sunday

[DanB]

Backside skyway was great!! Out in the flats all day solid with some powered gusts.
Eric we need louder tunes man! I need to hear that beyond the channel.

Some sketchy action on the beach felt much better out on the water. One guy was heading right towards the back of Bryan's truck-that would have hurt-also one kite ripped in almost in two, another kite in the trees and at least one known board lost.

I did come across a submerged palm tree out on the flats about 300 yards beyond the channel marker towards East. Would not be fun unless you were going for the natural slider. The roots stick out and look like some seedweed-tree goes to the north.

final notes of the day-The skywalker boards are the best and I am very sore!

[Steve-O]

I would think that most kiters grabbed Sunday's fun. I like these NW fronts as it spreads everyone out and gives you so many options to ride. Let's keep em comin. About a dozen or so kiters were exploring the waters of Honeymoon, 3-rooker, and Sunset Beach. All great locations for kiting. If you strictly ride down south and haven't explored the north, it might be something you want to take a look at. It is worth the drive and extra effort to find these jewels. With the crowds getting the way they are, looking for other options does everyone some good. Hope all was safe and enjoy your week.

[inferno]

i had IRB all to myself at about 3 pm, not a kite in site...
waves were awsome, some were pretty painful as well...

fyi, the crazyfly lightwind 145x48, officially smokes the glide, theres no way i could of had that much fun in waist to chest high barrels on a glide, and it rode through the waves with almost no face splashing and the extra size made it feel more like a surf board and alowed me to ride the wave without much pull from the kite....
awsome session... till one of my screws came out along with some threading from the insert

[bryanleighty]

ya.. there was a guy hauling ass into the beach at BS SW and i thought he was showboating a bit and going to hit a transition at the waters edge..

nope.

he was on a big ass C kite and completely overpowered and heading directly for the back of my Ford Bronco parked back and off to the side of the beach. Some guys grabbed him.. not sure if he would have done the right thing and sent his kite the other way to avoid the collision.. but damn.. its one of those things I really would never want to see.

There was another guy giving a woman lessons out there too.. and the guy giving the lessons didnt seem to have his stuff together at all. his launch of his Flexi kite almost turned horrendous ...

For the love of God, Christ, Buddah, Pamela Anderson, whoever it is you pray to at night.. PLEASE do not kite at Backside Skyway until you have at least an intermediate skill level. It is a nasty, kite eating, board stealing, accident waiting to happen place.

Bad thing is that out in the channel there is enough room to accomodate tons of riders..

Get 5 on the beach and its full.

And Toby, I found your stash of mags.

[toby wilson]

Great session at North Beach. TONS of kites on the water but plenty of space for all. It seems like there are far less kooks out there because they don't have the skillz to be able to brave the 'waves' and chop. Epic session, one of my best to date. Sore as hell this morning though, I can barely move my neck and my back feels like someone hit me in it with a sledge hammer. North Beach it is for me going forward if possible and if I am not helping Amber, that launch is EPIC yet it is too rough for inexperienced heroes to brave!!!

NB is awesome on a N or NW. There is a reason all the windsurfers go there and lug all their crap all the way out there when it blows.

I would be surprised if it ever gets crowded there, for various reasons. It's the one spot you could proclaim to be "the best" and still most won't go. Glad you and Roy had such a great time. Because you guys are fairly new to that spot......

If a ranger ever asks you to leave, just do it with a smile (please).
It happens on rare occassion. This is not likely to occur this time of year, but starting in March they are under pressure from various birding/environmental groups to keep the area free of "disturbance".

Also, please don't ever ride in those little "kiddie pools", if anything could get us in real trouble with the rangers out there, that's it. Glad you liked it out there Toby, it's an awesome spot.

How many windsurfers were out there? How many kiters? I know about 6 showed up on the DW with Billy. How many rigged and rode there? TONS sounds like alot. I have never seen more than 8 rig and ride there on a non-event day.

[A-Bomb]

There was at least 8-10 kites at NB for a while. The waves were awesome.
We've been lucky to have two EPIC Sundays in a row!

Yesterday was one of my most fun days ever. Got out there at about 1:30 and rode for about four hours with only a couple 5 min. breaks. ...learned some new stuff too.

The only thing that would've made it better would be if you guys at Backside cranked up the tunes loud enough for us to hear all the way out at North Beach. That would be something huh? If you can hear a stereo a mile away that's playing straight into the wind, I'd say you have some serious wattage.

Inferno,
What kind of waterproof MP3 player is that you use? I'm impressed that it holds up to the abuse of kiteboarding and was considering getting a regular (non-waterproof) one anyway.

On a side note... I noticed there was a few people going through the windsurfer's area a couple times. Hopefully, nobody pissed them off too bad. They could potentially be the ones to complain.

[toby wilson]

I would say that throughout the day there were at least 30 if not more kiters out there...thoroughout the day...but when we first rigged at 8:30 AM, I think there were 10-11 of us and I would probably say the most on the water at one time was about 13-15 but maybe more, I didn't count...I was having WAY too much fun!!! Like I said...EPIC!!! As for windsurfers, there were lots out too, probably about 8-10 to start as well and they came and went all day. They were way cool, one guy even crashed his waroo with twisted lines and was getting drug through them, they just casually rode around him. I ran down the beach and swam out to get the kite and all was ok, kite was fine. The great thing about yesterday is that it was what I envisioned kiting when I got into the sport. Everyone being respectful, cool with each other and sharing the stoke!!! It just plain ROCKED!!!

PS - the OR Mako just TORE up the waves...

[shogun1204]

I have rode at N. Beach about 4 or 5 session now and I love it there. It would be my favorite spot if I could pull my truck right up to the beach so I would not have to lug all my crap out there! You can ride waves, then if you want fairly flat shallow water just have to walk up past the tree stumps and ride in that area. Right now the forecast is showing more west wind for Sunday. Hopefully it will hold and it will be N. Beach for me again!