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11/8/04, Rocky/MM19, 8.5?, ?
When it hit +20 at Provo Muni and Cedar Fort I couldn’t resist. I drove all the way from Rocky to MM19 and didn’t see any white caps. I just didn't get there early enough. Went back to the Rocky beach. Probably could have sailed an 8.5 and the big Carve but they hadn’t made it back in the van since the last Sulphur small-gear blowout. The good news is the water has covered the mud flats already and is back to the rocks at the bottom of the ramp. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for a great ski season and a full Utah Lake.,
Ken, -

10/30/04, Skyline Drive, 12M & 21.5M Foils, 159 Fat Bob Snowboard & skis
Snowkiting has started off with a bang this year. Snow coverage was better than I expected at Fairview with 3-4 feet with 3-6" of fresh powder. Wind was light near the road. However, on the hill the wind was good. Brian & Heather were there demoing Ozone kites. Jon showed up and took pity on me and loaned me his 12M Frenzy - thanks Jon! Jake was there as well. Jake and Brian were getting some good airs on the hillside despite the light wind. It looks like we are in store for another great season.,
Kenny, -

10-23-04, Lindon Beach, -,
SHORT NOTICE....Sorry for such short notice on this but I just got it in my email. It's a clean-up for what we know as Lindon Beach. The John Mora Beach Preserve Our organization seeks to create a beach park and preserve on the shores of Utah Lake. This weekend we will initiate our commitment to this cause with a beach cleanup effort. We recently learned that Utah Kiteboarders is participating in Governor Olene Walker’s Adopt-a-Waterbody program and have adopted Utah Lake. We feel that your organization must share some of the same sentiment towards preserving and improving the scenic and recreational opportunities offered by this water body. We cordially invite you and your family to join us and learn about our mission. The John Mora Beach Preserve Your new home for family fun and learning on the shores of Utah Lake A premier tourist and local destination for beach recreation Preservation of a vital natural habitat for local wildlife and plants A unique opportunity to learn about the history, geography and ecology of an important Utah landmark A legacy for generations to come Situated on the east side of Utah’s largest freshwater lake, The John Mora Beach Preserve (JMBP) will extend one mile along the shoreline of beautiful Utah Lake. The JMBP will effectively preserve open space while maintaining recreational opportunities. As Utah Valley grows and develops, establishment of the JMBP will serve a vital role in the community as a natural sanctuary for its inhabitants. On Saturday October 23, 2004 the JMBP committee will host Beach Clean-Up Day. We invite you and your family to join us in cleaning up the beach area, to learn more about the JMBP vision and have fun taking part in a great community project! This is your chance to meet and greet committee members to find out what we are all about. You’ll have the opportunity to sign up to receive more information about the progress of the project and how you can help at more events like this. We’ll provide snacks, lunch and gloves. You’ll help make the beach beautiful again by picking up small garbage. Come share in making the JMBP vision a reality! Directions to the beach are attached to this email in a PDF file. Please forward this invitation to anyone you feel would be interested in this cause. Contact Information: Sam Peterson, Project Leader Phone: 801 318 6681 E-mail: samvpetersen@yahoo.com ... Benjamin I. Starr University of Utah Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 122 South Central Campus Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84112 801.231.4021 bstarr@civil.utah.edu webmaster@civil.utah.edu ,
Derik Sayers, derik@ukbinc.com. -

PS, PS, PS,
Umm... I have no authority to proclaim what I just did! So, IF we fix the problems, it MAY cost that much. ;),
Rick Heninger, -

10/22/2004, Nowhere, Nothing,
OK folks... I don't know about you... But I am DONE with these INVADERS of OUR website... I am going to get something done on this in the next few weeks. I don't know exactly how... But, I have been doing some research and it's time to PREVAIL... Some of this spam, spyware, etc. has really infected the site and it is going to discourage people from visiting here. So it's time to do something about it. It may cost us some money... Possibly $500 or so bucks, BUT it will be worth it... So, don't give up on the website... Very soon it will be back ALIVE with out infection... Time to visit the clinic! The Yahoo message board is working fine... and I kind of like that it sends emails (can be turned off), but I don't like that you have to ALLOW COOKIES... I don't like COOKIES... Phew... Ok, I am done ranting... If you want to see this site back to it's old self say Aye!,
Rick Heninger, -

bountiful lake, bl, na, na
Geoff,I need diretions to Lake Bountiful thnk,
na, -

10/17, Bountiful Lake, 7.5, 105L Vivace
Went to Bountiful lake on Sunday, which is next to the dump. It is sailable, although it has to be cranking. Its about a 12 second reach fully juiced, then jibe-o-rama time. If the islands weren't there it would be really good. I would say about 3 sailors could go at once then it would just be a zoo. Deparate times call for desparate measures. Its high speed flat water, think ripples. Also its only 15 minutes away. Good place to teach someone. The water is clean, lots of people fish there, and the sign only says no motorized boats so your good.,
Geoff Lewis, -

