BWD Oregon Coast Bi-Windsport Wave Camp 2015
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Wish less, sail more!!
Vancouver Island Windsports
Chinook /Takuma /KA Australia (Tribal) /Aztron
You're either in or in the way....
Doing things the hard way since 1963....
Vancouver Island Windsports
Chinook /Takuma /KA Australia (Tribal) /Aztron
You're either in or in the way....
Doing things the hard way since 1963....
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Repeated with images shown for convenience (and 'impact')!
http://bigwavedave.ca/gallery/displayim ... play_media
http://bigwavedave.ca/gallery/displayim ... play_media
nanmoo wrote:...when you probably wished you had more volume on the inside in the wind bubble / impact zone of death.
http://bigwavedave.ca/gallery/displayim ... ?pid=16259KUS wrote: would be that zone here..
http://bigwavedave.ca/gallery/displayim ... play_mediaKUS wrote:or this one
KUS wrote:or this one
http://bigwavedave.ca/gallery/displayim ... play_media
http://bigwavedave.ca/gallery/displayim ... play_media
KUS wrote:ok ..this stuff never works for me
Like DWD said (nice shot) - just hit "quote" to see how I coded your pictures.downwind dave wrote:markus just right click and pick 'copy image url'
then use
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Re: Oc
This is my favourite of Kus's photos. It always brings a smile to my face. It was my second trip to the coast and my last day there. I got to the parking lot on the hill and was looking out at this thinking holy #!@# Kus and I were watching crazy Tom get worked by those close outs and I was terrified! It took me an hour to rig up and I walked really slowly down the beach, watching those waves pounding the shore! When I reached the waters edge I meet one of the locals coming in... He says "what did you rig" Me... " A 4.7" Local... You're going to get KILLED out there"KC7777 wrote:After looking at Kus's links.....I am officially scared.
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I turned around de-rigged and drove back to Vancouver!
Live to sail another day, just walk away.
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Now that's saying something cause your usually willing to go runniing into 'burning buildings' that stop me in my tracks.Tsawwassen wrote:This is my favourite of Kus's photos. It always brings a smile to my face. It was my second trip to the coast and my last day there. I got to the parking lot on the hill and was looking out at this thinking holy #!@# Kus and I were watching crazy Tom get worked by those close outs and I was terrified! It took me an hour to rig up and I walked really slowly down the beach, watching those waves pounding the shore! When I reached the waters edge I meet one of the locals coming in... He says "what did you rig" Me... " A 4.7" Local... You're going to get KILLED out there"
I turned around de-rigged and drove back to Vancouver!
Live to sail another day, just walk away.
I also have a VERY health respect for the mackers at Pistol River (having endured many a long swims from the threshold of the outside.
Funny how even the 'small' shore break can look big at times.
Not sure how this happened!?! Someone must have borrowed his gear!
I still remember the sound this particular wave made!
photo credit: More Wind (with thanks)
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You better believe it! I've had windsurfing (wet) dreams most nights in the last week..nanmoo wrote:Holy crap 5 pages long and I just started this the other day. I wonder if this thread will keep up this kind of steam right into June!?!?
I definitely was convinced by the quad's prowess on any sort of mini-wave we got that day in comparison to my FSW and definitely would prefer it in any sort of real wave situation! I just prefer/am used to the get-you-up-and-going drive of the single fin, which you don't get as much with the quad.C36 wrote: Nanmoo: stokeometer (92 litre FSW) and I (92 Quad) recently traded boards in 30 mph east wind and 2' chop at Boundary Bay. stokeometer wasn't convinced, but he may change his mind if we do it again at the Cape!
I think a thruster could be the best of both worlds, though
All these impact pics are reinforcing that I'm gonna need a spare everything for the trip.
BTW, Dave/C36, where do you sleep with all the gear in your van?!? I'm already thinking I'm gonna need to add a Thule box to my shred and breakfast accommodation setup for when I get spare sails..
"I loop therefore I am"
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stokeometer wrote:...I definitely was convinced by the quad's prowess on any sort of mini-wave we got that day in comparison to my FSW and definitely would prefer it in any sort of real wave situation!...
Spares/redundancy is a good idea within reason (speaking as someone who does spend a fair amount of time in the water there). Spare sails (if you choose to bring them) can be rolled out, stacked and rolled back up again to reduce the space needed.stokeometer wrote:...All these impact pics are reinforcing that I'm gonna need a spare everything for the trip...I'm already thinking I'm gonna need to add a Thule box to my shred and breakfast accommodation setup for when I get spare sails...
If you don't have a spare and there is no back-up to borrow, most shops in Hood River could send something overnight courier to Gold Beach, if required.
I sleep in the 'extension' to my van - my tent (double air mattress and doudle sleeping bag) Its a hassle to take down, pack and set-up when staying mobile (day trips to Florence), but nice when you are in one spot as it frees up space in the van - although as BWD and Mrs Johnnyman can atest following the 'grand tour' last year, most of the space inside my van is being used ).stokeometer wrote:...BTW, Dave/C36, where do you sleep with all the gear in your van?!?...
My set-up may be considered an upgrade by some who choose to stay at the Curry County fair ground in Gold Beach.
But is more modest than some of my neighbours 'camping' at the Tuttle Rock Resort (RV Park)
And then there are those who shall remain nameless who choose to plush-out at the Inn of the Beachcomber
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Wish less, sail more!!
Vancouver Island Windsports
Chinook /Takuma /KA Australia (Tribal) /Aztron
You're either in or in the way....
Doing things the hard way since 1963....
Vancouver Island Windsports
Chinook /Takuma /KA Australia (Tribal) /Aztron
You're either in or in the way....
Doing things the hard way since 1963....
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Well, at PSC it sure helps to have a a daily dose of a few Baja Fogs to take any sense of adrenaline-fueled fear down a notch or two. Difference in Oregon is, you have the outlandish inconvenience of having to scramble across a few dunes to dig up the stashed Fireball rather than having someone simply hand you a beer before you take a few more steps to the warm solar shower. Raises the hair on the back of my neck thinking about those dune hikes, stumbling around like a rasping, incoherent man dying of thirst in the desert!C36 wrote:Tsawwassan and I were chating down in PSC about something being 'missing' compared to South Oregon - it was the sense of being 'completely awake' you get from the pump of adreneline caused by fear!KC7777 wrote:After looking at Kus's links.....I am officially scared. K
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