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Created by hooray > 9 months ago, 12 Mar 2009
hooray
QLD, 335 posts
12 Mar 2009 11:03AM
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Check it out. www.aus120.com

WINDY MILLER
WA, 3183 posts
12 Mar 2009 1:22PM
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?cyclone?

must be that crazy, QLD wind gauge again.

stehsegler
WA, 3582 posts
12 Mar 2009 1:49PM
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wow... that was about as rad as watching Sesame street. who would have thought watching people on 7 sqm race sails could be sooo exciting.

But perhaps it was supposed to be sarcastic

Rad Lad
226 posts
12 Mar 2009 1:51PM
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Production wise I thought it was excellent. Good job hooray.

I only wish more people would share their videos.

evlPanda
NSW, 9207 posts
12 Mar 2009 4:51PM
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It was missing something.

sausage
QLD, 4874 posts
12 Mar 2009 4:10PM
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evlPanda said...

It was missing something.


a double loop maybe

Actually those conditions are what we sail in here in Yeppoon on any given day with +15knots. Slightly flatter there as well.

Also, I didn't mind the video as it had windsurfing in it.

evlPanda
NSW, 9207 posts
12 Mar 2009 5:46PM
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Admittedly I have seen some head cam footage where it was 4.5-5 conditions but in the footage it looked like 10 knots, which was a little disappointing.

(You should post that btw, the chase cam was kewl)

I liked the editing of the above though .

kato
VIC, 3532 posts
12 Mar 2009 5:59PM
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Nice vid,but not 100k winds. [}:)]

CJW
NSW, 1731 posts
12 Mar 2009 8:18PM
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Maybe 25kts? Water looks pretty damn dirty up that way.

Little Jon
NSW, 2115 posts
12 Mar 2009 8:33PM
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is that a race sail on an evo

Richiefish
QLD, 5612 posts
12 Mar 2009 8:53PM
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was that Ray out the back in the big stuff doing a double forward ???

garyk
QLD, 277 posts
12 Mar 2009 9:53PM
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LOL

That was so radical I can't believe it !!!!!

" I couldn't think of a worse setup to be on "

Great job on the editing though

garyk
QLD, 277 posts
12 Mar 2009 9:56PM
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Little Jon said...

is that a race sail on an evo


looks like a sonic

Upthere
QLD, 348 posts
12 Mar 2009 10:03PM
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Yeah its a Starboard Sonic 2006 85L

SeanAUS120
QLD, 769 posts
12 Mar 2009 10:53PM
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haha, thanks for posting ray!

In the morning of that day, there was a 51 knot gust recorded (95km/h or so), not exactly 100km/h but of course its completely over dramatised - as all my videos usually are ... haha. In case you missed it, its a bit of a parody of the Redbull Storm Chase video intro ;)

Setup was actually a 6m and 85l slalom board. Myself and french Julien Ventalon riding my kit. Whilst we were filming, the winds had dropped to around 30 with gusts up to 40 knots occasionally. In my mind, that's pretty extreme on slalom kit. Each to their own I guess ;)

SeanAUS120
QLD, 769 posts
12 Mar 2009 11:05PM
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Is it not possible to post Vimeo videos on Seabreeze? only YouTube?? I wanted to post the vid for the lazy people who might not click through, but it chews up my embed script

Anyhow, totally agree with EvlPanda re headcams making it look flatter/less gnarly than it really was. I guess its to do with the wide angle bubbled lenses they use? This video is using a GoPro Hero Wide, but I have a new Canon SX200IS on the way that with a casing, should give us some HD quality headcam footage; yay!

Upthere
QLD, 348 posts
12 Mar 2009 11:07PM
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i reckon it was sick, using full slalom kit for bump and jump no wonder there was carnage

Gestalt
QLD, 14979 posts
13 Mar 2009 3:25AM
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lol, using your smallest sail again sean.

it always amazes me how you pros make rough water look flat with your control.

i remember last time you unleadhed the 6m, everyone else was on 4.7m wave kit.

i;m surprised julien didn't rig his 7m [}:)]

cool vid.

garyk
QLD, 277 posts
13 Mar 2009 10:10AM
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It would be f##king awesome to see Sean on his FW

stehsegler
WA, 3582 posts
13 Mar 2009 9:41AM
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but I have a new Canon SX200IS on the way that with a casing, should give us some HD quality headcam footage; yay!


make sure you always lubricate the o-rings on that housing before every sail. I recently water logged an Ixus 75 housing that was mounted to my boom. The housing looked like it still had enough silicon smeared on... Sadly that wasn't the case...

SeanAUS120
QLD, 769 posts
13 Mar 2009 1:24PM
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Cheers for the tips stehsegler... It will be my first run with more expensive cameras in housings (probably wouldn't cry if my GoPro died as it wasn't tooooo $$$'y, but if the SX200IS died I would definitely shed a tear).

re FW kit in those winds. There is actually HD footage of myself, Steve Allen, Jesper Vesterstrom from Denmark and a few other crazy Sydney guys sailing at Redcliffe in 35 knots with FW kit at the Oceanics in January last year. I have most of the raw footage but just haven't been @ss'd to edit it in to something ... one day ... one day ...

And Steve was on 11m that day! hahaha.

Haircut
QLD, 6491 posts
13 Mar 2009 2:03PM
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don't worry sean, the windsurfing general section is known for it's brutal honesty, only outdone by the wave forum

WINDY MILLER
WA, 3183 posts
13 Mar 2009 5:33PM
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cough cough 30 - 40 knts hmmmmmmmm, to me it look like 20-25 max.

sorry for being brutal.

maybe the water was so full of dirt the wind could't blow the caps off.

35 is my max limit on a 4.2 on an 80l board...and i'm no lightweight at 90(ish)kgs.....maybe my scales are wrong - yay - - - or maybe it's that Pinnocio QLD windometer again.

SeanAUS120
QLD, 769 posts
13 Mar 2009 7:42PM
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haha, I stick to my guns.

We had about 60 mins of footage and you're probably right, in the best of the clips (which I used), it probably doesn't look that windy. It was quite a gusty day in between the rain squalls :-/

For the record, if it was under 30 knots I'd change up to 7m. Bjorn would ...

mkseven
QLD, 2315 posts
14 Mar 2009 3:02PM
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Amazing all the know-alls commenting on how ordinary 2 of the best slalom sailors in the country make the conditions look- cameras and good sailors always make it look less windy than it is. As Gestie said last time I saw Sean and Julien like that I was nearing overpowered on a 4.7m wavesail with me at 95kg.



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