I’m trying out Del.icio.us and soon I’ll be adding Scouta for my radio related stuff.

We’ll see!!

Saturday:
Where? Elwood Beach
Weather? 18-22 knots South
Using? 5.3sq m KA Kaos sail, Torquay 272
With? Morgs, Phil, Tone, BenD, Tubby, Donny (sort of- he used my gear!)
For? 1 hr
Rating? 2 out of 5
Why? Hands sore, rib hella sore, to tired etc…

Saturday:
Where? Elwood Beach
Weather? 22-28 knots west/south west
Using? 5.3sq m KA Kaos sail, Torquay 272
With? Warwick & Brendan. (but NOT don as he is soft.)
For? 4 hrs
Rating? 5 out of 5
Why?Oh man that was great. Perfect wind- steady and strong. Perfect direction. I went a little upwind from Elwood Sailing Club and got some huge 4-6m jumps. 12-15 huge forwards- no bail outs all good stuff. I give this five out of five despite the fact that I crashed at high speed while gybing and I’d say I’m 70% certain I’ve cracked a rib. Never mind, worth it.

Donny… WTF were you?

Sunday:
Where? Elwood Beach
Weather? 22-30 knots west/south west
Using? 5.3sq m KA Kaos sail, fantibc Rip 25?
With? Rai, Toby, Brendan.
For? 1.5 hrs
Rating? 3.5 out of 5
Why?damn I am unfit. And heavy. The new smaller board needs crazy strong winds to get up and boogie. When it did it was ok, it turns really well. But fitness was my main problem…

Oh and this happened:

Out of control high speed and then wham, shin down the board.

This should hurt like hell, but thanks to my knee reco- where my surgeon severed a nerve somewhere in that region, resulting in me having no feeling where the injury occured. Lucky days huh? It’s a hell of a party trick. I can stick pins in my shin without pain…