Tuesday, September 29, 2009

69--Willard 13M 9ME 11M,



Watched the lake camera
and left home when we saw whitecaps.
Doug and I got there around 10:00
Some kiters already there waiting for the wind.
Big kites and big boards till around 1:00
We left and went to get lunch,
when we got back, we rigged 9M.
We rode clear to th other side of the bay,
probably only a couple of miles.
Then lightened up for 11M,
and was still 13M when we left around 6.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

68--PV 13M

Ditto,,,yesterday, just lighter.
Rode surfboard without back strap.
Undecided...

Saturday, September 26, 2009

67--PV 13M

Great day at PV.
Rode small twintip when powered,
rode surfboard when it was lighter,
then back to twintip.
Best power of the day was later
when Jim and Tracy were close by in thier boat.
Fun to jump and look down on them.
Took th rear strap off surfboard for tomorrow(optomisim)

Monday, September 21, 2009

66--ULSSB 13M

Rode down with Matt.
Wind steadily built until sunset.
The sandy bottom was great, but the swell was off.
Needed to rig 11M later, but i was cold and had enough
of the blinding, setting, in your eyes, sun.
I need to start dressing warmer.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

65--American Falls 9M


Jason sent a tex that the Jackson guys were headed to AF reservoir.
Forecast was looking strong, all day.
I decided on my old 9M, and was happy I had lots of range,
Lots were out on 7M, Lots out on 9M.
The swell in the middle was fun stuff to ride,
but funner to launch off of, some very big airs all around.
The water/mud at the shore, was stinky as could be, gaggy.
Two long session, were the call, after a 2+ hour drive.
I thought I was at the Ozone factory.
Every kiter (10+) had Ozone, except one old Turbo Diesel.

Monday, September 14, 2009

64--Willard 11M, 13M 9ME

Doug and I were just about to pull away to go to Sulphur
when I got a wind alert text from Willard.
Jumped on the PC to check the camera,
and trees shuffling and caps galore.
Lousy looking forecast for Willard,
but it's so much closer.
I arrived just in time to see Doug launch his 11M.
Great 11M session,
then good 13M session, that ended way overpowered,
so I rigged down to 9M for the final LIT session.
Full day, left before noon, got home after 6.

Friday, September 11, 2009

63--ULLB 13M

Word out is that it was a very good call to go to Lincoln.
We were headed to South Sandy, changed out minds at the last second.
It turned out to NOT be windy enough to kite at SSB.

It was pretty average power, with some kite dropping lulls.
But still enough to kite till dark.

Jump, grab, downloop to toeside landing, transitions,
I like it...

Sunday, September 06, 2009

62--Willard Bay 11M

Had a windalert text on my phone when I got up,
checked the camera.
http://www.livelakeview.com/lakes/willardbay/
And called Doug before 9

As soon as we got on the water, it filled in very nice 11M.
Smooth SE winds are so nice here.
Powered jumps and spins, with some time spent on surfboard,
but my sore toe didn't allow me to spend much time on it.
the bent foot , riding it toeside hurt to much,
and I dont know how to jibe it yet.
I'm gonna wait until my toe is healed to learn.

John Lotak got in a hour or so, we joined him for second session,
but it started coming more SW, instead of the favored SE,
and slowly backed off to not enough, by 1:00

Sure wish Willard would do this more often.