Heat 5 @ Hawk’s Nest

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Heat 5 of the NSW Windsurfing Series has been run in truly unique conditions, from torrential rain and +40 knot squalls, to drifting around in the sun…

After 3 races, Sean O’Brien (AUS-120) has clinched a last minute victory from overnight leaders Sam Parker (AUS-3) and Brett Morris (AUS-8.) Photos and Reports will be online shortly…

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Feb 05

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11 Comments Heat 5 @ Hawk’s Nest

N

February 6th, 2008 at 7:17 am
1

If #2 is ‘maybe’ coming to Hawkers
Sean are you going to be “taking one for the team”… again?
Sean OBrien

February 7th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
2

Negative.

That guy can use some other old cr*p board in my garage.

This time I am using my new board ;)
Rick Murray

February 12th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
3

well done Tibor on battling the elements in the second race.
Rick Murray

February 14th, 2008 at 6:18 am
4

Can we please take the VW off the web site , it upset BJ.
Brett Morris

February 14th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
5

should have taken your lead and got a Toyota… Will we ever learn….
Bruce Healey

February 15th, 2008 at 11:27 am
6

saw a nice looking hyundai van yesterday. what do u reckon sam, give the Koreans a go?

Personally I am sticking with the krautmobile. The hail mary every time i release the clutch is bound to do the trick.
Sean OBrien

February 15th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
7

They only make Toyota’s in “white” however. That would totally clash with the black page …
Sean OBrien

February 15th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
8

If anyone else has their GPS tracks (I only have 4 so far) from last weekend please send them to me because we’re doing them tonight (should be online by tomorrow)…cheers!
Rick Murray

February 15th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
9

Toyota’s come in a range of colours including silver and navy. They would probably do a custom colour for BJ.
Peter Ineson

February 20th, 2008 at 9:41 am
10

On the plus side having a few VW spares could leave to a few new career options, how about becoming the 4th member of the Beastie Boys - http://i.rollingstone.com/assets/rs/2/16/images/6196_lg.jpg

I was at Marmong point on the Saturday and we had a fantastic days racing. Managed to knock off 6 races, lots of sun and the wind speed in the low to mid teens all day. An absolute ripper!!!
Sean OBrien

February 20th, 2008 at 11:43 am
11

Ok, the GPS Action Replays are (finally) up!

http://www.storm-riders.com.au/results/gps-action-replays/

For interest sake, have a look at Race 1. Not sure if everyone checks the tide before they race (but you should). It was an outgoing tide all weekend running out to the heads (SE on that map). There is more tide the deeper the water gets (you can see three sections to the right of the map, pale blue, medium blue, dark blue…The darker the blue, the more effect of the tide.

Watch AUS120, AUS8 and AUS4 as they tack onto port out of the start and the further they go out into the tide, the more they get lifted. Makes it easy to see why the people who went to the other side of the course in that race didn’t do so well… (Race 2,3 the wind was too random to see this effect as clearly).