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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
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| Hein wrote: | Here's another forum tip...
Don't cut and paste the forecast.
No Topic = No Problem |
I caught a Hein post!
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
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Portland
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| Sun Jul 13, 08 9:44 pm |
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Southsyde!
Nuktastic 5m and decent wind swell - for Brooklyn, Sasquatch and GeneK. Diggin the strapless surfboard and 15m lines. A crazy fogbank mysteriously blew in at the end of the day - surreal watching everyone disappear into the mist.
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
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Portland
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| Sun Jul 13, 08 9:55 pm |
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| gabe wrote: | ha ha! that happens so often. fickle and unpredictable for sure. microclimates are fun, and interesting on the edges.
if you get to the jetty you should be relieved. if you make it to the middle of rockaway, you're really lucky and will have been schlogging for the last mile. trying to get beyond that is just crazy. you should never really expect to get more than a quarter mile or so past the jetty. just not worth it.
maybe scottnorby should start directing everyone to this downwinder instead--half of the kiting population will be lost at sea. no more crowds. 
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Went well till we got to the Nehalem jetty - got halfway across the inlet and wind goes 35 to zero.
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Had a few nice 7m sessions last year Manhattan to Barview - got a little weird around twin rocks - was gettin a bit close for a look
- but never experienced anything like the wind line we saw yesterday short of sailing near some high rise towers on a beach in FL
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tonylong
Since 30 Jun 2008
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Vancouver, WA
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There was a crazy fog there this morning as well -- I was at the coast (Seaside) but couldn't get to the kite beaches!
Did any of you happen to see the mess of smoke and clouds around Mt. Adams?
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
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PDX-LA
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| Sun Jul 13, 08 10:06 pm |
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| That first shot of Manzo is badass, John! Never seen it that capped out from above!
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Hein
Since 08 Mar 2005
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| Mon Jul 14, 08 6:32 am |
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see quote below
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6549 Posts
Couve / Hood
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| Mon Jul 14, 08 6:41 am |
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| Hein wrote: | | pkh wrote: | | I caught a Hein post! |
There ought to be a prize for that.
BTW Strapless with booties don't work so well.
but I guess if your feet turn into stumps then...
Did I hear someone say strapless with a 5M on 15 m lines is fun?
Was that with a C? Fixed? No way!
and a final word for team bozo:
Leave the ship wreck zone for the tourists and local beach goers.
Come in or launch well down wind so if something goes wrong
you won't take out one of the innocents. Fort Stevens has a
powerful management that probably will take steps to limit the
kiter area should any complaints be filed. Just do the right thing. |
Quoted for persistance! 
My booties were designed for surfers. They go "strapless" a lot.
Remember the Holly beach sign, "learn to surf kooks!" Oh yeah don't yell at the fisherman there, they have pull with management.
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Rico
Since 13 Mar 2005
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Vancouver
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| Mon Jul 14, 08 6:49 am Posts |
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Man you got two Hein posts. I saw one but was not fast enough to get it yesterday also saw the Hein ride in lot b the other day  . Kiting is fun kooked out or not. Sad to report that I missed one day of kiting this month 7/2. Doh
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kyle.vh
Since 11 Jul 2007
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city of angels
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| Mon Jul 14, 08 7:25 am |
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| tonylong wrote: | There was a crazy fog there this morning as well -- I was at the coast (Seaside) but couldn't get to the kite beaches!
Did any of you happen to see the mess of smoke and clouds around Mt. Adams? |
Yeah, WTF was that!
I honestly thought Mt. Adams errputed. No other clouds around: there wast a singe, tall, boiling white mushroom cloud with a mist of darker stuff below it....
Was it a fire or a weird atmospheric thing...?
anyone know?
I've never seen anything like it, it didn't look like smoke or a thunderhead.
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Mark
Since 20 Jun 2005
3678 Posts
I need my fix because I'm a
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| Mon Jul 14, 08 7:54 am |
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Fire,
Started out as 35 acres went to 500 in one day. 11 miles north of troutlake on south side of Adams.
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Bettyboarder
Since 18 Mar 2005
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PDX/ White Salmon
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| Mon Jul 14, 08 8:09 am |
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| We were packing up the car at the coast and noticed that weird cloud. We thought the Mt was errupting, just a fire though.
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Sasquatch
Since 09 Mar 2005
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PNW
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| Mon Jul 14, 08 8:37 am |
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| Gman wrote: | Southsyde!
Nuktastic 5m and decent wind swell - for Brooklyn, Sasquatch and GeneK. Diggin the strapless surfboard and 15m lines. A crazy fogbank mysteriously blew in at the end of the day - surreal watching everyone disappear into the mist. |
Thx for taking that pic Gman. . . never quite seen anything like it b4. If one looks at the pic closely, it goes from whispy white fog to deep clear ocean blue water to brown sandy brown water. . .kind of like a 1/2 gallon neopolitan ice cream.
Finishing up the dw in the fog was a trip! 9 out of 10 days on the coast--very nice.
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