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2022 12 29 - Mentone beach closed - but not for kiting

 With Job and Luca.  Had sessions on the nugget and the twin tip.  Did a run to Ricketts and back.

2022 12 28 - Hampton in between fronts

 Great little session. Took the nugget out with Stu and went to Green point to surf a bunch of waves.  It blew up so went back to hampton, grabbed the twin tip and went big air with Job, Luca and Garry.  Met Steve (again) on the beach and added him to the thread.  Classic session.

2022 12 18 - Flinders with Pete taking photos

 Headed down to Flinders with Pete and Chloe in the car.  Pete still has a sore elbow so wanted to take some photos and Chloe was up for adventure. Stu, Dobbo, Sam the German visitor and I hit it up - small kite, big wind and pretty small surf but still heaps of fun.  Rode a tonne of waves, did some big jumps, got pushed into a rotation on one jump that went real bad and landed me in very shallow water.  Still heaps of fun though.

2022 12 16 - Hampton in SSE

 and it works a treat.  Very consistent wind and really fun to be out there.  Sam the German guy from Sandy point didn't show up - oh well.

2022 12 15 - Sandy point part 3

 Wind had backed off quite a bit - and the surf had too.  Took the nugget out but couldn't keep upwind at all.  Happy to pack up as my right arm and shoulder were a little sore and I didn't want to wreck it.

2022 12 14 - Sandy point part 2

 Setup and went out on the small kite again after lunch.  More of the same really - but no visible seals. 

2022 12 14 - Sandy point solo mission

 Finished up early for the year.  I'd taken leave to go to Indonesia, and with Tina's dad being in such a bad state we decided to cancel the trip.  I kept the leave and thought I'd have some kiting adventures instead - and do a trip to Uluru with Alexander. Headed down to Sandy point after watching the soccer in the morning.  Arrived to 25 knots and a very big swell.  Took the small kite out and turned out just as well, it was pretty consistently 27-30, big air and heaps of fun.  Rode a lot of very big waves out the back and in the middle, had some ridiculously big launches and kite loops.  Met Sam - a German kiter and his family.  And saw a very large seal which came up right in front of me.  It wasn't scary at the time but I was a little paranoid of running in to it. Noticed at the end that my gopro had come loose so had to come in after 2.5 hours and 60kms.  I could have done more !

2022 12 08 - Hampton post work

 hell yeah.  Little kite still as it was over 20.  heaps of fun.