Oct 16 04, Deer Creek, 5.5, 105L.
Sailed powered up for at least an hour in the early afternoon then it died. Packed it up and headed to Utah Lake, Windtalker at provo muni to 13mph so I called it a day and went home.,
Willy Sturgis, - Monday, October 18, 2004 at 09:31:36 (MDT)

10/16 Saturday, DC Sailboat beach, 7.2, Cook Hot Dogs, 9.2, X-Ray
Arrived at 1:15 to what I thought would be an epic day. Lake fully whitecapped, steady, definately a 6.4 day. By 1:30 looked like some holes and rigged a 7.2. Went out and got two rides, then it quit. Came in, rigged my barbeque and cooked some hot dogs. About an hour later decided to rig my 9.2 and at least go out and float around. Wind came up here and there and got a few more gusty rides. But nice to get wet one last time????,
Erik, - Monday, October 18, 2004 at 08:39:57 (MDT)

Oct 16, 17, DC and Utah Lake, 6.5 and 5.4, 91 ltrs
Well I have to say that my timeing was really off this weekend. Sat at DC arrived at island beach to full on white caps, couldn't decide between 5.4 and 6.5 which I rigged as a started seeing some holes. By the time I hit the water they were big holes. Got some rides and did some schlogging too. Too much trouble to rerig. Sun. Utah Lake State park. Happy to see Jim there, and lot's of wind. Pulled out 5.0 and small board after watching a few minutes. Then I started seeing some holes and got the med board, and then the 5.4. Same as the day before, got a few rides and then it died. the web showed that it had been blowing since 11:30 so I guess that I just missed the good wind. I was still happy to get out and get a few planners. the good news is that the water depth is pretty good there. I think I could still ride my big gear there with out too much trouble. Just a short way out and it was over my head, and the bottom seems pretty soft. Now it's time to get out the thermal underwear, or head south.....SR,
Sarah, - Monday, October 18, 2004 at 08:04:52 (MDT)

Sat 10.16.04, sulphur, 4.0 MIA,
I went to load up my car and my 4.0 Rushwind was nowhere to be found.I might have left it rolled up in the bag at Sulphur back in early September.If you have any info ,please give me a call.Thanks Craig (435)655-8008,
Craig, -

sun oct 17th, sulphur, 5.2,
arrived at the lake at 12, windy and cold (50F), sailed 5.2m, very overpowered at time. Water ok, not very cold... After 1:30 it got dark and the wind seemed to switch... good.,
adrian, -

Sat. 10/16/04, Sulphur, 5.3 , Sonic 85L, HiTech 8'2"
I figured it was one of those days to get there early. There were already great whitecaps at 11:30. Unrolled the 5.7 and got beat up on the beach. Measured the wind at the end of the dock and it was as steady a 21 mph as I have seen. Hit the water on the 5.3 and it was perfect SW with great waves. But like they predicted, it swung more west and then it got holier, gustier, and absolutely snarled the water. Still, looking at the end of the season, it was a great gift sailing Sulphur this late in the season. The water was a little chilly but Vern and I were fine with wetsuits in sunny, 60 degree weather. Not as big a crowd as usual but the 7 of us that gave it a shot were all smiles. Tom was the macho man of the day hanging on to the 5.9 in such strong winds. 3:30 to 4:00 it switched back SW giving some great waves again for a great final sesh.,
Ken, - Sunday, October 17, 2004 at 10:16:27 (MDT)

October 16, 2004, Dark Side of Island Beach, Naish V4 12 meter, Slingshot SX 144
Jeff and I arrived about 12:30, hit the water at about 1:00 wind was 18-25. Not as gusty as usual, wind stayed up for about an hour then slightly backed off and slowly declined until about 3:00 when it really backed off. Doug and Jason arrived just as it was starting to off. Could have rerigged a 17 or 19 but had to go. Great Day, Warm air and OK water temps. A good sized group of windsurfers out at the Island Beach launch. Two Boats and no jet skiers.,
Jon Manwaring, - Sunday, October 17, 2004 at 08:16:00 (MDT)

