Sandbar Predictions?

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder

Anyone care to make some predictions about the sandbar?

1) How long is the water going to be high?

2) How much do you think the sandbar will change as a result of the high water / high flow?

3) Overall, do you think the really high water will have a positive or negative impact on the sandbar this summer?

KidCorporate · Since 10 Jul 2007 563 Posts Addicted

That's very troubling. I think we could take the event site beach though sheer numbers though.

forrest · Mon May 19, 08 8:38 am

As far as the sandbar is concerned, it's not going to be to heavily affected. I think history shows us that the sandbar grows rather than shrinks.

The water is going to continue to do this overnight at the beginnings of the work week to ramp up for peak loads on Mondays.

My predictions are the weekends will be toby due to the lack of launch space on the Sandbar but if we all encourage people to roll up their lines it won't be a big deal.

Honestly, riding with the water this high is awesome cause there is so much room with waist deep water to mess around in.

wylieflyote · Mon May 19, 08 8:44 am

Forrest,
Please help an out-of-towner. Question:
toby=blow-me-a-kiss?

Kip

PS, Sorry I missed your Lyle work party day, stuck in Taco-town.

BigR · Since 05 Jul 2005 372 Posts White Salmon Obsessed

Toby = K F

but then toby is just toby

KidCorporate · Since 10 Jul 2007 563 Posts Addicted

Mark · Mon May 19, 08 9:44 am

I think it will move the sandbar to the west. Nicely in front of our event site Wink

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

the snow runoff should bring down more sediment from last year's landslide and make it bigger.

pdxmonkeyboy · Mon May 19, 08 10:01 am

Has anyone ever thought about designating some kind of beginner or lesson area for the sand bar? I've got no problems with beginners as we all have been there before but it does seem at times that there are people learning or parking everywhere you are trying to get to when launching or landing.

Then again, maybe there are simply too many people learning for one location. Just a thought I had.

Gman · Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped

Kinda enjoyed the guy and his wife with the 4m foil trying to figure it out over about dozen kites and kiters - was about to tell him to move along when he crashes down, narrowly missing someone.

But in true sandbar Karma another kook tomahawks his 12m just feet from the two of them Thumb's Up

That got them to move along.

I think the Sandbar should remain like Thunderdome - anything goes.

forrest · Mon May 19, 08 10:16 am

There is no point in forming policies without enforcement.

blowhard · Since 26 Dec 2005 2027 Posts Windward

it's officially renamed
"Gay Bar"

magicmaker · Since 29 Oct 2006 895 Posts da Hood Opinionated

Nak · Mon May 19, 08 11:01 am

Are the sliders going to stay in place with the high water??? Shocked

pdxmonkeyboy · Mon May 19, 08 11:19 am

hmmm, thunderdome could work.

"Two kooks enter, one kook leaves"

"Two kooks enter, one kook leaves"

I don't think enforcement would be a problem if there was something to enforce.

Its one thing to say, hey can you do that anywhere but here. But its another to say, you would be more comfortable in the designated beginner zone. It's been my experience that allot of beginners are more worried about pissing people off then they are about personal safety.

I've seen people go off on some beginners for practicing in the kiddie pool and they were like "how am I supposed to know not to clog up this area?" Just having them luanch and land near the tip of the spit would alleviate much of the problem.

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