Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Day 30 of the 2015 season: Sunrise and sunset kiteboarding sessions

Going with the forecast for early morning wind then dropping to 10 or less by noon.
Add an evening anomaly and we had a sunrise and sunset session
Sunrise session beginning at 7AM lasting to 8:30AM. Sunset session beginning at 7PM and lasting to 8:30PM. I can't recall that happening before.

Onshore west winds clocking to NW by 8:30 just as the WA forecast predicted.
Then at 6:30 a calm evening suddenly changed to a breezy kitable sunset cruise - totally unexpected.
Kited way beyond sunset, with a sliver of a moon and millions of stars lighting up the darken sky.
Harry, Ron and myself had to cancel dinner plans and hit the water.
















TOW: 7:00-8:30 and 19:00-20:30
Gear:  11M kite with140 Mako board
Water Conditions:   Classic OBX sound side conditions
Weather:   Early morning sun, and mid-60s, sunset and mid-60s
Wind:  12-25 W sunrise and SW 12-20 sunset
Highlight:  Great conditions - some of my biggest jumps to date  -combo of lofting and chop hopping.
Schooled:  Lofting, chop hops, toeside to heelside ollies

Westerly winds  - different angle of attack this morning

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