davey_k
Log Started:
Sunday June 7, 2015
Total Records: 316
This Year: 54
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Saturday November 16, 2024
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Island View, Kitesurfing
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Saturday November 16, 2024
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Conditions
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TOW
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Toys Used:
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Island View, Kitesurfing
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SE 24 - 30
big rollers
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0.80 hours
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Slingshot Celero FR 5'10"
Ocean Rodeo Crave HL 8
Ocean Rodeo Shift Bar (Gen 3) 52cm
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Dave C. and I decided to give IV a go and we were not disappointed. The wind was above forecast and very punchy. Large shore break, but I have seen worse there. There were about 6 other kiters out too. I don't know why they don't post logs here. (Adrian, being the exception ;-). I got 4 good runs down the shoreline with one spectacular shoulder-high wave on one run. That was the biggest wave I have ever caught and it pushed me so hard that I felt the acceleration from the wave pressure and the kite lines were slacking and the kite was fully drifting. What a feeling! Gladly the rollers were setting up and becoming ridable fairly far away from shore so that gave me some margin for error. I would have pushed myself harder in the swell waves had the wind been a bit more behaved, but given how punchy it was I decided to be more cautious. Lots of stoke at the beach afterwards and Dave and I went for a pint afterwards. A fantastic, rainy, cold winter kiting day.
| GPS Track: Chilly and rainy at IV 20241116 | 11:41 AM to 12:28 PM |
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| Moving Time | 00:40:08 | | Planing Time | 00:28:26 | | Distance (km) | 9.8 | | Speed (Max/2s/100m knots) | 15.9 / 15.7 / 14.1 | | Number of Turns | 9 (67% Planing) | | MAX 2024: 21.5 kt, 101 turns, 83% | TOTAL 2024: 1,072 km, 59.0 hours | | MAX: 21.5 kt, 136 turns, 84% | TOTAL: 2,613 km, 142 hours |
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