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Hi Guys,

Short video from the last 2 weeks in Perth while Steve was over here.

Summer has been crazy here, locals are calling it the worst season for wind they can remember but so far we have had 85 days of wind over the last 3 and a half months. 23 days over December, 20 of those in a row.

Will be glad to get back to work tomorrow, its been a tiring holiday!. For the first 9 days we kited twice a day. We would have an early session from 10 or 11am to 1ish, go back to the house across the road for some beers then hit another sesh from 5-7pm on our 8m's.

Then we did a 6 day road trip north of Perth. We had 2 of the hottest days on record in Perth since 1980s, both well above 40 degrees. We melted camping in the heat but a case of mother, cream soda and beer helped. The first 3 days had pretty light wind, our mate Pete was able to get up on his 14m (probably one of a handful of kites in Perth over 10m). We made up for it though with some spearfishing, few downwinders and lots of beer. The next 3 days had us powered on our 8m's from early in the morning. I had probably one of the best wave sessions I have had in a year at one of the spots where it was blowing 30kts + cross offshore and on the last day Steve finally nailed his blind landings.

Cheers,
Andrew from Perth W.A (Windy Always!)

P.S It has also not rained in the last 90 days here...crazy climate here.

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Comment by Andrew Melouney on July 4, 2010 at 9:16am: steve! this year will be better got some sick new spots that make safety bay look choppy. got some wind yesterday but missing those mornings where it starts to blow while your eating breakfast. send the winch over here reckon you could sell it easily. 100s of kiters here sitting around just waiting for summer.

Comment by steveo on June 30, 2010 at 11:42am: Shit this clip just makes me want to get back to perth, carzy times.

Comment by Bruce Mackenzie on February 4, 2010 at 12:27pm: Very cool man. Big up on a great video!

Comment by Calvin Jorge Da Silva on February 3, 2010 at 4:44pm: Those look like some mad spots. Good job

Comment by Sinisa on January 28, 2010 at 8:48am: Looks like you guys had a blast. So keen to come some time and kite those spots.

Comment by Andrew Melouney on January 27, 2010 at 2:13pm: yeah no probs. Wish you guys could have stayed a bit longer. Hadlow and Andre Phillip are in Perth for the Core Slider Jam. Going to check it out this weekend.