Flying at Mavericks beach

Featheredsamurai

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Since watching the movie "Chasing Mavericks" I've wanted to go back really bad, I've been checking the surf report daily the past week and the wakes were anywhere from flat-6' waves so very safe compared to going there in the winter. In the winter the water can suddenly surge up onto the beach and get dragged out into the water(I barely avoided the water last time I went!). But that's when the waves are 25'-40' waves.

So here's our adventure pics, lots of flying photos because the wind was perfect.

And just for laughs, I met this guy at Mavericks with the strongest australia accent I've ever heard, and I asked him were he was from.Then he saw Rosie and told me how he would feed them in the front yard. After my friends wouldn't stop laughing that I asked the guy with a thick Aussie accent were he was from XD It was so obvious LOL

first thing we did was eat lunch, and Rosie got to go to her first restaurant and it was right next to the beach

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the water in the harbor was crystal clear, it reminded me of Kauaui

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Before actually reaching Mavericks we did one flight since the light was great. Rosie's always had some trouble with flying down, and so she always lines up with my hand and flaps down.

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here she is trying to get down, I have her fly into the wind so she hovers very easily to help her practice and makes it easier to get a few photos

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Finally made it

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Here we are, finally at Mavericks. Some terribly dangerous rocks in the backround, big wave surfers have died on those.

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Too dangerous for long line flying with the water, wind, and dogs so we stuck to just the lead.

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right in the action lol

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The wind caught her and she couldn't descend, she was pooped afterwords

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It was a lot of fun, I'd like to go back in the winter without Rosie(too dangerous for her) again to see the massive waves.
 

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I love the second to last one in the first post, and the one where she's flying straight at the camera, wings flat out. Gorgeous!!!!!
 

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Great pictures! How long is your "line", sorry I'm not sure what the correct word is~
 
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Thankyou :D I had so much fun taking these, just wish my hand wasn't in the frame so much LOL

Great pictures! How long is your "line", sorry I'm not sure what the correct word is~
The situation wasn't safe for flying her with a longer line, we are only using the short lead to the harness which is about 1.5 meters. Sometimes I attach her harness lead to a 100' rope.
 

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AWESOME PHOTO'S!!! Thank you for sharing
 

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