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2023 10 22 - Aspendale bang - ribs gone again

 Big wind, up to around 40 knots made for massive air.  Bad idea to do kiteloops though with a depowered 7 - got smashed pretty bad.  Watched taz go huge.  Surf was up and super fun!

2023 10 14 - Seaford in 27 knots with James, Stu and Pete

 Surprised to see Pete in the carpark doing the stealth bomber move.  Waves all the way to Frankston so we did 2 runs from Seaford pier all the way to Frankston and back.  Glorious.  Somehow hurt my ribs but not from landing, just twisted a bit funny.

2023 10 01 - Backing it up with small kites

 chucked the small kites up and an instant sense of relief.  The wind had backed off a little, but very nice to have things under control again.  Did speed runs close to shore which was heaps of fun.

2023 10 01 - Seaford - blown off the water

 Headed out with James for the first kite of the daylight savings season.  And what a cracker.  What looked to be a little over 20 knots soon turned out to be quite a bit more.  We put kites up and I was somewhat surprised that James headed straight downwind.  Once I was on the water it was clear that the wind was quite a bit stronger than we thought.  Got some massive massive air, thought about pulling a loop coming down but worried I would end up in the dunes.  After 30 mins it got to the point where I could barely hold the kite down.  James pulled safety so we put kites down happy to have got through the session.