2018 10 27 Kiting weekend - Sunshine beach

Up early for the sunrise and a kite.  Some folks saw dolphins, some saw whales.  I saw not quite enough wind.

The start of the kiting weekend always has high expectation and a bunch of guys hanging out to get on the water.  The day before we had landed around lunchtime, and headed straight to Mike's kitethrills shop to grab some wind.  Unfortunately it didn't quite blow in, but I did get a chance to test my modified small bar - works fine - and to go for a surf on Adam's fantastic surfboard.  I'm a pretty average surfer, but the board was so nice it kept me on some nice waves.  The wind blew up that night prompting thoughts of a night kite, but after 3 beers, in the dark in a spot we didn't know it didn't seem like a great option.

Instead, we opted to get up at crack o dawn - 4:50 and go for an early morning sess.  It seemed like it might be enough, but it wasn't really.  You could tack right out for miles, but the wind didn't seem to get any stronger and I kept drifting downwind.  Still great to be on the water in nice warm conditions - just wish there was 5 knots more.

View from the skycam of kite central

Good morning Taz!
We backed up the morning kite with an afternoon Sup session.  Great tour around the noosa headland, where we found some awesome little breaks to surf the sups on.  So much fun riding a sup on a long breaking wave.

Doing the double at Bettys

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