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Friday 3 June 2009: LAST UPDATE 0000HRS TODAY'S SUMMARY AND THE WEEKEND AHEAD Prepare for some much cooler weather over the next few days. Top today through Monday around 16 then 18 for Tuesday-Thursday. Fine weather every day but Sunday. Sea temperature has dropped from 20.5 on Monday to 17C today. Strong and gusty westerlies up to 35 knots for today then shifting south-westerly later dropping to 20-25 for Saturday then fading to 10-15 by Sunday afternoon. Looks like winter has finally arrived. Cheers, Rob BOM FORECAST: Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards: Gale Warning. Friday: Wind: W/SW 25/35 knots, reaching 35/45 knots offshore.Sea: 2.5 to 3.5 metres, reaching 4 to 5 metres offshore.Swell: S/SE about 1 metre. Isolated morning thunderstorms. Saturday: Wind: SW 25/35 knots easing. Sunday: Wind: SW 15/25 knots. Sydney Closed Waters, Pittwater, Port Jackson and Botany Bay: Strong Wind Warning. Friday: Wind:W/SW 15/20 knots, increasing to 25/33 knots during the morning. Waters:very choppy to rough. Saturday: Wind: SW 20/25 knots easing. Sunday: Wind: SW 10/20 knots. Gregg at Longy on my GoProSurf on Sunday Aya and I had a somewhat unexpected encounter at Long Reef couple of weeks ago... A few of us had a fun session weekend before last on Sunday at Long Reef. Here are a couple of photos. Dee Why waterspout last week MORE PHOTOS CLICK HERE MAILING LIST: BTW, if you'd like to get on our mailing list for Sydney Wind Alerts, updates, news and general goings-on in the Sydney kiting community, click the link below: Our privacy policy is HERE 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. MONEY AS DEBT THE ASCENT OF MONEY (PART 1 OF 6) UNDERSTANDING THE CREDIT CRISIS IN 10 MINUTES SOME STUFF FOR SALE: (Open to reasonable offers on all...) Fax, answering machine, telephone combo, Panasonic KX-F2781AL $50.00 o.n.o CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAIL Leak Sandwich 600 loudspeakers $100.00 o.n.o CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAIL Tiffany-style, handmade stained glass lamp chandelier $175.00 o.n.o 24/05/2009 CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAIL Office Desk with three drawers 179cm X 89cm (wood) $50.00 o.n.o. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAIL ANY INTEREST, EMAIL BY REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE OR PHONE 0418 410 165, Cheers, Rob KITESURFING STUFF FOR SALE FOR CHEAP! : Email me at "kites" on kitesurfing.com.au (I'd post a clickable link but then I'd get a billion spams, so you'll have to type it in manually) and I'll email you more info. CLICK INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS FOR FULL GALLERIES 16M North Rhino $250 (kite only) 17M Slingshot Fuel $325 (kite, bar lines, bag); Curly , a couple of weeks ago. Jacques sent some photos of PicnicPoint (AKA, "StinkyLake") session last month CLICK HERE Score -- Tree: 1; Kitesurfer: 0 Fishermans last month: FISHERMANS SLIDESHOW CLICK BELOW http://picasaweb.google.com.au/primalmystery/FishermansKiting#slideshow/5338936882138753698 MORE WEATHER: Click one of the links below for up-to-the-minute details. Current wind readings and forecast: SE AUSTRALIA WIND ANIMATION (Magic Seaweed) CLICK HERE SE AUSTRALIA SURF ANIMATION (Magic Seaweed) CLICK HERE Bravery Award recipient Brett having a smack at Newport Reef a couple weeks ago Sunday. Not a spot for mistakes Brett again More Sandy Bay WA -- photo by Kat NW WA: Out there Ningaloo dreaming... The rewards of marathon driving in WA can be significant... Last week at Sandy Bay, Cape Range National Park, Ningaloo Reef, near Exmouth WA. Wanna know where it is? GOOGLE MAPS LOCATION CLICK HERE CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL PICASA PHOTO GALLERY Back on deck again after a couple of weeks of marathon driving from Perth to Exmouth and back again. Grand total of just under 2,600km. WA sure has a lot of open space on tap. Had a couple of good days of kiting in Cape Range National Park, south of Exmouth, but unfortunately, once we left there a cyclone brewed up over Port Headland and tracked down over the Pilbara, stuffing up the weather and subsequently the wind, in conjunction with an offshore High pressure system, whipped up 