Any info on Perth Austrailia

[Guest]

Im off to Perth next Friday for 2 weeks cant wait. Will i need to take a full selection of kites or is that Freemantle Doctor as good as they say. Any tips would be gratfully recieved. Thanks in advance

Mark

[Guest]

Take all of your kites and hope you don't need the big ones

Stu

[shunter]

Ah tou have done it now. No wind for the next two weeks because you coming over. Stu stuffed it up for 4 weeks when he was here.

We have had a shocker season. we have just finished a week of 10-15 if ya were lucky knot breeze every afternoon. last week we had Three good days one of 25-30+

15-20 forecast for today. So Bring all your kites.

Scabrough, Cottesloe, Pinaroo Point, Safety bay if you can kite ok.

Safety Bay, Pelican Pont, Lucky Bay on the river if you are begining.

Lancelain to the North, Marget River to the south.

have fun

shane

[angelo]

I only have one kite a 12m toro do i need a smaller kite or will i be ok to use this kite for most days?? (in Perth)
i am 70 kgs with a 132 board

[MikeN]

Angelo
You won't need a smaller kite as much as you will need a bigger one . Like Shunter said we are at the end of summer and the winds are getting lighter . Maybe just bring a mutant or something for the lighter days .

[BLOWN AWAY]

What's Perth like during the winter??

BLOWN AWAY

[Guest]

OUTLOOK FOR SUNDAY:
Fresh S/SE winds tending fresh to strong S/SW in the afternoon. Swell rising to
2.5m later.

So whos going to the light wind coast on sunday for the OZ nationals?

Thanks mike for sacrificing a week of kite to give us some wind over here.

Blown away

winter is not great by our usual fantastic summer conditions, but the die hards like me still manage to get out a fair bit. different wind patterns typically lighter pre frontal winds building up to gusty squaly shit for a day or so. Pick the days to go out and we can get good conditions with good swell. we also get alot of offshore wind days but have local rivers/bays that are safe to fly in in these conditions.

Its just not the same as the summer seabreezes which NORMALY turn it on every day from 1-2pm.

cheers

shane

[Guest]

Thanks for the advice Shane, i have been k surfing for 5 mths now, i have started to jump and am hoping to complete a 360 before my return to the UK.
Rgs
Mark

[shunter]

no worries mark

see you on the beach. If you havent already been trying rotations. Try backrolls they are the most easist rotation to learn. Even under powered you can still land them its just all about comitment. Look for a small bit of chop/wave keep the kite at about 10-11 oclock (higher for a slow inverted rotation lower for a fast flat) DONT fly the kite back, pop/spring of the chop with your back foot and as you do that look over ya front hand shoulder. The key is not to hit it to fast at first and keep looking. easy

have fun

[MikeN]

You owe me Shane ,
Let us know how you go with that new OR