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Kiteboarding trip for July

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:37 pm
by cairokid
Hi does anyone have a recommendation for a kiteboarding trip in early July ?
Need a place that is also good for a beginner to learn and hopefully not expensive airfare
Thanks

Re: Kiteboarding trip for July

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 2:09 pm
by buckidge
Hood river, OR. A.k.a.'the gorge'
Maui
Sherman island

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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:37 pm
by jwest21
Don't leave wind for wind!

Bodega bay is a great place to learn when the tides line up with some solid NW winds coming off the North Pacific High.

Save the airfare and get a cheap place or camp up there for a few days when the conditions will be just right.

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 6:43 pm
by tgautier
What jwest said. A week of downwinders at Sherman could not be beat.

Re: Kiteboarding trip for July

Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:49 pm
by turbinedude
Sherman is definitely not a safe place for beginners or someone flying an unfamiliar kite to launch kites - you have to trek down a trail with logs, rocks, and shrubs to get to landing/takeoff pad. Plus getting off the island requires immediately upwind skills for the general wind direction.

Kiteboarding trip for July

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:45 am
by sc-surfer
Gorge!

Warm water, safe shallow water behind the sand bar. Easy camping. Not to bad of a drive.

Re: Kiteboarding trip for July

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:11 pm
by cairokid
What is the wind like in the Gorge? Is it gusty?

Re: Kiteboarding trip for July

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:31 pm
by NCKite_Ryder
the wind is strong and the river moves fast.... its a strange treadmill effect, you can ride super small kites because the water is pushing you up wind. think about it, the water runs towards the ocean at 5-8knts and the wind blows upriver at 25kts+. the gorge is not a beginner friendly spot, its more difficult then Sherman. do you research before blindly entering the water there.

Re: Kiteboarding trip for July

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 12:34 am
by Frappes
Lessons at Sherman are great - they will take you upwind ~1 mile to a very nice launch so you have a long ways to go before needing to get picked up by the boat again. Going there without lessons is a whole 'nother story though...

Re: Kiteboarding trip for July

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:54 am
by Sonny
Never leave wind to find wind. :::)