10-16-04, Sulphur, 5.9,
I arrived at about 1:00 and Vern and Ken were allready out on 5.5 and 5.3 . I rigged 5.9 and was pretty overpowered so I came in to rig down but it settled down a bit and I flattened the 5.9 abit and went back out.Much better but some of the gusts were huge.Good day. Worked in the A.M.,sailed in the afternoon, and then took my son to the football game and watched the Utes have their way with North Carolina. Sounds like one more windy day at sulphur before it turns into an ice cube. So I'll probably see you their.Unless there is somewhere warmer with water. Anyone been to Yuba lately,and if so,is there any water in it?,
Tom, - Sunday, October 17, 2004 at 07:29:42 (MDT)

10/16/04, byu beach, 18 rhino 4, 130 custom
got to the lake at 3pm to light sw winds sat in the car for a while with the wind meter out the window... picked up to 10 to 13 sw and i rode well powed up from 3:30 till 5:30 nice steady sw breeze no gusts,, 1/2 foot chop had some nice jumps and impressed the beach goers with a few good crashes, clouds came over a shut it down... great season i was the only kite out ... ,
jared, skagroovy@juno.com. - Saturday, October 16, 2004 at 21:16:53 (MDT)

10/9-10/11-10/12-10/13-10/14, Lake Majave, 4.5, 7.5, 8.5,
Sailed 5 days out of six. Mostly large sails. 10/13/04 4.5 sail for 5 hours. Great trip. 78 degree water temps. 90 degree plus air temps. Every day sunny. ,
Jerry Giles , - Saturday, October 16, 2004 at 18:24:59 (MDT)

10/15/04, Fri., Sulphur, 5.7, 85 L Sonic Race
Vern and I got there at 12:30 to a lot of whitecaps. We got beat around by some pretty gusty winds for a couple of hours. Vern started on a 6.0 but ended up rigging down to a 5.0. It died long before we got our fill but a pretty wild session.,
Ken, - Friday, October 15, 2004 at 21:45:35 (MDT)

10/14/04, Sulfur, 9.5, Carve 145
Unable to sail this weekend, I thought I better give Sulfur a shot... Immediately rigged at 1:00, and started puttering around... enjoyed a nice afternoon, wind gradually got better and better and from 4-6:00 planning almost 100% of the time. A big sail but what the heck, being powered up is good! A very nice time! Dry suit was too much at times, just right later in the day. ,
John Freed, - Friday, October 15, 2004 at 08:10:44 (MDT)

., ., ., .
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/utahwa/message/75 I’m afraid this has touched a “sore spot” The comments “we should” and “we need to” etc. What we need is to organize so we don’t lose access to all Utah Lake,,,,, But wait,,, we already have an organization; unfortunately very few kiters feel the need to join. If “we” go to the rangers, or whoever, at BYU beach and tell them “we” (4-8) of us use this spot, they will ban it because it’s easier than dealing with it. If more kiters join and we can tell them there is an organization of a hundred or more, we will have the clout to get things done, just like the windsurfers have had to do in the past with access issues. UWA was responsible for getting the law about life jackets for windsurfers changed, access to Rocky Point, etc. Things get done when there are numbers of people in an organization. The apathy from the kiters makes me think it was a wrong choice to change the name from Utah Windsurfers Assn. To Utah Windriders Assn. Maybe the name should be changed back and let each kiter individually fight for there own personal spot, one on one with the officials. If we lose BYU beach, why wouldn’t we lose ULSSB and every other spot on Utah Lake? Then every State Park etc. Mark and Dean, in the previous post --http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/utahwa/message/75 --have ideas, but we all need to be organized to get this issue resolved. Numbers is the only way. I’m sure that in the future, there will be more issues involving kite access in Utah. I’m as guilty as most about apathy, I don’t post anymore because most places I kite, I don’t want more kite there. More kites, more issues. Disclaimer: Not intended to offend any one person, just open thoughts to the kite community in general. P.S. Why don't more windsurfers join the Yahoo message board??? It's very easy (apathy there also??) never leave wind to find wind ,
nlwtfw, - Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 12:19:56 (MDT)

