Forum | Classifieds | Lost & Found | CGKA | Industry | Sensors | Forecast | Spots | Seattle | Decals | RSS | Facebook Events | Photos | Search | Register | Profile | Log in to check your messages | Log in  Anyone ever kited the Mississippi River?          Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast previous topic :: next topic   Author Message twostates Since 28 Aug 2007 101 Posts pdx Stoked Wed May 21, 08 12:37 pm    Anyone ever kited the Mississippi River? headed to Moline Illinois / Davenport Iowa for a family thing.. Can't find any sensors or reports or anything kite related.. Anyone happen to know anything? chanson Since 31 Jan 2006 1874 Posts WISCONSIN Chimey Wed May 21, 08 1:30 pm     Looks like these guys get out here... post up on these forums and see what you get. www.kiteridersllc.com (madison, wi) www.chicagokitesurfing.com (chicago, ILL-area) www.lakawa.com (MN, Iowa, Midwest) Quote: Hello fellow windsurfers, and windjunkies. The 2nd Annual Saylorville DAM JAM is scheduled to take place on Lake Saylorville north of Des Moines, IA May 16-18th 2008. This years event is packed full with fun activities both on and off the water, including dash for cash race, course racing and other fun activieties. The race is a sactioned MOWIND points event. We got a saturday night band (Jemstate) lined up to play for us at the local Saylorville Marina floating Harbour Grille and bar during the Saturday night BBQ dinner event. Event info here: http://www.mowind.org/wp/?page_id=28 NOR here: http://www.mowind.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/nor_saylorvilleregatta2008.pdf Check out the complete MOWIND event calendar here http://www.mowind.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/2008_mowind_cal.htm Jemstate homepage http://www.myspace.com/jemstate looks like there are enough launches for any wind direction here... http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&q=Lake+Saylorville,+IA&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&ll=41.50779,-90.362678&spn=0.010477,0.030513&t=h&z=16 just hope it's not a cory with high walls or something, but its super close to Moline. It's not lake saylorville though..I just used that for direction...actually right outside of East Moline. twostates Since 28 Aug 2007 101 Posts pdx Stoked Wed May 21, 08 2:37 pm     Sweet, I'll check this stuff out, thanks! jdk Since 21 Dec 2005 333 Posts Obsessed Wed May 21, 08 5:09 pm     lake pepin can have monster swell with south wind. depending on which side of the river you are on (wisco/minne) you might be able to ride other wind directions too. plus it's wide there (lake pepin) so the current is not so swift and the sediment/shit settles out and the water isn't too bad. northern iowa has some good spots, clear/spirit lakes get a lot of wind through the summer (the high planes). windancing.com has info i think its been a cold spring as far as i know (warming a bit last two weeks), i'm guessing the river is still below 50 jdk Since 21 Dec 2005 333 Posts Obsessed Wed May 21, 08 5:12 pm     also, airports always have wind sensors and you can find the data online        Northwest Kiteboarding -> Gorge / Portland / Oregon Coast All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1   Jump to: Select a forum Northwest Kiteboarding Discussion Forum----------------Gorge / Portland / Oregon CoastFor SaleLost & FoundIndustry SoapboxCGKA  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You can attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum