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ricki 11-21-2007 06:37 AM

7 Mile Central East Coast Downwinder
 
"To Anybody that wants to come...The Forecast for this coming Friday calls for...North 15 to 25...There will be a Huge DownWinder of Kiters, if everyone on this list comes...If you can come, and You know You can make it, please e-mail Us back, so We can get the Logistics' ready.....Trucks/Cars set at the right place...We have been doing the DownWinders here for the last few weeks, and We try to ride at "Monster Hole" for a few hours, then do the DownWinder at the end of the Day...Kitetricity Kiteboarding's Professional Photographer will be on hand taking Pictures...The DownWinder will be from the Inlet, down to Wabaso, just south of the Life Guard Station...This is a 7 mile DownWinder, and We will be checking the Tide before We go, and You must come in on the South Side of the Station, if You make it ALL the Way Down...If for Some Reason, You do not make it ALL the way down, there will be other places to come in, just be sure to land on the SouthSide of "Each" Life Guard Station...Hope to hear from All Riders, soon...Later...

A.J. Morgan"
www.kitetricity.com

BigR 11-21-2007 08:12 AM

Maybe I'm daft, where is the site that calls for N 15-25?

All I see is this:

COASTAL WATERS FROM COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT 20 NM-
409 AM EST WED NOV 21 2007

FRIDAY
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHWEST 10 TO
15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A MODERATE CHOP ON
THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. CHANCE OF SHOWERS.

FRIDAY NIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15 KNOTS BECOMING EAST
AROUND 10 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. A LIGHT CHOP ON
THE INTRACOASTAL WATERS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.


http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/data/Foreca...US52.KMLB.html
Up in st augustine and panhandle I do see 20 from the north tho';...

If you can find wind in jupiter, I'm there :D ,

BigR 11-21-2007 09:14 AM

okay, I found it.... you must be going by the ikitesurf forecast then

http://www.ikitesurf.com/windAndWher...orecast+Graphs

that looks more optimistic...:D

ricki 11-24-2007 12:20 AM

Looks like they had a good session from the photos. The wind shifted N to NNE after about 10:30 am and boosted into the mid to high teens with gusts into the 20's mph range. They had some nice swells too, looked close to head high. They got lucky with the front, looks like it timed out just right.


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