Alameda Sickness

pipedragon · Post by **pipedragon** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:39 pm

I know I know. I need to go somewhere else besides Alameda sometimes but I love it here. Anyway this last weekend Alameda was going off. I have not ridden Alameda on a weekend in a while but now I see why there was a need for rules. Yesterday it was getting really crowded in front of the shack so I took some advice that Bob gave me and headed way up wind to the rocks. To my surprise I found a whole nother world. First just out from the rocks there are huge rollers. Then if you cut in below the marina where the ships come out the water is all protected and like butter. There was this little piece of heaven out there and I was to busy by the shack to notice it. Who knew?? :roll:

jjm · Post by **jjm** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:00 pm

With that thread title, I thought you were going to report on the latest victim of the flesh eating snail things.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:33 pm

I knew

charlie · Post by **charlie** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:39 pm

i knew

and no i did not post twice

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:44 pm

:-k
hhmmmmmm...
Who knew...
and how many years have they known it....
Seldomly observed in their bliss...

And then there is the other "secret spot" off the beach at Alameda that is amazing and (amazingly) not within two kite lengths of the beach nor is right in front of the shack - but outside the tower - and acts like an elevator of current, a column of water that will take you upwind and has a sweet swell you can lip smack repeatedly....

ssshhhh...
Any who ventures there must keep the public safe and peacock feathers folded; forced to rip for personal zen appreciated by others only seldomly from afar...without the risk of solids affecting your zone.

But who knows...or cares to venture...
:-s

OliverG · Post by **OliverG** » Mon Aug 15, 2005 8:08 pm

I may be dumb, but I think what Bob is saying is that there's some mighty fine kiting to had two kite line lengths and further out from the beach. Sweet.

windhorny · Post by **windhorny** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 12:59 pm

just watch out about getting too close to that marina up the beach because the wind can get kinda wierd down low since it is blocked by the building there. I tried it there one day when it was blowing sorta on shore alittle more than normal and I walked up there thinking I would be able to do a downwinder if the wind slowed down. I found that right at the butter water area the kite would not fly very well at low altitude, for obvious reasons.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 2:48 pm

Damn, when it was blowing I had to work the weekend. Crossing fingers for this weekend.

Dang!

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