This year's winds so far have been the most f'd up I have EVER seen, ever. I remember if it blew 30 for more than a half hour being a very big deal on these "typical" easts, in the past.
Something is whack.. whack I tell ya'. Gusting to 35 to 40, about 6 times now in two weeks. That's just bizarre.
Not even really storm related, just clouds coming through, for the most part.

I do remember several years ago (4 or 5) sitting at EB with Jayson, Robert and a couple guys watching it blow 30 to 35 for all day and basically saying "screw it" because I don't think any of us had smaller than 9m kites. We just sat on our trucks watching it nuke.
Jayson rode his trainer kite that day. I remember the launch not going so well, and then him being litt on a trainer! Then he, I, and one more person all tried to ride (a 7.5 Naish, I think).
I remember he hurt his knees after getting lofted and I got my a$$ handed to me. It sucked.

With the exception of a few oddball days of strong E winds in the past, this stuff is abi-normal, imo. It's gusting from 15 to 35 or 40 (??). That's not normal. I got my hurricane kite for hurricanes!, not Easts moving over from the east coast and going apesh.t on us at 4 pm.

The only time we usually see winds even close to this are during coldfronts, and those are the really strong ones, like from a couple of seasons ago (the first boardercross at North Beach being the perfect example). That day was solid 30 to 35, with a gust to 42, recorded, I believe.
Obviously, those were NW winds, not Easts, and once they start to nuke, theya are usually more predictable.

These Easts are getting quite ridiculous in my mind. They have always been gusty, but in the past, they would go from about 13 or so to about 22 or so, then drop back down, then back up, all day.
Now... they are going from about 13 or so to 30 or more in 20 seconds (great ). I guess the good news is they tend to be staying at around 25 after that first spike, and not dropping below 20 (especially after 5pm.), so we can rig accordingly and just have fun after the first wave of strong wind passes us.

I don't have a clue what to expect tomorrow and Sunday, because none of the forecasts lately have said "expect strong spikes to 35 to 40 knots".