10-13 (Wed), ULSSB, 20 m^2, 150 cm
Got the beach around 5:15 with about 10-12mph winds. That was enough with the 20 m^2 kite and the big board but fortunately the wind stepped up a notch around 6:00 so I came in a grabbed the smaller board. Was well power the rest of the evening. 6 kiters if I counted right, Apri, Ryan, Matt, Doug, Marty and myself. We pushed into darkness as hard as we could and reluctantly came in at 7:45. Good wind, warm air, cool but not cold water, beautiful sunset, great company, and an awesome sport. The way I see it another perfect evening in paradise!,
Dean Davis, - Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 09:57:16 (MDT)

10/13, BYU Beach, Utah Lake, 30M Naish V4, 148 JL
The wind started light around 5 PM and slowly built. I went downwind the first 30 minutes. After that I was able to go upwind. The wind was very steady out of the NW. At sunset the wind shifted a little more to the west and picked up a notch. I was fully wound at that point. If there had been more daylight available, I would have rigged down to my 19.5. 7 - 8 kiters were out enjoying the good wind and still relatively warm water. ,
Kenny, - Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at 20:49:48 (MDT)

10.12 Tuesday, Dad's Beach, Hypersonic 105,
Warm air and moderate water temps still let me sail with a shortie again. It was warmer than Sunday, (when I could have used a full suit but did okay with the shortie). In any case it was nice smooth wind, long reaches, and the sunset was spectacular. I figured the temps would drop significantly when the sun went below the horizon so I promised myself I'd come in when the tip of Timpanogos lost its beautiful red/gold color. I did just that and still had enough ambient light to see my gear while derigging but it didn't really get as cold as it might have. All in all it was pleasantly deluxe. Not super wound up but non stop planing while tweaking for extra juice the whole time. I'd ride Formula if the lake had water in it but the micro fin on the HyperSonic is a real asset. Amazing how big a sail you can ride with a 34. Did I mention the sunset? ,
Carl C, - Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at 10:28:16 (MDT)

10-12 (Tues), ULSSB, 20 m^2, 150 cm
Arrived around 5:30 to a nice breeze (5 MPH) and a nice warm sun. Hung out just enjoying the beach and staying hopeful. Within about 10 minutes the wind had a hint of picking up. By 10 till 6 the wind was "on" and we were good to go. Ryan pulled up around that time. I was well power to overpowered on my 20 m^2 kite so I would guess the wind settled in at around 15 MPH. With a full suit and booties the water was pretty comfortable my hands were not cold at all. Got a full hour and half of classic SSB before it just got too dark. I looked for Jared and Erik up at BYU beach but never saw them. Sounds like Jared was out, I bet he saw Ryan since Ryan was way up wind a one point.,
Dean Davis, - Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at 09:24:06 (MDT)

10/12/04, byu beach, 18m rhino 4, 130 custom
arived at 6:00 to 10 to 12mph rigged the kite and found no bar and lines... went home and came back to even more wind,, just as i was about launch the rangers showed up and said it was illegle for me to be there since it is not land management's property it is something else??? but any rate they said no motorize vehicles,,, "kite surfing is ok but you'll have to hike out from the road.." any way rode nicley powed up till 7:30 when i could no longer see my kite, got some nice jumps in and face planted plenty in the shallows try to go blind... did it once but crashed the kite,,, cool water just a wetsuit needed, but if are temp drops any more booties will be the call,
jared, skagroovy@juno.com. - Tuesday, October 12, 2004 at 20:29:59 (MDT)

Oct 9th and 10th, Sand Hollow, 9.0 & 5.4, F147 & 91 ltr
It was so much fun! Sat did not kick up the wind it was supposed to, but Fred, Lana, Linda, and myself had a great time riding in the warm, light south winds on our big gear. Even with light winds, most of the boats left the water, and we had the lake to ourselves. After that we found some good Mexican food in Hurrican, and completed a really fun day. Then Sunday, we were planning a bike ride, and noticed that it looked kindof windy. So we decide to take a look at the lake first. Wow... full on white caps across the lake, so we paid our $5.00 and found plenty of beach space...we had the place to ourselves. Linda and I rigged mid 5's and medium boards, Fred 6.5 and Lana 5.0. For north wind, it was still quite warm, and for the next 3 hrs was steady as could be. I would say we planned 95% of the time. The middle of the lake even got some fun 2.5 ft. swell that was fun to play in. Linda and I had some great drag races across the lake. We all had huge smiles on our faces, even though we were pretty tired after sailing that long. More good food in St. George and we sent Fred and Lana on their way, back to SLC. Monday moring it still looked breezy. We decided to take a look at the lake again. Not as windy as the day before but some white caps. So we went in to the beach and rigged 6.5's and the wind died. After about an hour we decided to derig and go for a bike ride to explore the other side of the lake. We got back about 2:30 and the wind was starting to come back up, as a storm approached. But we still needed to get the trailer ready to go and out of the RV park so we had to go. What a fun weekend,it's a great little lake and really nice place to sail....,
Sarah, - Tuesday, October 12, 2004 at 10:20:27 (MDT)

