Nimkish

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What a day. Left the house at 530. Ferry at 620. Drove up island. Took a while but finally found it. Nimkish Lake ! Amazing.
Warm water ( warmer than i expected ). 3 mil suit wouldve been good. Steady wind when i first arrived at 230 i figured 12m was the ticket. Hiked up to the truck got the 12. Pumed it up. Found an anchor point on shore rigged up my rope and carribeener, ran my lines then all of a sudden the wind kicked up a notch. Deflated the 12 , back to the truck and grabbed the 9 meter. Was trying to play it super safe as i felt very isolated. Finally got out and had an amazing session. Wind swell was really nice and clean. Biggest waves were close to shoulder high ! Not sure how often the wind blows here but definitely worth the trip. Camping spot looked rad at the kite beach. I was at the most northerly launch.
http://www.lepore.ca/nimpkish/nimpkish.html

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Launch area had a tiny little bay sheltered from the wind. Good for hanging out in the sun.

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The drive to this spot was overgrown. Not good for full size vehicle. Car or small truck can get in without scraping.

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[Alton]

Shoulder high swell ... all to yourself ... sweet. Got to check Nimpkish out one day. Maybe next summer.

[jking]

thanks for the post Faceplant!..

looks pretty sweet!...definitely got to check that out..

the pic that you posted, is that the launch area?..still trying to figure out how you launched (if) that's the launch bay..

cheers

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I tried uploading short video to show more detail. The photo is showing towards the point. The bay was behind me.

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Finally got the Nimkish video uploaded. Waves don't look as big with the go pro, but I swear there were some nice suckers rolling through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMDNYid ... 0J1K6xnLqA

[Alton]

Finally got the Nimkish video uploaded. Waves don't look as big with the go pro, but I swear there were some nice suckers rolling through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMDNYid ... 0J1K6xnLqA

Nice gybes. Too bad you didn't nail the goose ... could have been your dinner.