landboarding heber

by **Mike Hill** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:09 pm

Hit the heber ball field about 1:30 to very gusty conditions. Hacked my way through a 2 hour session on my 5M frenzy. Just starting to get the landboarding thing down. Thanks Bordy for the advice about removing the foot straps, although it seems very hard to set any kind of edge. It's scary how fast you can go. Went of DC after to see what was up. Talked to Jim, he said it gusted to 41. Someone was out on a 13m getting awesome hangtime. Hats off to whomever that was. I think DC has great potential for the rest of the year because the water is so low. Jim said the windsurfing crew was out on sub 5's.

by **Jacob Buzianis** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:47 pm

Awesome, I guess the 13m Bularoo can handle the extreme gusty condition.

by **JimSouthwick** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:43 am

http://homepage.mac.com/jsouthwick/PhotoAlbum87.html

The 41 mph gust was measured on the beach at about 4 PM.

by **Carl Christensen** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 9:58 am

Was the wind smoother at Jordanelle? It sounds kinda like the sailing was limited at DC.

by **bordy** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:39 pm

the wind felt great at DC Jake, I (only on a 9) the Misses, and Jason and Lynn from PC all got great rides.

Jake and I rode steady from 1 till 6 Not sure if the wind was bad for the Poleboarders, but we got in some great kiting.

I bet J-Bay was gusty...

by **JimSouthwick** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:36 pm

The wind was gusty, but, hey, DC is always gusty. Pretty strong by DC standards; I was plenty powered on a 4.5. Other poleboarders included Judy (4.0), Paul (5.5), Angie, Brett (6.0) and Louis (7.5!!)

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