10/11/04, byu beach, 18 m rhino 4, 130 custom
arrived to 10 mph nw winds rigged and then it dropped down to 8 mph gusting to 11mph got some good down wind rides on my new finless board.. not enough wind to jump.. all in all a pretty good family home evening with the wife and kids playing on the beach.,
jared, skagroovy@juno.com. - Tuesday, October 12, 2004 at 09:54:55 (MDT)

10/9/2004, Deer Crick, 5.2, 115L
We got some great rides. However, the 20-30MPH forecast in Heber never really panned out... It stayed around 15-22MPH with absolutely perfect temperature. Water was actually pretty nice. My next investment is a 6.0M sail. Need that gap closed a little. Great sailing session though on the 5.2... 10 or so sailors out on 5.2-7.5m. I sure miss ya Craig... Without your postings the old Fall North just hasn't been the same, or even present!,
Rick Heninger, - Monday, October 11, 2004 at 00:58:51 (MDT)

Sunday, 10 October 2004, All Locations, None,
Hey guys, the links for the mesonet have changed for the better. Here's the new one for the Wasatch Front: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc/current/meso.wfrnt.php There are, of course, links on that page to others. New maps. Much improved. Also, note that the one that is at Saratoga Springs, near Rocky Point, that never worked, Now Works. Each site shows graphs of the info now, too, unfortunately not for wind speed. Guess we all need to change our bookmarks again, but glad to do it for the improvements.,
Rick McClain, Rick@Photographers1.com. - Sunday, October 10, 2004 at 13:11:40 (MDT)

9 October 2004, Sulphur Creek Reservoir, 6.2m, 9'6"
Not a bad day at Sulphur. About 8 or 10 sailors out for a beautiful, partly cloudy day. There were sailors on sails from 9.6m to smaller than mine and all got to get a few passes. The conditions were variable, but not too gusty. I would have gotten in considerably more sailing, but as I headed out for the first time, I realized that I needed to move my harness lines back an inch or two, so I headed back after only about 50 yards. When I reached shore a few moments later, I discovered I had a hole about 10" across in my sail. Have no idea how it got there, but it definitly need repair, so I had to de-rig the sail and dry it, then slap a couple of pieces of patch material on it, then re-rig. Finally made it out as the winds lightened, but got into the staps a few times and got in a few good practice tacks. Still enjoyed my day; especially since, as I arrived, I discovered one of my mast bases laying on the ground in the cow pasture. Hadn't even realized that I had lost it. Must have left it on top of my trailer as I drove off about two or three weeks ago and it rolled off as I drove away. Guess there haven't been too many sailors up there lately. Water temp still not too bad for full wetsuit and most of the weeds are gone. In fact, I didn't notice any at all.,
Rick McClain, Rick@Photographers1.com. - Sunday, October 10, 2004 at 12:44:01 (MDT)

10/9/04, Mona, 7.5m-6.0m, 275
We drove past Utah Lake at about 10 and there was no wind so we continued on to Mona. Arrived to find the lake deserted. Perfect conditions with sun and steady wind. We rigged and walked our boards out about 100 yards. Hip deep mud but only ankle deep water! Turned around and walked back. That's the first time I've ever been skunked by.....no water!,
Trip & Judi, - Sunday, October 10, 2004 at 09:31:43 (MDT)

10/9/04, sssb, RRD 18m Type 6, 135 XX
Was windy when I arrived at about 12:30 but it soon died. Drank beer and contemplated going to DC. Wind came back in from the West and Mitch went out on the 14m. Put up the 18m to very steady wind and rode along the shoreline in very smooth water. Came in big just before dark. ,
Jason, - Sunday, October 10, 2004 at 08:31:01 (MDT)

