old spot (new to some)

pdxmonkeyboy · Mon Aug 28, 06 11:25 am

I have a friend who lives in that area, right next to the Lewis river. He has an proffesional R/C race track in his front yard- pretty damn cool actually. Everytime I'm out there it is windy. Maybe i'll ask him to set up a wind sensor, the guy is loaded.

Smile

Mike Hawk · Mon Aug 28, 06 12:16 pm

Tucker glad to see your mom droped you off somewhere other than sauvies!!!

Humm, i thought i posted a reply already, but it must not have posted. Long and short, you don't want to kite here, bad things will happen, the meth head rednecks are a pain in the ass. Slash your tires and cut you kite lines. One guy has his kite run over by a motobike!

Mike Hawk · Mon Aug 28, 06 12:17 pm

BTW if someone deleted my first post please delete this whole tread!!!

kiteboard117 · Since 02 Mar 2005 450 Posts PDX McLovin

Inept_Fun · Since 14 Apr 2005 1417 Posts Hood River XTreme Poster

Dont be a snitch!!!!!!

STOP SNITCHIN

kiteboard117 · Since 02 Mar 2005 450 Posts PDX McLovin

snitchin? i found this spot on the map drove there kited had a sick session and desided i wanted to share it. if somebody else had told me where it was and said it was a secret that would be snitching.

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6548 Posts Couve / Hood Site Lackey

anybody who's concerned about the secrecy of the spot probably hasn't even been there, because once you go its immediately clear that there are more launch options and beach space available along that road than the entire Columbia Gorge.

Mike Hawk · Mon Aug 28, 06 1:49 pm

Mike Hawk · Mon Aug 28, 06 2:03 pm

bambam · Since 15 Mar 2005 760 Posts Hood River Photographer

Mike...get over it...

Plenty of us have kited out here and shared it with lots of others. There is an entire Seattle contingent who know all about this area as they drive right past it on the way to Hood River. This general area has been discussed before on the forums, and is NO SECRET... No worries about getting any of these spots shut down as there is plenty of parking, it is not on the shoulder of a major highway, and there are no train tracks to cross... Any comparison in terms of access to Secret Spot is not relevant. Shoot, being that I am a Hoodite maybe I should just ask you Washingtonians to just please stay at home up north. But in reality the wind and water is for everyone, and so far this year the crowds have been down if anything.

It terms of forecasting folks... its easy... Hot in Portland, Gorge Dead, with Northwest to Northeast flow. The Scappose sensor is a great tool and look for it to be around 9-10 with a more northerly reading for cleaner wind. When Sauvies works, so does this stretch of the river. Maybe the more kiters we can get out there, the more clean up work that will get done.

pauls · Since 20 Jun 2005 562 Posts white salmon Addicted

The ATVs, dirt bikes etc have been banned for years but that doesn't stop them. A Dirt bike and an ATV ridden by drunk red necks rode through my lines as i was setting up to launch earlier this year. They weren't very interested in my running towards them waving and yelling to stop until they had ridden thru the lines busting one and tangling themselves up. They said they didn't give a crap about the signs and they were allowed to ride there and i shouldn't be laying out lines on their beach. They had drunk enough that they really didn't care who was in the right or wrong and were just plain scary. Happily of late the security guys have been patrolling more regularly but be very careful. There are still lots of 4wd trucks and jeeps that blast all over the place, they like to drive right in the edge of the water so don't leave your gear spread out. I now always drift launch because they come blasting along so fast if you are in the middle of a self launch they are liable to go right thru your stuff. You can see from all the empty bottles and cans that this is popular spot for some serious drinking and 'partying'. You are supposed to have an access permit to be on this property, you buy it from the port of Woodland. Apparently they ask to see them once in a while and ticket. If your going to come here please buy a permit and encourage the port to keep the access open.
Their are submerged trees in that butter upstream of each of the jetties, depending on the water level you will see branches sticking up. Lots of random pilings in the section from the southern most jetty down to the mouth of the lewis river. Sometimes these are exposed sometimes just below the surface.
The more northerly access spots that PKH mentioned are less wild, I think Lions Park is the most northerly and has less wierd and scary people.

wylieflyote · Mon Aug 28, 06 2:55 pm

Isn't this the same stretch of river that the Ultrons song was about?
"... just another Kalama day"

Mike Hawk · Mon Aug 28, 06 7:46 pm

Mike Hawk · Mon Aug 28, 06 7:51 pm **DELETE ME**

Whoever runs this website please delete me!!!! I don't know enought to do it myself thanks
Mike Hawk

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6548 Posts Couve / Hood Site Lackey

oh man the beach was so crowded today, you guys were right we should have kept it secret. I couldn't even setup there was so many kites and lines everywhere.... plus Mike Hawk was right about the westerlies, it totally screwed up everything and we could hardly even fly our kites.

Crying or Very sad

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6548 Posts Couve / Hood Site Lackey

oh yeah here is a photo I took from today in Woodland, what a difference a day makes!!!

jahmbi · Mon Aug 28, 06 9:13 pm