Looking at the forecasts on Monday morning, the wind had turned easterly, and their was hope that on the western side of the gorge there would be rideable conditions.
We stopped at Viento State Park (Oregon) - and there was wind.
There was also a bunch of other people all looking for the same thing - on a Monday morning! There were a lot of wind-foilers and more kiters than I thought could launch from such a small takeoff spot.
And the wind and current were aligned - so conventional wisdom took over (stay up wind).
Last session (for a while) on No.34
I used the Silk 1050 and BRM S3 5.3 to make sure I didn't drift downwind.
This was a surprisingly fun session. Not much wave action, but being surrounded by a bunch of like minded individuals was pretty cool.
This is Nick's GoPro shot of me (upper right hand corner).
The gorge walls were much steeper here - no real downwind recovery - so no margin for error.
The wind had a bit of up and down - but it was good fun.
The guys said it was time to keep moving west -
And they were right as the wind started to drop
PF:11/W:3/PW:98/FD:61/S:25
We drove through Portland to head over to Manzanita Beach out on the Oregon Coast.
The drive over was nice (tight winding road - not so good for dragging a camper trailer through, but beautiful old growth pine trees).
When we got to the beach, the wind was strong and side onshore from the NW. But the water was cold - too cold for my 3/2. And I didn't necessarily want to get the gear all salty again so I passed on this session.
This is Kevin on a 7m Cabrinha Drifter, and Nick and Dennis on 5.5 wings. They both said they should have been on 4.2 wings and Kevin said he was good.
This made me want to kite on a directional in surf again...
Nice group to foil with!!!
At this point La and Teresa picked me up and we headed back north!
Awesome first trip to the Gorge and the Oregon Coast!!!!
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