F**k this and the horse I rode in on.

[bryanleighty]

been blowing 30+ EVERY single day at the Gorge..



until I show up.

forecast is basically set for 1 possible riding day for rest of this week.

furious is not even close to describe my mood.

That sucks. Sorry.
I hear the local scenery and other stuff to do is cool though.
Maybe try to make the best of it. When Donna and myself, Lori and Raul, and the Fox Family went to Puerto Rico, mainly to ride, we had (no lie) 20 minutes in 8 days that went over 12 knots. Kiting wise, it was a joke.
I feel for you, but we made the best of the other stuff and still had a good time. Try to make the best of what is there and hopefully it won't totally suck.
I totally hear you though... ugggghhhh.....

[BigR]

That's too bad Bryan, its been going off every day for a month, till now...

that said, I think if there is any wind it'll be showing up by swell city / hatch first ( definitely not further east than event site for now )

There are cool things to do , alota hiking @ mt hood , trout fishing @ klickitat or deschutes, local microbrews or wineries, whitewater rafting, mountain biking, nature photography........

the wind never stays away for more than 3-4 days at most during summer tho'

Hey, looks like my property deal is going thru :-)

Hope you get some wind real soon.

[bryanleighty]

ya.. ive grew up here.. all my family is here..
got plenty more to do..

but really had kiting on the brain.

guess things could have been worse.. i could have booked an epic kite trip to hawaii..

yikes..

im going to head to stevenson today and pray i can get a kite up in the air..

[BigR]

I would strongly reccomend the event site for today, I think you'll get enough for a 14-16 M kite. I doubt steveson will have any at all

http://www.wind-surf.net/cgi-shl/05-...ow-forecast.pl

when it looks like that usually means 15-18kts @ event site

[bryanleighty]

biggest i brought was a 12..

blah.

http://www.ikitesurf.com/windandwher...ient+Animation

this shows stevenson looking better...

think event site is better call tho?

thanks for any tips you can give..

b

[BigR]

the gradient forecast is best for telling you whether its windy , nukin , totally radioactive or totally dead!

generally , if there is a difference in as little as 0.10 in the pressure gradient between the event site and portland, then its ON. usually 12 M wind.

Also, you have to "click" forward on the gradient graph to the right time "zone"

I think it will soon be windy to all heck there ( just not on wednesday )

And, event site is still your best bet, if no wind at stevenson , then you are drifting down wind with no place to put in cept on the rocks. @ event site there's thousands of yards of sand so no problem if not enough wind for up wind ( altho' it is usually "on or off" )

at worst you get to road trip and meet some cool people there

p.s. thursday is lookin' nuclear

[BigR]

you got 20 kts yesterday afternoon, no bitching allowed while we are the ones suffering!

[bryanleighty]

ya.... but i spent it with the family.. figured it was a coin toss anyways..
heading out to the gorge for a 4 day camp today.. hope to pick up something this afternoon/evening and am ready for what thursday / fri / sat will bring..

dont think it hit 20knts tho.. but it was def looks like it would have been ridable..

still irks the hell out of me when it been 25 to 30 for the last 2 months solid..

i love to complain about things i have no control over.

love it.

[BigR]

oh, and I'll bet you got blown off the water today on the 7m waroo , right?