Friday, April 24, 2015

Day 33 of the 2015 season: Last OBX session - Windsurfing sunrise session and Kiteboard mid-morning session

Last day of our fabulous 2.5 week OBX vacation . Got 11 for 16 days of TOW, not bad at all. Mostly warm weather with a few days of drysuit wearing weather. A good mix of southerly winds and northerly winds. Temperatures ranged from 45-75 degrees.  Even got a marginally kiteboarding session on the ocean down by Buxton. As a bonus I also got several good SUP sessions in on the calmer days sound side.

Up early his morning at sunrise to catch the early morning wind forecast. Rigged the 5.7 with the 101 liter board.
On the water by 7:30 just after sunrise, joined by Larry on his 5.5. We sailed in above marginally conditions that lasted for an hour before winds lightened up.
Came in and cooked breakfast blueberry buckwheat pancakes for the boys. Wanted to make sure they have enough for energy for the day ahead. After breakfast rigged the 11M kite and headed back out just as the wind picked up. Buttery smoothness with shallow water right in front of our house - didn't have to go far for this session. Kited in gusty conditions probably the most gustiness I every kited in.
An excellent closing day of another excellent OBX 2015 trip.


Dawn patrol gear - a great sunrise session


TOW:  1.0 hours Windsurfing 7:30- 830. 2.0 hours Kiteboarding 9:30-11:30
Gear:  5.7 Ezzy sail with 100 liter RRD board and 11M kite with140 Mako board
Water Conditions:   Classic OBX north wind sound side conditions
Weather:    Upper 50s, sunny
Wind:  12-25 from the North - gusty, punchy wind speeds
Highlight:   Sunrise windsurf session and mid-morning kite session
Schooled:  Got  a good one in - Toeside to heelside 180 ollie. Need to fly the kite high and unstick the board in some chop.



Real wind data 4-24-15

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