Pick the first Sauvies DRINKING day contest!

forrest · Since 21 Jun 2005 4330 Posts Hood River Hick **CGKA Member**

- Gotta have proof and/or witnesses!
- NO Real riding OR staying upwind
- BONUS POINTS for a slog fest!
- Got to be thermal northerly wind forecasted to make you think it will go...

Winner gets to get drunk onsite.

STICKY ME PLEASE!

Moto · Since 03 Sep 2006 2698 Posts Still a gojo pimp! Moto Mouth

LOL - sweet - I'm in - I'll go with April 25th.

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

DrewB · Since 16 Aug 2006 385 Posts PDX Obsessed

I think it is gonna go today: 3/12. Drunk

Getting any sleep Forrest?

FlyDunes · Since 09 Oct 2007 1034 Posts Aloha XTreme Poster

It's gonna be Friday 20-March. 1st day of Spring.

Mark · Thu Mar 12, 09 7:04 am

March 28. Thats a saturday... drinking day!

forrest · Thu Mar 12, 09 5:15 pm

Nope. Maybe 3 to 4 hours a night, 1 or 2 hours at a time. Hitting the mountain today on 4 hours of sleep was interesting to say the least.

Nic · Since 21 Jul 2008 109 Posts Bend, Oregon Stoked

It was epic... I sat under my kite while it hailed and rained with just enough wind to keep me out there hoping it would go.

Moto · Since 03 Sep 2006 2698 Posts Still a gojo pimp! Moto Mouth

KidCorporate · Since 10 Jul 2007 563 Posts Addicted

Nic · Since 21 Jul 2008 109 Posts Bend, Oregon Stoked

Sauvies and strip clubs have a very high correlation in my mind.

When going to the strip clubs, you are all excited to see a bunch of smokin girls dancing naked and throwing away money at them.
When going to sauvies, you are all excited that its forcasted to go and you might have a sweet session.

Once you are at the strip club for a little while, you realize that your drink is pretty weak, the girls aren't as hot as you remember, and you quickly run out of ones therefore loosing any attention you were getting.
Once you have pumped up, layed your lines out, and gotten in your wetsuit at sauvies you realize that the wind is nothing like that epic session last year, there is no sign of it picking up, and the forecast was probably wrong. Then you check your phone and see someone posting up an on-sight in the gorge having way more fun than you.

After leaving the strip club you are really going now and you want a woman worse than ever but you most likely will just go home in a buzzed stupor.
After leaving sauvies, you want to kite worse than ever and are usually mostly drunk.......

Can't wait for those summer sessions out there.

pdxmonkeyboy · Tue Mar 31, 09 1:43 pm

yeah but for whatever reason, you keep going back to strip clubs and sauvie - well at least some people do. I love riding at Sauvie when its on, its a fantastic spot for sure. But in terms of riding, a super day at Sauvie is tantamount to ok winds in the gorge.

If you live or work on the west side though, your pretty much hosed.

(now someone (who lives in scappose or st. helens) can post the obligatory, dudes!, why waster your time? drive to jones beach coment)

Nic · Since 21 Jul 2008 109 Posts Bend, Oregon Stoked

Well like a sucker I keep going to sauvies because I live in SW and I agree a good session there is fun but I will probably be skipping the sitting there and hitting the gorge a little more this summer.

FlyDunes · Since 09 Oct 2007 1034 Posts Aloha XTreme Poster

Yeah it's easy to say just go to the gorge, but from the west side that's a non-option weekdays. As for the eastern gorge, that's even a tough call on weekends for me. It's the difference between an hour drive round trip and a 4-5+ hour drive round trip.

Even the spit is kinda iffy. I've seen more memorable kook events there in one weekend than in a whole season out at Sauvies. I imagine the ratio is about the same, but there are a whole lot more folks including beginners packed in closer on the beach and kiting in stronger, gustier wind.

Rooster is an easy trip on weekends, Jones is only about a 2-1/2 hour round trip. The coast is about a three hour round trip to Area B or D.

If I think SI is gonna work, even marginally, its usually an easy call for me. And most summer days it does work if you wait it out, but sometimes the window of goodness is pretty short. On the other hand, I'm a lawn mower supreme, so what do I care about good conditions for anyway? Right now I'd be pretty happy with some junk wind, warm sun and a can of beer or two Wink

genek · Since 21 Jul 2006 2165 Posts East Po KGB

Now that we have the winch that's all gonna change though right? It'll be like having a reject stripper that's willing to show a little extra love to your crew. She's not quite as enticing as the rest and you'll have to wait your turn, but it's better than the alternative.

Tony · Since 28 Aug 2006 940 Posts Portland Opinionated

Tony · Since 28 Aug 2006 940 Posts Portland Opinionated

My 2-cents....

Yeah, SI can be pretty cool sometimes...
Especially in the summer, after work sessions...
I really like that place a lot, and I will continue to kite there many more times...

But seriously.....It might be a shorter distance to drive for some of you...
And you probably think you'll save time and money...
I guess it's true for some of you...

BUT COME ON FELLAS......The key thing here is..."what about progression..."

Don't you think mowing the lawn gets kinda old... Rolling Eyes

I bet each and everyone one of you guys will become a hella of a lot better, if you spend more time on the water and less time on the beach drinking beers...Sitting on the beach, waiting for a puff and wondering if the smoke stacks are gonna move...yeah sure...
What I'm saying.....There is a shit load of wind to be had...You guys need to realize that SI isn't the only place to kite in the northwest...
There's people in Oklahoma who are willing to kill for a place the the gorge...
I tip my hat for those who go above and beyond to find wind and water, under any conditions...
G-man...this guy will kite anywhere, anytime, even with a fucked up knee...

enough said....!