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Thanks, I appreciate your appreciation of what I try to achieve in a downwinder 😁🙌

Ha, yep definitely. I actually rode Bindoon a coupla times in the weeks before I headed to BC trying to get dialled in a little. Good fun out there, but a bit limited riding my 2016 Specialized Fuse HT. I'm picking up a Trek Remedy next week and will be heading back out there for sure.

I was chiming in with that comment as was organised to go to whistler myself ( also had some warm up days at Bindoon and dwellingup)….and now I’m here! Freaking hot at 27 deg today Thanks for the creekside suggestions, had fun over there this morning then the legendary crank it up and A-line. Both are in really good nick for this time of year Turns out paddling doesn’t prepare my soft hands for a full day on the DH bike tho - blisters starting already!

@@CrabStick6015 Awesome you're there mate!! I nearly slid down the A-Line entry a couple of times, but got worried that I'd only get in the way of the shredders. Some sections of track were pretty rough when I was there, but I guess you gotta expect that with the traffic on those trails. Totally awesome though!!

@@CrabStick6015 Grabbed a new Trek Remedy 8 when I got home and heading down to the Murray Valley trails this Friday. Time to get back into some riding.

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Thanks Tony. I have the camera mounted on top of a 60cm pole made from a carbon paddle shaft. There is a video showing the setup in one of my posts from a few years back.

th-cam.com/video/2Z8D2Bhwwz0/w-d-xo.html

Awesome Tim 😆

Thanks. We do still get some wind, but it's generally associated with storm fronts. Can be fun, but doesn't line up like it does the rest of the year.

It's pretty special David. A little less hectic over here on the west coast for sure.

Thanks. Staying relaxed and smooth is the key.......what a sport huh 🙌🙌

Certainly something to work towards Chris.

Thanks David 🤙🤙

Thanks, it was cool meeting you guys and I was really happy my videos and advice helped you...........such awesome feedback and a big part of my motivation for capturing the footage and turning it into videos that hopefully entertain, but also give back to this amazing sport. Yeah, the Doctor was HARD but it was nice to get some good downwind conditions for Worlds. Hope you boys had a great trip and will come back next year despite the lack of wind (surely won't happen 2 years in a row 😁).

🤙 I was chatting with one of the crew setting the race course after I posted this video. He is going to set the turn buoy further out to give paddlers a direct line of sight back to Scarborough, so we should go past the mole a fair bit further out James.

I wasn't there, but from what I heard....................yes, a little different 😉

Hi Denise. No worries. Happy for you to check out my Strava direct if that helps. Search 'Darryl Khng' 👍

Every day Paul..........😉

Could always be bigger...

Yes, definitely Edrisse

Thanks, happy you enjoyed the vid. Subscribed and looking forward to your's 🤙🤙

Thanks Julian. Haha, I took your advice and then added to it..........had a really enjoyable paddle and a great time catching up with you and the GC paddlers.

Thanks David!! Great thinking, I have done a split screen edit before so can do it. Maybe 'How I Catch Runs III' will have to have the two POV's for sure. I watched your video, very cool and very stable for 10 years ago. I like the offset POV, not so sure about the paddling attire..........must have been really cold 🥶🥶😁😁

That's cool James. When we were in the middle of the pandemic I did think about doing an ergo friendly series of video's of all of our Perth courses..............When you're in Perth next we'll have to say g'day and go for a paddle with the crew.

We have so many DW courses to try out........you gotta get over here!!

Thanks mate, sharing the love as best I can 🙌🤙

Goodonya Paul, glad you liked it mate. The conditions were next level and after one of the paddlers (Cam) suggested Pneuma and I listened to it for the first time, I had to use it.

Sooooo good Alex 😁😁

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It's a very cool run Brad. The wind was blowing about 22-25 knots. I've paddled it in 35 knots. Being protected water with no ground swell till you clear Garden Island, the water just funnels through and it gets better and better as the wind increases.

Thanks Heide. Stoked you liked it and found it helpful 🙌🙌

Thanks Heide 🙌

🤣Thanks Craig, yep the music choice has been met with mixed reviews, but once I'd added Calypso, I just couldn't stop!! 😉

Thanks mate. It was an incredible paddle, sublime water that day!!

Looks like you do a few downwind runs up here in Perth! I've just gotten into surfskis and bought myself a Bluefin. I've been learning a lot from your vids, awesome stuff mate🤙

@@bierbarron Haha.....a few 😉 The Bluefin is ideal to start on. Thanks mate, I appreciate your comments and I'm glad the vids help. They're alot of fun to make!! You're more than welcome to come join the local crew anytime if you haven't already. Best starting point to connect is Indian Ocean Paddler's training on Saturday morning's, 6:30am OTW.

Thanks Graeme. It is a fantastic sport/lifestyle 🙌

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There certainly were Alex 🤙

Thanks Eine. I appreciate your comments. Very happy you like what I do to share with the world this amazing sport!!

Hahahahaha........thanks Ian. If only mate. Love Hawaiian music 🙌

Thanks Phil. It'll be awesome to see you mate 🙌

G'day James. There'll be some brilliant conditions from tomorrow to the end of the week on the Mandurah Cut run. By tips, do you mean on the actual course or for DW paddling in general??

​@@daz-downwindpaddleactionz1551 actual course, ta

@@Rubibi-saltwaterjim Okay cool. When we do the Mandurah Duel course, we launch from 'Manmade Beach' which is at the end of Northport Boulevarde which runs off Old Coast Rd just before you cross the Dawesville Channel bridge (heading south). From the beach we paddle along the canal to the Dawesville Channel, turn right and out into the ocean to start the run north up the coast. I usually angle out till I'm about 1km off shore. The runs basically come from directly behind and are great fun. When you reach Robert Point, you turn right taking a wide line to avoid the shallow reef and come in at any of the sandy beaches between there and the entrance to the Mandurah Estuary. Total distance is about 14km 👍

Thanks Jon, I appreciate your comments mate. Finding the energy and flow is a subtle thing, as much a 'feeling the shifts and nuances in the water' as seeing them.

Thanks John. I really appreciate your comments mate. 7 years later and I still haven't seen conditions like this again. My PB has gone up a bit since then, but I'd love to see how fast I could go in these same conditions............I'll keep dreaming of the day 🤞😁

Mahalo

Sure was!! Thanks Paul, that was probably the most difficult rebound I've paddled in and apparently it was nothing compared to when the swell is up. We don't have any significant sea cliffs or headlands/points in the Perth waters, so rebound like that is not something I'm used to. The paddlers on the east coast paddle in it all the time. It certainly makes the paddlers exposed to those conditions very strong. I'm glad you've enjoyed the video's. My next one will be from The Poor Knight's Crossing in NZ in just over a week's time.

So familiar...looks just like your typical day outside Sydney Heads

Thanks SDP. It's an amazing place and a great event.

Thanks Eine. That was a very cool paddle!! 🙂

Hi Reg I started using one on the recommendation of Oscar and in my opinion, they're a must have for downwind. Some people say they act as a stopper, but like Dawid has said, when your nose drives into the back of a run the wave deflector actually causes the nose to come up quicker and it stops you pitch bobbing during a big drop. It also prevents you getting smacked in the chest with water, enabling you to maintain good vision to find your way through and onto the next run and also helps keep your cockpit dry. They are very effective on a double ski too.

@@daz-downwindpaddleactionz1551 some good advice there…time to invest I think