I windsurfed there a few years back when my wife was going to school at WSU. I wanted to kite but the launch is not good and I was alone. Wind is gusty and only on about half of the river. It blew there when there were high wind warnings in the desert. It has been said many times on this forum that the kiting sucks in the far East of Washington and I agree. Best to drive to Boardman.
stevegriffith22
Since 14 May 2006
434 Posts
Obsessed
Sun Apr 25, 10 3:04 pm
you know....mabey sella and bam bam are on to something here. I thing it would be a great idea to house boat that section of the river down. How great would that be. A sorta adventure or something. Shotguns, fishing and kite boarding would be a great holiday! If anyone wanted to put something together like that, it would be fun.
sg
a2lowvw
Since 26 Apr 2010
4 Posts
lake stevens wa
Kook
Mon Apr 26, 10 8:22 pm
have windsurfed a long time ago at chief timothy st park. i grew up in lewiston.... last saturday would have been a great time to ride. i was flying my trainer and had 15-25 mph winds till about 11am, dropped off till 3 and picked back up for a couple hours
kitezilla
Since 22 Jun 2006
453 Posts
gorge
Obsessed
Tue Apr 27, 10 6:33 am
I wonder if and when someone will take advantage of the afternoon "up-canyon" breeze and kite a section of the Snake River between Hellers bar and the Salmon River? Surfing holes, rock walls, eddy lines, all the 'rock kickers', drift boat gunnel 'slidders'...
Hazardous? Yes...but the look on the faces of Jet-boaters, Drift-boaters,Fishermen, Kayaker's and Rafter's faces...priceless.
Sasquatch
Since 09 Mar 2005
2102 Posts
PNW
Bigfoot
Tue Apr 27, 10 8:34 am
Sella wrote:
However, the Snake is a gorgeous untapped area and many kite gems still waiting to be de-virginized so I like Bams attitude. You can take a boat from Lewiston/Clarkston all the way to Hood so I thought that would make a great 10-day houseboat/kite trip etc. Kite, float, BBQ, drink and shoot birds the whole way down.
[quote="a2lowvw"]have windsurfed a long time ago at chief timothy st park. i grew up in lewiston.... last saturday would have been a great time to ride. i was flying my trainer and had 15-25 mph winds till about 11am, dropped off till 3 and picked back up for a couple hours[/quote]
a2lowvw,
You've windsurfed Chief Timothy? I am a total newb, but I've got a couple lessons coming up in HR in a couple of weeks. I live in Troy, about 45 min from Clarkston/Lewiston. I've been thinking about tryin Chief Timothy after I'm comfortable with my skills. Is Chief Timothy ok for a newb, or is it better left to more experienced riders?
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