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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
4907 Posts
Portland
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Wed Aug 20, 14 4:06 pm Squirt Kiting the Blowout |
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Fun day kooking out with the crew - Thanks Bolstad Clan
Those who never seen a squirt boat - its a whitewater kayak made of fiberglass or kevlar that looks like it was flattened with a steamroller - designed in the mid-eighties to travel underwater with the ability to rotate on all axis - not all its drivers could survive without air on the bottom of a river and it lost some of its popularity...
The last time i busted it out was to surf the Skookumchuck wave - a tidal narrows that forms once a day - that was 2001 about the same time i started kiting - i remember it being a tight fit, my legs fell asleep paddling down to the surf spot and i had to get out and squirm about like a seal till the blood started flowing again - it was labor day weekend and was surprised no one else was there - had the fam hike in and meet me and since i had the place to myself, got to pig out, got one ride on the wave that lasted 37 minutes
thought i would break the 1988 squirt boat out of its hibernation for the Blowout and see if it would work with a kite - not the most efficient of craft it puts out a giant wake - tho the wake is kinda rad - likes a lot of wind
highpoints - launching over three waves at a time and having the spray off the bow fold my both of my eyelids back
lowpoints - the second set of doldrums and a 10 minute balancing act with the boat pointing 45 degrees skyward before i could get the kite relaunched
highpoints- finishing...
some pics
Skookumchuck Wave
Squirt boating is pretty rad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKH6UZ8hbVc _________________ Go Deep!
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Sasquatch
Since 09 Mar 2005
2058 Posts
PNW
Bigfoot
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kss
Since 24 Apr 2006
613 Posts
pdx
Addicted
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Wed Aug 20, 14 5:12 pm |
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Rad! |
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WindSki
Since 14 Dec 2012
402 Posts
Portland
Obsessed
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Wed Aug 20, 14 8:41 pm |
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kick ass |
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