10/9/04, Grantsville, 5.4, 100L
Arrived about 10am and sailed/got spanked for two hours. It was just me and a few fishermen. Wish I had smaller sails as I was overpowered the whole time. Very gusty with a 2ft swell on the East side. Water has gone down a lot and it's about a 100 yd. walk from the railing to the water. Wore my 4.3 full wetsuit and booties and was comfortable.,
Kevin Simmons, - Sunday, October 10, 2004 at 00:09:09 (MDT)

10/9/04, byu beach, 18m rhino 4, 125 custom
arived at 2:30 to no wind rigged and waited alone,,, wind picked up at 3:30 for about 30 min..12-16mph went out with no wet suit to try the water.. water was very cold never got in past my waist.. came in to get the wet suit and the wind died... waited till 6:00 when it came back for about 45 min till it nuked up to 36+ waited for it to blow over rigged a 12 but the sun went down before i could go back out.. all in all a ok fix for my addiction... ,
jared, skagroovy@juno.com. - Saturday, October 09, 2004 at 22:33:19 (MDT)

10.9, jordanelle, 8' 5" Starboard Carve,
That was fun. Got there around 2, (takes a while to make pancakes properly), about 6 or 7 sailors out. Most sails in the 5 meter range. Warm wind. Shortie suit because the water is cooler than at DC. Things mellowed when the cloud cover moved overhead. How long did it blow at DC? Did anyone try Utah Lake? Maybe tomorrow. Full neoprene if it's cold. ,
CARL C, - Saturday, October 09, 2004 at 22:12:27 (MDT)

October,9,2004, Dark Side of Island Beach, 12 meter Naish V4, Slingshot SX144
Deer Creek served up it's usual GUSTY winds. Probably in the 15-25+ range. Beautiful , warm day. Good to be back out again. Over a two week dry spell. Hopefully North at Utal Lake tomorrow.,
Jon Manwaring, - Saturday, October 09, 2004 at 20:08:28 (MDT)

10/5/2004, BYU Beach, 20m X-2, Lassen Custom 120
Jared and I got to the beach at 4:30 to around 13mph from the NNW. Rode until around 7pm when it died. It slowly died off. Max gust 19mph, Average was 12.5. Got dark by 7:30. Air temp was pretty nice at 73F. Water temp was probably in the mid to lower 60s. This was the first wind for 3 weeks so at least we got wet, but I'm still itchin for some more fall ride before it gets real cold. ,
Erik, - Tuesday, October 05, 2004 at 21:07:26 (MDT)

10/1 and 10/2 , Bear Lake, South Eden Beach, None, None
No one missed any sailing at this lake this weekend. Debating between trying to eek out a sail day at Sulphur or making a payback to the wife for all the weekends I have disappeared sailing. Based on the weather reports Sat. morning, headed for Bear Lake without the sailing gear, only the sea kayak and the bike. Had the campground to ourselves in some drop-dead gorgeous fall weather. Lots of great beach walks, and there is lots of beach, and paddling the kayak on the most gorgeous water I have been on. The only sailable winds were between sundown and dark Saturday night during a near-miss rain storm. We sailed the Hobie Cat here once long ago. I would like to come back and sail Bear lake on a high wind day.,
Ken, - Monday, October 04, 2004 at 13:24:07 (MDT)

9/29, Salt Ponds, 21.5M Psycho II Kite, 148 JL
Noticed a north breeze in SLC late this afternoon. I decided to check the salt ponds out of curiosity and the reading was 20 gusting to 24 out of the north. I arrived to steady 13-15 mph wind. Rode fully powered for an hour. The water level has dropped increasing the salinity dramatically. The bottom of the pond is now covered with a 1" crust of salt. I took a couple small shots in the eye which was painful and blinding. Fortunately, I never put my head under. The shallow water combined with the high salinity made for smooth, glassy water. Very nice scenary with the Oquirrh's on one side and the Stansbury Mtns on the other.,
Kenny, - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at 21:12:46 (MDT)

9/26, DC Sailboat Beach, 9.0, F147
It was a good day at Sailboat Beach. I was a bit worried when we arrived to north breezes. But it quickly switched to South, and was strong enough to get some good rides up to the dam, and be able to play up there for a while. It was a perfect day for the formula board, to get crusing. Although the 9 was not big enough to keep up with Carl C, who kept planning, when eveyone else left the water. I think we had about 9 sailors on the water, it was nice to get out, in warm, sunny weather. It was frustrating to have the bathroom facilities already locked up, when we pay the fees that we do.,
Sarah, - Monday, September 27, 2004 at 07:48:03 (MDT)

