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Charles, I'm glad to hear that you had the lake filled up again, but under kind of tough conditions. They had pictures of Abilene on the Weather Channel this morning but for some reason, they neg...
I heard the water level at Lake Isabella (California) is really low right now, and hinders windsurfing. Can anyone confirm or deny this! I want to go there this weekend but not if I can't sail. ...
My favorite is Lake Huron. It is good from northeast through to southeast (clocking through west). Sauble Beach and Kettle Point are well known locations on lake Huron- large swell can kick in when th...
...er did not see the lines. Most of the people I know who are kiters are also windsurfers. Here at Washoe Lake Nevada I got blown off the lake on sunday on a 4.5.....................literally unsailable...
Hi,
I'm also in Toronto, living near the part of the lake you're probably talking about (west/etobicoke). Does Marie Curtis Park ring any bells?
True offshore in this area scares me,...
...me guys who ride off of Lansing's Myers Park often. (http://www.c3gmbh.at/tinas_photogallery/cayugalake/
index.htm) While I can't find any communication about/from them online, I did find th...
Ray its a different class of sailing if your not familiar with it, as would be lake sailing to me. I like most other sailers around here have never sailed on a lake or on enclosed waters and the open ...
...inter unless you want to try the ocean during frontal storms and that is expert only and butt cold. The lakes are mostly reservoirs and during the winter they are usually down and normal acess is limi...
I just moved to the Big Easy and want to start kitesurfing on Lake Pontchartain. Is there anybody in the area to play with?
ALB Thomas Beckett
...s cool until Barney, the local cop, arrived on the scene. You see, swimming, and even wading out in our lake is illegal at the parks due to lawsuits. Whenever someone wades out into the water, even if...
W.I.R.E.D 2002 Western Canada Formula Championships 2002
Nitinat Lake, Vancouver Island, B.C. July 26, 27, 28, 2002
Cam http://www.CoastalBC.com/
... updated gear and experienced teachers. Sardinia, great choice.
Stefano from Italy, riding in Garda Lake...
...a Dad a year ago.
I hope to be able to find somebody, a group or a good school, that can teach me on Lake Pontchartrain.
Thank so much for your help,
Stefan...
... (a space shuttle landing strip), but we were denied land-sailing access to the monument part where the lake beds were and had to sneak our dirt bikes into the dunes on the military range. Much of tha...
...Mistral Bermuda at the cottage for playing around on though...using the formula board on a small, gusty lake is just too challenging for me....
Hi Nathan,
There's only one I know of in the finger lakes area - Canandaigua Windsurfing. 716-394-8150. I assume they are still around, but am never down there so am not sure. It is on the no...
... uphaul and letting the clew drag in the water to provide lateral resistance. (This was in 25+ Knots in Lake Superior - no place for a long swim!) Good reason to keep that outhaul on there - even on b...
...the straps, jibing, tacking, jumping? how windy is it typically and what kind of launches - ocean, bay, lake - do you have?
this kind of info will help alot towards deciding what kind of gear to g...
Some lakes could easily require a many-hour swim ... and that's not even in Great Lakes territory. I got cold in my 3-hour swim in a dry suit in a NM lake, and that was in air and water in the up...
...y go through about 3 per year - keeping the freshest one for ocean use and using the next oldest on the lake where there isn't a penalty (except a little swim).
My booms don't tend to la...
I go back from a week of snow skiing around Salt Lake City. When I heard about the avalanche problems I got on the rec.ski.alpine NG to get the real scoop. Man, we windsurfers treat each other with so...
look at this reading from one of our local cribs (lake michigan water pumping station)
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/metdata/chi/
9:00 PM 32 - 34 kts, gusting 36, NNE
Hope it holds out til mo...
...some reason (they are too heavy for me to carry them down to water now that our drought has lowered the lake level). Any way, if I put a 6 foot long fin in the center of the board but rotated 90 degre...
...rage and she said it was hers and she used to sail years ago. When spring came we took her board to the lake and of course I brought my gear. It was blowing pretty good so I suggested that she not go ...
...2 sail in marginal conditions.
I'm living in Boston area and going mostly to Cape, though some lake sailing happened.
I need a board (this or similar one) to learn more (waterstart, jibe,...
...bs, could meet you at Wello or Golden beach, should try to find onshore winds for your first adventure. Lake Catharabah is great for learning as you can touch the bottom everywhere.
Regards Justin...
...he wind /chop get a little big for my GOFS board. I weigh 220 lbs and sail 95% of the time on an inland lake with winds in the 15-30 range. I have been sailing the GOFS in all winds, but now I think i...
Not me.
The wind is great and there's 300 miles of open access shore line on lake Sakakawea within 1.5 hr. of Minot, but it's the same old windsurfing story. There are maybe 25 old schoo...
...les or speed training) on windsurfing days but occasionally i end a windsurfing day by a run around the lake (about 13 km / 8 miles) at a moderate pace (around one hour for me but thats a very persona...
I sailed San Luis ONeal Forebay, my first time, a couple of weeks ago. I have never experienced weeds as thick. When I fell, I came up looking like the swamp monster with weeds not only hanging all ov...
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