Wind Storm

Onad · Sun Nov 12, 06 8:02 pm **Wind Storm**

South coast is picking up!!

Sol-flyer · Sun Nov 12, 06 8:04 pm

good one dano!

i was just gonna put up a post to see if anybody has the cahones the size of there trainer kite?
here is another great pic:

Kataku2k3 · Since 14 Aug 2005 3753 Posts Los Angeles, CA Videographer

Our B3 has a shit ton of power in 50-60kts, pretty much to the point where I can't hold the thing down in neutral, so ~90 would be INSANE!!! B2 with 600lbs line..?

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6548 Posts Couve / Hood Site Lackey

Hey nice find Dano... I posted this on the best forum, where SQ is talking about holding down a 7m Waroo at 46mph. Me and a few other PacNW peeps are letting him know he is mistaken.

What's the most wind y'all been out in? What kite? I think the most wind was either at SS on Henry's 5m SB or at Rooster a couple weeks ago. I think SS was more. I think it was gusting to 40mph+.

Also in Costa Rica a couple years ago, super lit on 7m on short lines.

jahmbi · Sun Nov 12, 06 8:24 pm

WAS JUST OUTSIDE Twisted Evil

WHAT A NICE EVENING Evil or Very Mad

THE STARS ARE OUT . PITCH BLACK..GRUNDENS ON ,THE TREES ARE BENDING POURING DOWN RAIN, WHAT MORE CAN A TRUE OREGONIAN ASK FOR Question

TROLL

broadbandito · Since 26 Apr 2005 342 Posts CSO headwaters WheatHead

Sustained over 80 and gusting over 100!

http://raws.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/roman/meso_base.cgi?stn=K92S&time=PST

gabe · Since 16 May 2005 475 Posts Obsessed

you have to wonder what the right wind strength would be for doing a full powered downwinder on a surfboard with no kite...

i suggest a leash or straps, otherwise the board will fly away if you ever drop it.

Mark · Sun Nov 12, 06 9:03 pm

So far 35 in Beaverton. Picking up tho.

Mark · Sun Nov 12, 06 9:09 pm

Anyone know the baro of the low?
Beaverton has fallen to 29.292 A nice 45 degree slope down from 10 AM reading of 30.20.

registered · Since 12 Jul 2005 1319 Posts tsunami Sandbagger

not to often the wife wants me online looking at the wind to see if the fir trees are going to snap. wow arago has some high end wind..... Twisted Evil

Mocean · Since 21 Sep 2005 343 Posts Newport Obsessed

My wind guage was reading gusts of 73 MPH for a while this evening but the wind just died down and is starting to come in out of the west. For now anyway... It was definitely rockin and rollin!

jahmbi · Sun Nov 12, 06 9:40 pm

WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL , WE USED TO GO OUT TO CAPE ARAGO AND LEAN OVER THE CLIFFS AND HAVE THE WIND HOLD YOU UP Twisted Evil

THAT WAS SOME CONFUSED TIMES Laughing

ATLEAST I LIVED THRU THEM Exclamation

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

I was out at Siletz until just around 1pm. It went from just right on my 12 waroo to couldn't hold it down fully de-powered in about 3 seconds. It was starting to rain anyway, so I took off...

Siletz is a very cool place. I got there right about the end of low tide, so the first 1/2 hour or so was pretty tough to stay up wind (the water was still going out). After that, the wind got a little stronger, and it was pretty cool... fairly smooth water, easy set up/launch at low tide (lots of beach). There was a tricky part right in the middle where the river current was. It seemed like I would lose a lot of ground and speed right in the middle.

Kataku2k3 · Since 14 Aug 2005 3753 Posts Los Angeles, CA Videographer

Glad you made it out and liked it. If you're ever heading out again let me know if you want someone to ride with. With JP not down here at school now, I'm not so motivated to drive an hour and 15 mins to go ride (and pay for gas). I've never done it before, but Jim down there said when it's blowing due west it's sweet. Supposedly you can run up and down the length of Siletz all day. And it would seem like the tide wouldn't matter so much either.

You're absolutely right about the current. We've been out there on +6-7ft days when the bay is pretty much filled in, but still incoming (N wind day), and you can go from being ultra lit to nothing at the northern end, just from hitting the current. That's up towards Moe's though where JP had a baby seal (or whatever they are), riding underneath him in like 4ft of water!!!

blowhard · Since 26 Dec 2005 2025 Posts Windward

the 5.0 is the most fun kite I have . from 30-35 mph Very Happy

from 35 -40 is still very fun and gettin a little jiggy Laughing

40 is cool Cool

45 is not cool Twisted Evil

But i bet a 3.0 would be ,
but not worth buying for the few times it would good with that kind of wind.

we have a south exposure that looks out on a lake
the walls were moving in and out as well as the windows and every once in a while the whole house would rumble and shake.
But it's been here since the early 60's and we are the newcomers,,
it's no La Ventana, but I doubt it has hurricane clips either Rolling Eyes

Kataku2k3 · Since 14 Aug 2005 3753 Posts Los Angeles, CA Videographer

I still like my Fuels, but I really wanna try out a Link 4/5 for 40+ conditions...

Sol-flyer · Tue Nov 14, 06 8:03 pm **it aint over till the....**

more winds.