Utah Windriders Association

After spending some time reading about Rush Lake I decided to take another look at our local puddle in the Cedar City valley called Quichapa which I've been told in Paiute means $hit water. I tried surfing there about 4 years ago with the junk I bought off Ebay, not the best experience. If you've ever spent any time in Cedar City, you know the wind blows almost every day and with our great snowpack, the dry lake bed is now about 3-4 feet deep, the challenge is finding a way to get in without sinking to your knees.

I did some scouting last night and found a couple of decent put ins. The wind was blowing at the airport is 18 g32, this lake is in the same valley with a south prevailing, never ending wind. I started mid morning and windsurfed until the bowl of cereal had worn off with some great screaming runs and a bunch of lousy jibes, I had a blast! Overall it's a pretty good place if you can stay out of the muck.

Ive been looking at that place for the last few springs and summers wondering if you could kite it. Glad to know you made it work. Where are you launching from?

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Cedar+City,+UT&daddr=37.619093,-113.190079&hl=en&geocode=FaXpPgId-89C-SnRwl7gf2G1gDHp0XOA4soU7w%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&sll=37.617801,-113.183942&sspn=0.015569,0.027595&ie=UTF8&ll=37.620418,-113.192439&spn=0.015568,0.027595&t=h&z=15

The north section of the lake tends to be very muddy, knee deep type. This south section was pretty easy to get into. I hope this link works. You just go straight from where the map point ends. It would be fun to see another person out there someday.

Thanks, I'll have to come up and check it out soon. I'll give you a heads up before I do.