11/2/2012 DCAB

[Jon Manwaring]

Arrived 2:30 to a few white caps in sight and a good wind line coming down the lake. Pumped up SS Turbine 17M and grabbed 145 Reyo and self launched, as no one else around, at 3:00. 15 minutes of pure perfection, another 15 min of good planning but slowly losing ground down wind. another 15 min of water start, ride a bit, drop kite, relanuch. and another 15 minutes of standing there waiting for enough wind to relaunch. Gave up and packed up and left at 4:30 as usual, seemed it might be getting a bit more windy. Very nice, sunny, warm day but not much action. SDN was gusting over 20 but thermal did pull hard enough to suck wind up the canyon.
JonMzee

[Marty Lowe]

Pineview was almost exactly the same.
"Arrived 2:30 to a few white caps in sight and a wind line coming down the lake."
Doug was there first and rigged,
I told him to take my race board while I rigged.
15 minutes of riding,
15 minutes of kinda.
It's side shore, so ride then stop and wait for a gust, ride and then stop and wait for a gust.
He was done by the time I was rigged.
"Gave up and packed up and left at 4:30.
Very nice, sunny, warm day but not much action."

[JimSouthwick]