Wind This Week

[Tony360]

Too strong for my 7 right now. Feels mid 40s on the gusts. King tide w logs and shorebreak. Hope it backs a bit

[gabrielb]

Whidby tanking to 20 knots... exoect 20 knots in 2 hours.

[gabrielb]

Northern strait wind shutdown too. 11 am 12 ft tide, 20 knots at bb, head high waves.
Crap in water, logs.

[Adrian L]

Trees are sideways here in NV; was I ever wrong saying windless weekend. lol
Argh! This no driving business is killin' me, technically cannot be on the water either for two more months; make sure i don't have any seizures, crash my truck, or, drown windsurfing... A long story... Bullshit is how it is, but necessary unfortunately...
Hope everyone has a wicked day out there today. look forward to hearing about it... cheers

[tweegster]

Second on the water, gnarly getting in and out with logs and shorebreak.

45mins or so then got taken out by a wave and smacked by my board.

Head high and 40+

Humbling...

[gabrielb]

Glad nothing serious...

[decman_r]

Glad you're OK. Was wondering why you went in. Insane conditions out there. Awesome two hours lit on 5m and surf. The high tide made getting out sketchy.

[Faceplant]

Heart pounding to say the least! Upon arrving at Bbay it looked like the waves were breaking above my eye level! It looked very strange. The shore break was not a heaving/body slamming type of shore break but rather a churning log/wood filled sideways running river. Taking a stab at gettng out took some nerve and once body dragging It was clear to see the waves were much larger than I thought. Solid head high once in deeper water. 5 meter kite was the ticket from 9-10:30. Seemed to drop or become holey by then. 7meter wouldve been good at that point. Pretty awesome to be out in the water and to experience the power that mother nature can dish out.
Brutal face gash!!! Damn! Hope you heal up quick.

[tweegster]

7 stitches later, good as new.

I have business meetings in Phoenix tomorrow, nobody should even notice.

[C36]

Intense. As soon as I stepped out of the van I knew I would be waiting a few minutes before I would be heading out – roaring trees, exploding spray, rolling logs in the shore break and 55 mph gusts on the sensor. It was looking like a shot-out-of-canon kind of day! Craig was willing to give it try and Lubo followed shortly. They made it look doable and I was just about the join them when they both came back in and said it was crazy. OK – stick with Plan ‘A’ – wait for things to settle back into the range to sailing for mortals. It didn’t take too long before I decided to go for my first try (3.4/74) – it was doable, but felt like a smack-down was about to happen in short order. Jumps felt like ‘hummingbirds’ (the power of the wind would just suspend you over the water) and hunting for lulls to gybe in was on order. I stayed over the first bank for a few runs then headed back in when it was all about survival sailing. Gradually the sessions on the water got longer, the runs grew longer and things started to feel balanced as the wind backed into the gusting over 40 range. More than a few memorable moments (most of them positive). Chris gets two thumbs up for going for it for ‘big’ gear! Eventually there were more people on the water than on the beach. This was fun!


Then the wind started to diminish and osculate between steady SE and funky S and the big patch of blue sky had me headed to the beach for the ‘tank’. But the funny part was it didn’t – DaveN and BigJohn were out in the sun making it look fun, really fun! Quickly rigged 4.5/92 and when out for another stint. Well powered and still lots of options created by the water. Finally got a 4.5 session in the sun at Centennial – a first for me!


No keyhole launches, sharks, mackers, or surgeon’s slab, but it started off with Centennial’s version of intensity today!

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