The annual gathering of the ExtremeKites Victorian crew at Sandy Point over the Melbourne Cup long weekend. Weather was fabulous with everything from 4 knot light wind cruising to 35 knots plus squalls and pretty much everything in between. It was a brilliant few days.

Looks like you all had a great time ! Is that beach hard pack enough for ATB and Coyotes?

I guess we better start getting used to seeing single skins chasing down traditional foils and LEI . Gone are the days of the " rag flappers " .

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Is that beach hard pack enough for ATB and Coyotes?

Sure is. Norm and Mark both have ATB's and Dirtsurfers and were happily cruising most of the way out towards the point.

And yes, I have a definite feeling that there'll be more single skin kites on the beach in the near future. I headed out to the point with my Access XT 4m in 18-25 knots - it was slow going upwind and the kite was very 'skittish' in the gusty wind. I came back and changed to the 2.5m NS2 which I felt was much more stable and solid, particularly in the low end. Went upwind just as fast but a few kph slower on the downwind. They just keep surprising me - particularly when you start looking at prices.