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fern ridge on friday!
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Spike

Since 13 May 2007
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PostThu Feb 28, 08 10:09 am    fern ridge on friday! Reply with quote

looks like fern ridge is going to fire up on friday afternoon. I'm hoping to get some riding in and turn some more kite lines brown.

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?site=PQR&llon=-123.673747&rlon=-122.538747&tlat=44.892084&blat=43.754584&smap=1&mp=0&map.x=77&map.y=175

who doesn't want some of that in February??


"Da Ditch"
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pdxmonkeyboy

Since 16 May 2006
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PostThu Feb 28, 08 5:24 pm     Reply with quote

god that looks truly awful.

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DROCK999

Since 31 May 2007
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PostThu Feb 28, 08 8:05 pm     Reply with quote

pdxmonkeyboy wrote:
god that looks truly awful.

you have no idea

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Kataku2k3

Since 14 Aug 2005
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PostThu Feb 28, 08 8:12 pm     Reply with quote

The kite?
The water?
Or BOTH?
Laughing

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Reaper356

Since 10 Dec 2006
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PostThu Feb 28, 08 9:10 pm     Reply with quote

Come on now, that day was awesome! Smooth wind out of the south west & even blue sky for a while - hard to beat for Jan 1st or 2nd!
The Ridge can deliver if you can get by the water quality.

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DROCK999

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PostThu Feb 28, 08 9:53 pm     Reply with quote

just don't wear white.

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JUMPIN JIMI

Since 11 Nov 2006
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PostFri Feb 29, 08 3:41 am     Reply with quote

NICE Confused ONE MORE REASON NOT TO DRIVE TO THE COAST Exclamation

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Spike

Since 13 May 2007
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PostFri Feb 29, 08 12:00 pm     Reply with quote

heading out there right now Very Happy
didn't think I'd get to kite in february, got every month since last may covered

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Mr.Onepump

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PostFri Feb 29, 08 12:17 pm     Reply with quote

Saved by leap year spike! Very Happy

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Kataku2k3

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PostFri Feb 29, 08 12:21 pm     Reply with quote

Almost like Fern Ridge... Last week at Ponds.

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Reaper356

Since 10 Dec 2006
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PostFri Feb 29, 08 5:49 pm     Reply with quote

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Almost like Fern Ridge... Last week at Ponds.

More sharks in the Ponds!


Spike -
So how'd it go?? It was definitely blowing!

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pdxmonkeyboy

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PostFri Feb 29, 08 6:01 pm     Reply with quote

I'm sure he'll post after he washes the human and animal feces out of his gear. Can you imagine what his wetsuit smells like right now?

DAMN!!

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stringer

Since 31 Jul 2007
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PostFri Feb 29, 08 6:44 pm     Reply with quote

MB,
I think you're giving the non-ditch smell of spike's wetsuit too much credit.
If anything the ditch probably freshened it up a bit.

Post up Spike!!

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Reaper356

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PostFri Feb 29, 08 9:01 pm     Reply with quote

Maybe the Fern Ridge Lake Monster got him?? Shocked

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Spike

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PostFri Feb 29, 08 10:58 pm     Reply with quote

wind was a bit too westerly to work well for the launch location, but it was blowing good out on the water. The 16m was good for the launch, but out on the water I should have had a 7 or 9m. I was way overpowered, kinda scary actually. Did make for big lofty jumps though

mantisman was out there as well on his Turbo Diesel 1. Pretty hardcore session, not sure how mantisman held up, I had to call it a day before he got on the water...

All in all it was good to be kiteboarding again, could have picked a better launch location I suppose, maybe on the NE end of the lake rather than NW...
Thanks to the leap year I've kited every month since I've started Smile

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Mark

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PostSat Mar 01, 08 8:05 am     Reply with quote

Spike wrote:
Thanks to the leap year I've kited every month since I've started Smile


I think that makes you a junior "G-Man" Wink

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Spike

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PostSat Mar 01, 08 3:17 pm     Reply with quote

also, the water level was up by like 5 feet from December, so it was far less murky (brown)

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