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kochease
Since 03 Jul 2008
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In Ft. Stevens, OR
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 Tue Aug 31, 10 10:28 am Seaside session anyone? |
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Coast is going today with avg 16 gusts 21 and building. I'm heading out to 12th ave. Anyone elsegoing out today?
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windobsessed
Since 07 Aug 2008
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Vancouver
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| Tue Aug 31, 10 11:08 am |
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| What are the South winds like at the coast, compared to the North winds? |
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$ociopath
Since 28 Nov 2007
523 Posts
Twilight Zone
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| Tue Aug 31, 10 11:14 am |
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| windobsessed wrote: | | What are the South winds like at the coast, compared to the North winds? |
Wet  |
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kochease
Since 03 Jul 2008
760 Posts
In Ft. Stevens, OR
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| Tue Aug 31, 10 11:38 am |
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Oohh yah!! Very very wet! It's pouring down rain sideways but who cares!! You gonna get wet anyways. Today would be a good downwinder day to fort Stevens
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Wind Slither
Since 04 Mar 2005
2622 Posts
The 503
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| Tue Aug 31, 10 3:14 pm |
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| windobsessed wrote: | | What are the South winds like at the coast, compared to the North winds? |
Sometimes wet, but always REAL, not the fickle, foggy fade-away NW crap we get in the summer. And you don't have to wait till freaking 6pm for them to come up. And there's waves!
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kochease
Since 03 Jul 2008
760 Posts
In Ft. Stevens, OR
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| Tue Aug 31, 10 3:27 pm |
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Aahhh man what a killer day!! 6m kite and good size waves. Was a fun day. Except the hole I put in the deck of my new surf board damnit eerrr...
Bring on the fall!! Big waves and high winds oh ya!!
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jeremy
Since 18 Aug 2006
276 Posts
Manzo & HR
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| Tue Aug 31, 10 4:49 pm Manz on 8m |
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| Manzanita was wild and windy. 10m was too much, went down to my 8m torch. Another kiter was on a 7m Rev. Waves were very powerful. |
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FlyDunes
Since 09 Oct 2007
1034 Posts
Aloha
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| Tue Aug 31, 10 5:35 pm |
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| kochease wrote: | | ... Except the hole I put in the deck of my new surf board damnit eerrr... |
The new bamboo!? That sux.
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kochease
Since 03 Jul 2008
760 Posts
In Ft. Stevens, OR
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| Tue Aug 31, 10 6:30 pm |
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yeah the new bamboo board  was riding strapless and the whitewater slammed the front of the surfboard up into my face, well the bar end stabbed the board and put a one inch hole in it  sux to put a patch on it already, its still such a virgin
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Dern
Since 11 Jul 2010
545 Posts
Vancouver, WA
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| Tue Aug 31, 10 6:40 pm |
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At least the hole was made with the bar, not your nose 
Maybe glue a foam pad on the end of the bar to prevent that from happening again? |
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Bill C
Since 15 Sep 2005
203 Posts
Portland
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| Tue Aug 31, 10 8:39 pm |
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kochease
"Bring on the fall!! Big waves and high winds oh ya!!"
Aren't south winds in the fall/winter a little puffy? I can remember my winter windsurf days on Nahalem Bay with a 4.0 meter sail getting pinned down in the water waiting for squalls to pass. Looking towards the south a seeing a froth of water coming and going through the 'Oh shit' cycle occurred numerous occasions.
But I also had many sessions where the wind was spot on and steady. But I could never tell when it was going to go from 20 knots to 40 knots in minutes.
I've wanted to kite south winds in the winter but I've always had and uneasy feeling about it. |
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