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SKITE
Since 07 Sep 2007
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Hood River
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 Wed May 21, 08 4:37 pm Rufus will eat you for dinner |
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I ventured out to Rufus today to find a current so strong barges were struggling to hold their ground. In fact there are some barges anchored along the side of the river in what I think is an attempt to wait out for the currents to subside. Rode my 8m and was beyond lit-- should have been on a 6. Lasted 20 minutes.
If you lost your board today, you lost your board. know what i mean.
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Spike
Since 13 May 2007
1414 Posts
Alameda
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| Wed May 21, 08 4:51 pm |
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| yikes, too bad we don't have a webcam to witness this! The current is out of control! |
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gabe
Since 16 May 2005
487 Posts
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| Wed May 21, 08 4:56 pm |
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| big swell, or did the current destroy it? |
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kss
Since 24 Apr 2006
614 Posts
pdx
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| Wed May 21, 08 7:39 pm |
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| heard the current was killing the swell out there today! blanco? yardsale? details...?? |
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stevegriffith22
Since 14 May 2006
434 Posts
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| Wed May 21, 08 7:43 pm |
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Dude, I've been eaten there too man!
 And I've lost a board |
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Killah B
Since 21 May 2008
6 Posts
Kook
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| Wed May 21, 08 7:48 pm Lost board |
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Hi Guys,
I lost a board out there today. It was sooo windy it was a joke.
My name is Bea and it was a North Pacific Kitesurfboard. Please let me know if you hear anything.
Thanks,
Bea |
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stevegriffith22
Since 14 May 2006
434 Posts
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| Wed May 21, 08 8:00 pm |
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Hey man,
I think I loose a board once a summer, but I always get it back because I write my name and number on it. Good karma or something I guess.
sg  |
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Hein
Since 08 Mar 2005
1314 Posts
Possessed
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| Wed May 21, 08 8:18 pm |
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They were releasing ~420KCFS this afternoon.
I've seen it at 460 in the last few days.
last year's highest was around 360.
You can't imagine how much water that is.
But to put it into perspective.....
That's 2,616,110 gallons per second.
That's all the water in almost 6000 15ft
diameter backyard pools every second.
And since a gallon of water weighs 8.33 lbs,
that's 21,792,196 lbs of water per second.
Spike, check my math and tell us how much
energy that is. I think the head is like 80 ft.
Staggering to think how much total water
that is over the melting season.
And to think the only way that water was
put there in the first place was by it being
evaporated from the surface of the ocean,
transported by wind and dropped flake
by flake in the higher elevations to our east.
A fine example of the immense magnitude
nature's more silent powers. |
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Spike
Since 13 May 2007
1414 Posts
Alameda
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| Wed May 21, 08 9:10 pm |
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| Hein wrote: | Spike, check my math and tell us how much
energy that is. I think the head is like 80 ft. |
Hein,
as soon as i read that i thought, damn, I cannot rest till I do this, so here it is:
2,616,110(gal/sec)*3.78(kg/gal)*24.4(m)*9.81(m/s^2)= holy shit (kg*m^2/s^3):
2.37 Gigawatts of power!!
About 3 times as much as most nuclear power plants generate!!
Feel the power next time you're trying to stay downwind!
(Yes, I had to do it in metric) |
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6549 Posts
Couve / Hood
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| Wed May 21, 08 9:13 pm |
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| I think its 1.21 giga watts |
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SKITE
Since 07 Sep 2007
20 Posts
Hood River
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| Wed May 21, 08 9:24 pm |
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Fortunately, I didn't blow up today. My reference to losing a board was a jab at Killah B who lost hers within minutes of getting out. I spent 10 minutes looking for it, but it was a lost hope. My guess is that by the time I got in, derigged, and we drove to the Maryhill Bridge, the board had long passed us. Hopefully it will be floating above the Dalles Dam tomorrow morning and someone will pick it up.
The swell was decent size, but I'd say the current certainly killed most of it. It is a VERY weird sensation to be kiting along and watching the water flow under you board at 15 knots. And with lots of eddies forming along the shore, the water easily played tricks with my mind.
it's just not a good idea to be out there in those conditions which is why I came back in after only 20 minutes. if $hit goes down, you're in a massive struggle with, well, 2.3 gigawatts of power. no matter how lit your kite is and how strong of a swimmer you are, you'll get worked  |
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blancoh2o
Since 15 Mar 2005
1154 Posts
Oregon
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| Wed May 21, 08 9:52 pm |
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| SKITE wrote: | Fortunately, I didn't blow up today. My reference to losing a board was a jab at Killah B who lost hers within minutes of getting out. I spent 10 minutes looking for it, but it was a lost hope. My guess is that by the time I got in, derigged, and we drove to the Maryhill Bridge, the board had long passed us. Hopefully it will be floating above the Dalles Dam tomorrow morning and someone will pick it up.
The swell was decent size, but I'd say the current certainly killed most of it. It is a VERY weird sensation to be kiting along and watching the water flow under you board at 15 knots. And with lots of eddies forming along the shore, the water easily played tricks with my mind.
it's just not a good idea to be out there in those conditions which is why I came back in after only 20 minutes. if $hit goes down, you're in a massive struggle with, well, 2.3 gigawatts of power. no matter how lit your kite is and how strong of a swimmer you are, you'll get worked |
AGREED! I stayed out 30-40 minutes. It certainly was an odd kiting experience. As I was just cruising across the river , I would watch the shore go by so fast it felt like rafting more than kiting. The best way to get back downwind was to make "S" turns straight downwind or get into the eddy and point towards the East. Just coming to shore downwind enough to land was a trip. I had to go pretty far downwind and drift up wind in order to get my kite to the other guy cathing it while he kept his kite in the air. One time, I didn't get close enough to him and had to go back out, then go downwind for the cycle. It reminded me of the old playboat days when I used to kayak.
The swell was messed up for sure KSS. There was a lot of cross chop and no smooth sections between the peaks. My board was skipping to much to make nice swell riding.
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KidCorporate
Since 10 Jul 2007
563 Posts
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| Wed May 21, 08 9:55 pm |
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This sounds scary as hell. Be careful out there folks.
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bulae99
Since 12 Jul 2006
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I give out bad advice.
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| Thu May 22, 08 5:43 am Can you iimagine if that was Double mountain IRA instead of |
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WAter! Just think of all that beer!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hein would it be possible to just throw a line out from the shore and water ski?
Just a thought.. wAter skiing on IRA would be like heaven.
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tinyE
Since 21 Jan 2006
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| Thu May 22, 08 5:46 am |
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| pkh wrote: | | I think its 1.21 giga watts |
actually, to be completely PC, I think they are jiggle watts.  |
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Spike
Since 13 May 2007
1414 Posts
Alameda
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| Thu May 22, 08 6:55 am |
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| pkh wrote: | | I think its 1.21 giga watts |
thinking vs calculating are very different things...
"The wind meter says its blowing 40mph, but I think its 14mph, I'm putting up my 16m!"
I doubt they launched the apollo rockets by "thinking" they were aiming for the moon
why do you think 1.21GW? |
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
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Portland
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