Kiteboarding trip for July
-
- Contributor
- Posts:11
- Joined:Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:56 am
- Contact:
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
Need a place that is also good for a beginner to learn and hopefully not expensive airfare
Thanks
- buckidge
- Valued Contributor
- Posts:269
- Joined:Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:27 pm
- Contact:
Re: Kiteboarding trip for July
Hood river, OR. A.k.a.'the gorge'
Maui
Sherman island
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2
Maui
Sherman island
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2
"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are built for"
- jwest21
- SFBA Member
- Posts:406
- Joined:Wed Jun 01, 2011 2:12 am
- Location:San Francisco
- Contact:
- tgautier
- Regular
- Posts:359
- Joined:Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:32 pm
- Contact:
- turbinedude
- Valued Contributor
- Posts:94
- Joined:Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:44 pm
- Contact:
Re: Kiteboarding trip for July
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.
- sc-surfer
- Resident
- Posts:740
- Joined:Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:19 pm
- Location:Santa Cruz
- Contact:
Kiteboarding trip for July
Gorge!
Warm water, safe shallow water behind the sand bar. Easy camping. Not to bad of a drive.
Warm water, safe shallow water behind the sand bar. Easy camping. Not to bad of a drive.
-
- Contributor
- Posts:11
- Joined:Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:56 am
- Contact:
Re: Kiteboarding trip for July
What is the wind like in the Gorge? Is it gusty?
- NCKite_Ryder
- Resident
- Posts:659
- Joined:Tue May 11, 2010 8:22 am
- Contact:
Re: Kiteboarding trip for July
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.
6,8,10,12 RPM's
2010 UG FLX
2012 Firewire Flexfire Strapless
NorthCoastKiter -
2010 UG FLX
2012 Firewire Flexfire Strapless
NorthCoastKiter -
- Frappes
- Valued Contributor
- Posts:86
- Joined:Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:23 am
- Contact:
Re: Kiteboarding trip for July
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...
- Sonny
- Resident
- Posts:892
- Joined:Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:18 am
- Location:Foster City
- Contact:
Re: Kiteboarding trip for July
Never leave wind to find wind. :::)
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests