Setting up for the inside at Scarborough 

Misty Cliffs Bottom turn 

Scarborough Inside. Smooooth ! 

Scarborough Point, on 4.2m 

Platboom again, nice set ! 

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Waves were big enough to be working on the point at Eilands Bay. After an hours wait chilling in the sun, someone flicked the switch and the wind turned on to 4.2m weather, and the waves picked up too. Breaking onto kelp beds, it was funny bottom turning over seaweed hitting the fin. No major upsets though. Well worth the trip, would love to see it on a huge day. 

 

Road trip to Eilands Bay 

Willam Kelly, the oldest looped in Big Bay !

Looking good 

Another shot of the start 

Taught Derek how to do loops on the lake. He wasn't taking any chances though, he's wearing a seat harness, a waist harness, a Pryde impact jacket, a weight jacket (without weight) and a helmet, to be sure to be sure! 

It's Big Bay, must be another back loop. 

Dodge the kites 

Big Bay
 

Lake Looping 

Windy ! 

Big Bay back loop 

Big Bay Push Loop 

This was the start 

At the finish line after the Langebaan Dash 

Did a bit of slalom racing today at the Vlei, to support the guys from Bay Sports (the NP/JP shop) and join in the fun. I actually only went up to the lake to collect my harness, which I had left in Pauls van, but after seeing the first race I rigged up my 4.7 Combat and grabbed a JP SuperX96 Pro. The wind was 25-30 knots and pretty choppy. The local guys were on RS5 5.8m and dedicated slalom, and were very suprised to see me lead the whole first race, until at the very last minute Cedric (French Pro) squeezed past on a 5.5m and Fanatic Slalom Proto. 

When you do a major down wind race with a fleet of 120, you need a big bus to bring everyone back upwind again 

 

The new JP 2007 Slalom board, which I used for the Langebaan Downwind Dash. Very controllable (well as controllable as can be on a 6.7 in 25-30 knots) 

Another day at the office