TIPS: Tip 1: When you see something in the water, look panicked and yell "SHARK!" A friend shows Paris Hilton how to do it.
Coert seems to have had some fun times over the past few months in WA and offers the following evidence:
SLIDE SHOW OF SOUTH COAST WEEKEND CLICK HERE
Long Reef early August:
SUNDAY 19 JULY DEE WHY BEACH
FULL PHOTO GALLERY OF DEE WHY WHALES CLICK HERE Dee Why sunset
Jacques got some great shots at Curl Curl: To view the entire gallery, CLICK HERE
Dee Why waterspout May 2009
UNDERSTANDING THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS With all the chaos and and turmoil surrounding the so-called "Global Financial Crisis", few people seem to actually realise how we got ourselves in to this current mess. If you're interested in learning a bit more about how it all happened, have a look at these videos. THE ASCENT OF MONEY (PART 1 OF 6) UNDERSTANDING THE CREDIT CRISIS IN 10 MINUTES
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