Cooley Landing in East Palo Alto: meeting Saturday
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Saw this on ikitesurf: http://www.ikitesurf.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14997
There will be an open house with guided visits this Saturday at 12:00 and 2:00 for community input on the new park being planned for Cooley Landing in East Palo Alto. This is Cooley Landing: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 9&t=h&z=16
Looks like it would be an intermediate/side-shore spot.
Cooley Landing planning website: http://www.cooleylanding.org
This is a chance to get another south bay launch--if you think the scene at 3rd ave upper launch is a just a wee bit crowded on summer weekends, this is a chance to do something about it. Show up, check it out, and suggest how great it would be for a small kite launch to be worked into the plans for the park.
There will be an open house with guided visits this Saturday at 12:00 and 2:00 for community input on the new park being planned for Cooley Landing in East Palo Alto. This is Cooley Landing: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source= ... 9&t=h&z=16
Looks like it would be an intermediate/side-shore spot.
Cooley Landing planning website: http://www.cooleylanding.org
This is a chance to get another south bay launch--if you think the scene at 3rd ave upper launch is a just a wee bit crowded on summer weekends, this is a chance to do something about it. Show up, check it out, and suggest how great it would be for a small kite launch to be worked into the plans for the park.
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Re: Cooley Landing in East Palo Alto: meeting Saturday
Eight kiteboarders and/or windsurfers showed up to represent. There was a voting system where you left a sticker on a poster for the park use you supported. Eight votes by the end of the day (2PM) puts a kite/windsurf launch in the middle of the pack, not bad, but I wish it had been more. I'm sure this not a binding vote process, but rather a way to quantify community opinion. This is going to be an ongoing process, and we'll probably need kiters to show up again.
I had a look at the site--it's definitely big enough to work in a kite launch without disturbing other park users. It also has epic mud that puts 3rd ave to shame. I was there about 30 minutes after extreme low tide (see pics).
I had a look at the site--it's definitely big enough to work in a kite launch without disturbing other park users. It also has epic mud that puts 3rd ave to shame. I was there about 30 minutes after extreme low tide (see pics).
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Thanks for getting the word out and doing some legwork on this, it could be a valuable resource for South Bay kiters.
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Note that you can still send comments via e-mail to Lily Lee: llee <at> cityofepa.org.
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Re: Cooley Landing in East Palo Alto: meeting Saturday
BTW Is it far enough away from the Palo Alto airport for kitesurfers ?
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It's more than a mile from the end of the runway, and significantly off to the side. Let's put it this way--any plane tangling with kiters will have to cross through a set of high voltage lines 100 feet high that runs parallel to the runway between the runway and the water.anyd wrote:BTW Is it far enough away from the Palo Alto airport for kitesurfers ?
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Hello Pete,
Nice work fo sho.. I have been there and it is muddy but doable and it has a good wind most of the season, and if done right a big launch site to land Hello kite. thank's for the heads up on this spot fo sho....
Nice work fo sho.. I have been there and it is muddy but doable and it has a good wind most of the season, and if done right a big launch site to land Hello kite. thank's for the heads up on this spot fo sho....
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I just sent Lily an e-mail with my support!
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I was biking along the bay trail yesterday and came across Cooley landing for the first time. Of course my first thought was that it would be a great kiting spot, given that it's one of the few places in the South Bay that could be safely launchable outside of the electrical wires. Then I found this thread, and just saw this article in the San Mateo newspaper:
http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-co ... i_19474141
Anyone know what happened / is happening with this project and the potential for having a safe kite launch established here?
http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-co ... i_19474141
Anyone know what happened / is happening with this project and the potential for having a safe kite launch established here?
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Re: Cooley Landing in East Palo Alto: meeting Saturday
OMG, this is happening and I read about it on sunday. How come that this wasnt posted WEEKS upfront on BAK to make sure we have the support. Ok I will try to get involved for sure.
Please PM me if you know who were the kiteboarders there so I can hook up and do some support work.
THNX, G
Please PM me if you know who were the kiteboarders there so I can hook up and do some support work.
THNX, G
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