40 knot easterlies which followed us all the way back to Geraldton, making it impractical to kite and also blowing the surf totally flat. I carried my surfboard with me the entire trip and didn't manage to get a single wave. Must be something of a world record for that part of the world. C'est la vie -- we saw a lot of interesting places even if we didn't get to kite in a lot of the classic spots like Coronation, Geraldton, Shark Bay, and others. It's a beautiful part of the world, even if it is incredibly remote from anything. I was most astounded with my new iPhone which I picked up just before we left. Even though through most of the trip there was no cell phone coverage at all, when we did have any coverage, just 2G, it was like having a mini-laptop with me and I could do most everything except transfer photos from my other cameras. Apple really needs to do something to make it easier to get content onto the phone from external devices. No internal SD slot seems ridiculous. The world of digital imaging has brought some amazing things to the world but when you're travelling the amount of junk you have to drag along nowadays is almost obscene. Sandy Bay More Sandy Bay Monkey Mia Francis Peron National Park GOOGLE MAP LOCATION CLICK HERE LOTS of 4WD track driving to get to this spot... Ningaloo Reef Sandy Bay I've posted a sampling of additional photos on the blog site below. CLICK HERE http://kitesurfing.posterous.com Turquoise Bay, Ningaloo Reef

Pete got some more classics with the new GoProSurf last week: Couple of shots at Lancelin (WA) last weekend from Coert: GoPro Surf, superwideangle. HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH WOMEN If you are young and inexperienced with women, learn these key phrases and their meaning now and you will be spared a lifetime of misery. (1) "Fine": This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up. (2) "Five Minutes": If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour. Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house. (3) "Nothing": This is the calm before the storm. When she is acting angry and you ask what is wrong, and she says "nothing" this means something, and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothing usually end in fine. (4) "Go Ahead": This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It! (5) "(Loud Sigh)": This is actually not a phrase, but is a non-verbal statement often misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you about nothing. (Refer back to # 3 for the meaning of nothing.) (6) "That's Okay": This is one of the most dangerous statements a women can make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake. (7) "Thanks": A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just say you're welcome. (I want to add in a clause here - This is true, unless she says 'Thanks a lot' - that is PURE sarcasm and she is not thanking you at all. DO NOT say 'you're welcome', that will bring on a 'whatever'). (8) "Whatever": This is a woman's way of saying F-- YOU! (9) "Don't worry about it, I got it": Another dangerous statement, meaning this is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, but is now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking 'What's wrong?' For the woman's response refer to # 3. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you'd like to enhance your success with women further and become the star of every woman's dream, you need simply to learn the following three phrases and repeat them regularly: (1) "I'm sorry" (2) "Yes honey, you're right" (3) "I love you" So, there you have it. There is much talk about women being "complex", difficult to understand and requiring lots of time for understanding -- it's simply not true. If you understand and abide by the guidelines above your life can be happy and you can spend much more time kitesurfing, surfing, fishing, going out with the boys and doing whatever else rather than sitting at home in the back room wondering why she won't talk to you and preparing for divorce court. Couple of shots from the summer... Coert at Margaret River Chris went to BB again Wednesday. Patrick did as well. Lost his board, body dragged to Dee Why. Board ended up in??? You guessed it!: Manly... MORE PHOTOS FROM CHRIS YESTERDAY CLICK HERE