2:49 PM on Thursday, September 17, 2020
Lexy kiteboarding session
11M with TT, Lexy wasn’t its normal self, gusting with holes in the wind field that left you wondering if your kite was gonna fall from the sky. Swell was forming but it was very confused. The slick winds were unreliable.
Pressed for time, I had to leave while it was still windy.
I hope it got better for the remaining kiters.
It was a big turnout with 12-15 kiters.
Sunny near 60 degrees with mainly north winds 12-22 mph.
11:39 AM on Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Caseville Kiteboarding sessions
A fun day at Caseville County Beach.
9M conditions with TT board, mostly played in the slick on the lee side of the break wall. Some big time jumping along with some failed jumps. Rode downwind to see why Craig was downwind, I’m thinking I’m missing some good swell but I didn’t find any. Closer to shore it was very gusty.
A sunny day, mid-70s, winds were SW 15-30 mph.
About 6 kiters and 1 windsurfer.
Distance: 48.25mi
Time: 3:32:50
9:47 AM on Sunday, September 13, 2020
Kitesurfing Caseville Beach
Near Epic 9M conditions,
Some slick action and some swell action.
Sunny, near 70 degrees WSW winds to 30 mph.
At least 30 kiters showed up to enjoy the very accurate forecast.
10:22 AM on Thursday, September 10, 2020
Kitesurfing session at Lexington
An 11M session with some clean rollers on the outside and good slick action on the inside next to the breakwall. The wind was erratic as far as consistent wind speed. But several of us made it work and had some fun.
Kite size varied from 11-15, winds mainly north 10-23mph.
Mid-60s and heavy overcast.
3:30 PM on Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Lexington Kitesurfing Session
An ugly day but at least it was windy.
11M conditions with my new Mako 140 TT board.
Glad Keith and I took the risk to score a nice session.
Kited mostly in the flat water near the break walk, I did venture out to play in the waves for few runs. I didn’t trust the wind so I didn’t go to far downwind.
Actually had NE winds 15-25 mph, thick overcast and 62 degrees.
8:54 AM on Friday, September 4, 2020
Kitesurfing Platte River
Another near epic Platte River 9M wave session.
With the exception of losing my TT board.
Finished the session on the directional board.
3:06 PM on Thursday, September 3, 2020
Quickie Platte River Wave Session
A short but sweet session.
Used my 11M because it was in the 9M bag. I didn’t want to waste time walking back to retrieve my 9. Needless to say I was lite on it. Side shore WNW winds to 30 plus. On shore clean swells to play on. I made 4 top turns and 4 bottom turns on one single Lake Michigan wave..yahoo!
As luck would have it the wind ramped up to 35+mph after 30 minutes. I struggled to land the kite and out of nowhere Bill shows up to catch and secure my kite..thanks Bill, saved my life and kite.
Would of rigged the 7 but an evening with friends was in the plans.
Bill, Russ, myself and 2 others.
Tomorrow will bring more!
1:24 PM on Wednesday, September 2, 2020
Epic Lake Michigan Kitesurfing wave session at my favorite Lake Michigan wave spot. (Platte River Pointe)
Solid 9M for 45 minutes with side shore wind and on shore clean well spaced 2-4 foot waves. Nearly Epic, too bad it was short lived. Well if I hadn’t gotten there so late....
Russ, Bill and one other had 2 plus hours in by the time
I got there.
Sunny, mid-60s, west winds to 30 mph.
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11:36 AM on Saturday, August 29, 2020
Kitesurfing Caseville
Not your typical summer day on the beach at Caseville.
30 plus kiters, warm water temps, warm air temps, WNW winds up to 40mph.
1st session on the 9M, 2nd session on the 11M and for the 3rd session 7M all with the TT.
On shore wind and waves, 75 degrees with plenty of sun shining. Somewhat disorganized swell, plenty of voodoo near breakwall. Occasionally you could find some smoothies.
Looking forward to more days like this throughout the Great Lakes.
2:11 PM on Thursday, August 27, 2020
A solid 13M sesh which easily could have been 9M.
Rode to the south side slicks with Craig and played there for awhile, awesome fun with some big boosts.
Absolutely the hottest day of the year on the water kiteboarding. 90 degrees, partly cloudy, west winds to 25+.
Had fun riding with the rest of the crew. Craig, Trent, Keith, Marley and Wayne.
4:13 PM on Saturday, August 22, 2020
Point Betsie, marginal kiteboard session
Very marginal 13M session with Russ (12M) and Wayne (14M).
Basically mowing the lawn, took a break, it picked a tad, went back out but still very marginally.
A first time for Wayne at PB, I’m glad he got a chance to kite here.
Winds from the SSW to 12-20 mph.
1:24 PM on Thursday, August 20, 2020
Kitesurfing, finally a solid session at Point Betsy.
Just 5-8 kiters and beach all to ourselves.
11 and 12M kites, winds 15-25 a tad more would of been sweeter.
Vince, Mark, John and others enjoyed an all day devotion to kitesurfing. 😎 and smiles all around Stormcloud for beers and dinner.
4:00 PM on Sunday, August 2, 2020
Harsens Island kite session
Wind spurts, rain squalls and swamp waters.
9M with TT, rain, lightning. 70 degrees and 3 spurty sessions of squally winds.
