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Youkai
Since 08 Feb 2010
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Beaverton
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 Wed Mar 09, 11 9:15 am Sauvie southerlies |
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The Sauvie sensor reads 16 from the SE right now . . . I know everyone says Sauvie doesn't work from the south but I'm real tempted. If there was a cam and I could see the whitecaps I don't think I'd be able to resist going out there and trying it.
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FlyDunes
Since 09 Oct 2007
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| Wed Mar 09, 11 10:26 am |
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Lol. Desperation!
I'd say forget about it. There's got to be an firehose of outbound current right now, moving in the same direction as that SE wind, and robbing you of your fix...
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Youkai
Since 08 Feb 2010
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Beaverton
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| Wed Mar 09, 11 10:28 am |
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But . . . but . . . it's been months man. I need my fix! What am I going to do!
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FlyDunes
Since 09 Oct 2007
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| Wed Mar 09, 11 10:30 am |
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Paraglide! The seasons just started. I got to fly both days last weekend.
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Chooch
Since 18 Nov 2007
1871 Posts
Wicked Pissah
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| Wed Mar 09, 11 10:31 am |
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| Youkai wrote: | | But . . . but . . . it's been months man. I need my fix! What am I going to do! |
Go to the coast....plenty of wind this weekend 
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Youkai
Since 08 Feb 2010
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Beaverton
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| Wed Mar 09, 11 10:31 am |
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Nice. Sadly I'm not into paragliding yet and I don't have the disposable income to get into it  If I get that kind of spare cash I would get a new quiver.
The coast it is!
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Sasquatch
Since 09 Mar 2005
2102 Posts
PNW
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| Wed Mar 09, 11 10:37 am Try Wintler or Broughton parks |
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If you have to get a fix and really want to TRY kiting in South winds in the PDX area, try Broughton Beach aka Marine Dr, by the airport or Wintler Park on the Vancouver side (lots of current over there). Try the search function for info on these sites.
Go ahead and try to reinvent the wheel and attempt riding SI in S/SE winds; you must want to put miles on your new car and incur a very cold/hazardous swim back to shore.
If it were any good and or doable, don't you think you would see or here about people doing it?
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sirmichaelo
Since 26 Mar 2010
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Maui
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| Wed Mar 09, 11 10:55 am |
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I second the desperation factor in trying to catch Sauvie Southerlies on a stormfront. I feel your pain though. We all need to ride but Mother Nature can be cruel.
You can certainly try to ride but it's like beer-goggling the ugliest girl in the bar 10 minutes after the bar just opened.
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Chooch
Since 18 Nov 2007
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Wicked Pissah
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| Wed Mar 09, 11 11:00 am Re: Try Wintler or Broughton parks |
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| Sasquatch wrote: | | If it were any good and or doable, don't you think you would see or here about people doing it? |
There should be a few people out there with you....
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Campbell
Since 07 Sep 2008
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Camas, WA
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| Wed Mar 09, 11 11:28 am |
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| Sadly I haven't kited Ft. Stevens yet (although I've been skunked there twice), does anyone think it might go on Friday? I have to be there for business in the morning and am jonesing for a fix.
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Chooch
Since 18 Nov 2007
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| vancougar wrote: | | Sadly I haven't kited Ft. Stevens yet (although I've been skunked there twice), does anyone think it might go on Friday? I have to be there for business in the morning and am jonesing for a fix. |
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S Wahsington to Central Oregon Forecast
FRI...S WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 30 KT. WIND WAVES 5 FT. W SWELL 15 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...S WIND 20 TO 25 KT WITH GUSTS TO 35 KT. WIND WAVES 7 FT. W SWELL 11 FT. RAIN LIKELY.
.SAT...S WIND 20 TO 25 KT. WIND WAVES 7 FT. W SWELL 15 FT.
.SUN...S WIND 30 TO 35 KT. COMBINED SEAS 19 FT.
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Campbell
Since 07 Sep 2008
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Camas, WA
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| Wed Mar 09, 11 11:32 am |
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| Glorious. Anyone going on Friday?
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Sasquatch
Since 09 Mar 2005
2102 Posts
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| Wed Mar 09, 11 11:38 am Re: Try Wintler or Broughton parks |
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| Chooch wrote: | | Sasquatch wrote: | | If it were any good and or doable, don't you think you would see or here about people doing it? |
There should be a few people out there with you.... |
Yes, it is this time of year for the prized Spring Chinook/King Salmon to migrate up-stream and of course for the less prized, but plentiful brownbacked corntrout to migrate downstream.
Enjoy your sail at SI.
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DrewB
Since 16 Aug 2006
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PDX
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| Wed Mar 09, 11 11:59 am |
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The forecast for Rooster looks a little soft for Friday,
but I'm trying to keep my schedule open.
The water lever could be perfect for eastern tip.
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Youkai
Since 08 Feb 2010
553 Posts
Beaverton
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| Thu Mar 10, 11 11:05 am |
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It's just not right. All that wind and you can't use it.
I shit you not I literally dreamed about kiteboarding last night. Oddly though it was my getting ready to go kitboarding, I even got out to the beach to check the conditions, but I woke up before I got to ride. Sad day.
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pauls
Since 20 Jun 2005
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Northern Portugal
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| Thu Mar 10, 11 11:20 am |
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| i'm looking over at the airport and it looks pretty sweet right now, if my car was loaded i'd go over and grab an hour myself. super flat water - if you've got the time go give a try
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
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| Thu Mar 10, 11 11:59 am |
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| pauls wrote: | | i'm looking over at the airport and it looks pretty sweet right now, if my car was loaded i'd go over and grab an hour myself. super flat water - if you've got the time go give a try |
I dunno about thee airport but I'm in NE and the wind seems pretty southerly to me. Thats a good recipe for ending up in the couv shivering with a wadded up kite. It does sound appealing though. I hope I remember how to actually kiteboard.
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