Tuesday at Long Reef FULL GALLERY VIDEO OF 5M GREAT WHITE SHARK AT LONG REEF Here's a link to some video from that 5m White Pointer shark encounter that happened off Fishermans Beach, Long Reef earlier this week. Anyone keen for a surf at White Rock? CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO GOOGLE MAP LOCATION ARTHUR IN CAPE TOWN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH SOME KITESURF WANNABEES WHO BEGGED TO HAVE THEIR PHOTOS TAKEN WITH HIM... Chris and Mad Mark had a go at the Long Reef Bombies a few weeks ago More photos on Picasa Web HERE Chris Chris and Mark Pete doing his Ben Wilson imitation with some unhooked action a few weeks ago (photo by Grant) MORE WHALE SHOTS! By now, everyone has probably seen the photos of David Sheridan and the whale at Nambucca. (scroll down) But for some even cooler whale/kite action, check out this from Stephane, the guy who invented CamRig. http://www.camrig.com/videos.php?clip=whales2 CHICKS WEEKEND VIDEO: Gregg has just finished a vid he made of the NSWKBA Chicks Weekend. MORE BUTTERBOX PHOTOS ON PICASA GALLERY CLICK HERE HAD TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY: WHALE CAPTURED ON KITECAM PHOTOGRAPH DAILY TELEGRAPH STORY HERE Selena and Jennie's KiteChicks 2 weekend gallery: CLICK HERE KITECHICKS2 at 7 Mile beach was a screaming success. CLICK HERE FOR ROB'S PHOTO GALLERY CLICK HERE FOR KAT'S PHOTO GALLERY IRINA GETS AIR TIME! SMILES DON'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS! IRINA, VERY PLEASED WITH DAY1 Stephanie, off and away! Mel, body dragging at Mach1 Weekend forecast was rather pesimistic from the BOM on Thursday and Friday, but we saw the rain back off by midday on Saturday and a light sou'easter kick in by early afternoon and everyone had a go on the kites. Never seen so many smiles in one place... Saturday evening it was off the the pub for a bit of tucker and then, depending on how much sleep you'd had the night before either off to the sack or party on at the pub. Lot's of dreary eyes turned up at the beach about lunchtime but by early afternoon, almost everyone had a chance to get in the water on a kite for at least a body drag with many of the intermediate group getting up on the boards for the first time. Some bravery awards deserved and if we'd had any medalswe'd have been giving out quite a few. Everyone I saw did spectacularly well and the learning curve was immense with great leaps forward in skills. Everyone who came down seems to have the knack to actually pick it up and get going. All it'll take is more time on the water and some persistence. After about 4pm on Day 2 the wind got too strong to teach so Chris, Arthur, George, Morgan and I hopped on the kites and did a downwinder to the Shoalhaven Surf Club. about 8km down the beach. Kat and Selena drove down to pick us up and drive us back and got some great photos of some whales jumping out the back just before we arrived. Great job girls! Kat has taken quite a few more shots that we'll post later today or tomorrow. Cheers, Rob MORE ONNI PHOTOS. GALLERY HERE Chris looking very pleased with his new Hawaiian surfboard and new Griffin 10.5 2009 kite. NARRA, PHOTOS BY ONNI Mark got some cool shots at Longy last week GALLERY HERE Me, hiding amonsgt the spray ME AT NARRABEEN LAST MONDAY HAWKS NEST OCTOBER LONG WEEKEND Got some great conditions at Hawks Nest. Here's the full gallery CLICK HERE Check out the dingo on the left (didn't see him at the time and only noticed when I looked at the photos!) And the sea turtle in the upper centre... Nice waves too... Logistical support by Katski... Just kilometres and kilometres of beach, and nobody around... Kitecam video Lakes Beach near Newcastle: Some kitecam shots from a couple weeks ago: SATURDAY REPORT Narra. Video by Jan COMPANIES WE LIKE: These guys make great products, AND, they look after their customers. Click the icons for more info Sunnies and Kiteglasses Kite-mountable camera housing for Pentax Optio W20/30/W60 waterproof camera. Click the banner for more information. Onni's full gallery HERE: Peter by Onni Vortex spinouts FULL KITECAM GALLERY CLICK HERE More kitecam: CHRIS KITECAM CLICK HERE ROB'S OTHER KITECAM CLICK HERE CLICK HERE TO GO TO PAGE TWO

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