Weekend Wind?

[Tony360]

Any insights on where to kite this weekend? EC is calling for some inflows at Squamish but the weather looks iffy and could be gusty. Gspot shows a possible NW on Sunday morning, maybe a repeat of last Monday's session?

[Alton]

Any insights on where to kite this weekend? EC is calling for some inflows at Squamish but the weather looks iffy and could be gusty. Gspot shows a possible NW on Sunday morning, maybe a repeat of last Monday's session?

Too much cloud cover for Squamish this weekend. Still waiting for confirmation re: Sun morning westerly. I'm aiming for Locust dawn patrol if the sensor looks good Saturday morning - want to beat the "Ride to Conquer Cancer Bike race" border crossing.

[Mike]

I'm going to Squamish today in spite of clouds. Flat water opportunity but likely gusty/shifty and, worst case, maybe not sailable wind. Trainer kite = plan B.

[Alton]

I'm going to Squamish today in spite of clouds. Flat water opportunity but likely gusty/shifty and, worst case, maybe not sailable wind. Trainer kite = plan B.

Hey Mike - How was Squamish today? The wind graph looks pretty bad (weak then gusty) except 11am-12pm looks pretty good.

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[Mike]

Expectations exceeded. It worked in spite of clouds and dark cloud "pouring" over the west cliff like a waterfall. 3 solid hours (wish I could have kept it to two). There was some up and down and a little shify-ness but very workable for my purposes . 2+ hours as the soul windsurf with only a handful of kiters (mostly racers). Towards the end of my session Ryan and a couple others arrived giving me a short 2nd wind but some cramping and lack of energy by this time was not to be ignored - I tried.

Don't think one can count on a day like this as typical with clouds.

[Alton]

Expectations exceeded. It worked in spite of clouds and dark cloud "pouring" over the west cliff like a waterfall. 3 solid hours (wish I could have kept it to two). There was some up and down and a little shify-ness but very workable for my purposes . 2+ hours as the soul windsurf with only a handful of kiters (mostly racers). Towards the end of my session Ryan and a couple others arrived giving me a short 2nd wind but some cramping and lack of energy by this time was not to be ignored - I tried.

Don't think one can count on a day like this as typical with clouds.

Congrats to you, Ryan et al. for scoring a good session against the threat of clouds.
Lillooet hit 23C while Vancouver stayed at 12C - perhaps the temperature gradient smoothed out the gusts.

[Chuck]

Shall I be the first to jinx it?

So far BWD is playing ball, let's see what the G spot update says!

[Michael]

Happy Fathers Day to all the windsurfing dads. Hope you guys get some wind today.

[C36]

Back from Long Beach (another one off my bucket list) and it was worth the drive (and it will remain on my 'return as soon as possible list' ). The epic wind was a no show (but from I understand the wind forecasts are hit and miss) , but the good news is the swell forecasts are pretty reliable . Here is a summary of the Fathers Day weekend island adventure.

Friday June 13th
pictures
voice
write-up

Saturday June 14th
pictures
voice 1
voice 2
chapter book

Happy Fathers Day!