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kochease
Since 03 Jul 2008
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In Ft. Stevens, OR
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 Thu Nov 27, 08 9:56 am How is the Pond looking today?? Anyone going? |
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| How is the Pond looking? Any onsite report. I'm heading down there for thanksgiving and want to burn some calories before pigging out. Astoria says 0 wind but not sure if its true when the bar says 15kt... |
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MW
Since 09 Jan 2006
186 Posts
Hood River, Oregon
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| Thu Nov 27, 08 10:21 am |
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| Where is the pond at |
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kochease
Since 03 Jul 2008
760 Posts
In Ft. Stevens, OR
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| Thu Nov 27, 08 10:26 am |
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| Its at the south jetty in fort stevens, Warrenton |
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adamGT
Since 05 Nov 2008
29 Posts
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| Thu Nov 27, 08 11:29 am Xxx |
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| I am in Astoria and have line of site but can't see it now due to fog.. |
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Bonetti
Since 29 Apr 2007
411 Posts
So. Cal./Oregon
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kochease
Since 03 Jul 2008
760 Posts
In Ft. Stevens, OR
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| Fri Nov 28, 08 5:32 am |
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Its wasn't good...Avg 11 and gusty. Not worth pumping up my big kite in that cold rain for crap wind. But had to check. My thanksgiving dinner was only a few miles away. Of course Wed. was good but I was stuck at work. The wind gods hate me!! 3 months of getting shafted!!!
Reporting no wind for today too. But there is 13ft swell  Going to go get beat up surfing Westport  |
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Sasquatch
Since 09 Mar 2005
2103 Posts
PNW
Bigfoot
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| Sat Nov 29, 08 11:10 am Re: Xxx |
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| Bonetti wrote: | quote]
Fog....? I think that means no wind!!! |
That is not always the case. I've done some creepy downwinders in heavy fog from Lot B to Sunset a few years back (the year the helicopter went down by the south jetty in the ocean) with Slither. It was silent and pretty scary actually. Every once in a while I would see Slither silhouette just down wind of me. Fog horn would of been the Shizzle. If the wind direction had changed I really wouldn't of had any type of bearing. . .the break was the only real bearing to draw position from.
Also had some cool fog roll-in on a downwind at Manzo this year with Genek and Gman in mid July. http://www.nwkite.com/forums/t-9454-0-asc-34.html (check out the photo on page 3 gman posted) |
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barfly
Since 31 Mar 2005
1216 Posts
Portland
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| Sat Nov 29, 08 5:43 pm |
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| Agree, my last two times at Newport have been so foggy I couldn't see any other kiters. They were there tho, you could see them at about 50'. I was on an 11m c both times. |
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