Sat, Sept. 25, Sailboat Beach, 7.7, Hypersonic
A fun day at the Dam, Layne/Cindi,Trevor/Troy and Gabriel, visiting/renting the START from Seattle. Such a cruise location, rig on grass, start the bar b cue, wind is obvious. Trevor blew everyone away, did a dash for the Dam, never came off a plane for 2hrs. Someone has to emulate Carl C., I was hoping he'd wait 5 yrs. Make sure you rag on the Rangers for NOT opening the bathrooms. $9 a day/$75 yearly fees and people using the area to shut the doors is a farce. Wind didn't make it to Island Beach, Sunday looks like a repeat. There was a Gunnars sighting. ,
John D, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Saturday, September 25, 2004 at 21:21:49 (MDT)

Sept .21, 2004, ULSSB, 6.0, 105L
Sweet north wind conditions, though gusty, powered up for two hours solid. Probably could have been out on the 5.5. My Jibes started to come together which is pleasing. Only sorry that I had to leave at 5:00pm,
Willy Sturgis, - Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at 08:43:43 (MDT)

Sept 18 and 19, Sulpher and Ut Lake, 5.0 both days, 75 ltr and 91ltr
Wow what a nice surprise to get 2 5.0 days over the weekend. Sulpher had some wild strong wind, that left me and a couple of others swimming, when it shut down. Fortunately it came back after about 25 minutes and I made it to shore. I think everyone got in a couple of good hours of sailing. Utah lake was alot of fun too, it was nice to be in some good swell and good wind. I hope we get more like this before the real cold sets in.,
Sarah, - Tuesday, September 21, 2004 at 10:45:41 (MDT)

9-20, ULSSB, 20m^2, 150cm
A nice powered big kite session on a lonely beach. One kite, one car, one person (me). I wore a full suit but the water and air wasn't as cold as I had expected. I was very comfortable and I really didn't notice the temperature at all.,
Dean, - Monday, September 20, 2004 at 21:01:22 (MDT)

9/18, 9/19, Sulfer, Boat Harbor, 4.7, 96L Starboard
Got dealt a pair of kings if windsurfing is comparable to blackjack. Saterday was killer at Sulfer, downwind of the launch the swell was nice and clean and the inside glass just tastey for gybing, I even managed to pop some nice airs which generally is tough at sulfer due to lack of swell. Sunday at the boat harbor was insane. The water looked like boiling concrete. Being overpowered and launching off 2-3 foot breaking swell port side was incredible, it was huck fest. Nice hangtime with considerable distance, in addition you got the semi wave return pass to set up more port side huckin. Nice 2 hr session sunday evening with about 6 others. Nothin better than catching big air on small gear because you feel like a feather. See you next time...Geoff Lewis,
Geoff Lewis, - Monday, September 20, 2004 at 16:51:16 (MDT)

Saturday, 18 September 2004, Sulphur Creek, 5.1m, 100 Liter - 12 in
A great day for the 4.5m - 5.5m range. I sailed a 5.1m almost all afternoon; a little over-powered at times and a little under-powered about the same. Nice air temperature all afternoon and the water temp isn't particularly cold for a full wetsuit. Even saw a shortie or two on the water. Guess that'll change soon. I'm writing this on Monday and I believe it is snowing up there today. Anyway; lots of sailors got in a lot of good passes on Saturday.,
Rick McClain, Rick@Photographers1.com. - Monday, September 20, 2004 at 14:06:42 (MDT)

Saturday 9/18, Deer Creek (skunked), Provo Boat Harbor, 5.4,
Got to Deer Creek about 1:45pm to heavy rain and no wind. Saw a few sailors packing up and decided to head to the Provo Boat Harbor -- never sailed there before. Rigged a 5.4 on my small board (about 100L), walked out 20 ft. from the point in mid thigh deep water in my shortie and proceeded to get spanked for two hours. I don't know if it was the gusty wind or this being my first time on a short board but I had a hard time staying up. After about two hours things started to click and I sailed more than I was in the water. Quit around 6pm, exhausted and beat-up but with a BIG smile on my face. :-D,
Kevin Simmons, - Monday, September 20, 2004 at 09:08:51 (MDT)

Sept 18 04, ULSSB, 6.0, 5.5, 105L, 78L
After an afternoon drive from DC ( Skunk ) I went to south Bay across from Mile Marker 19, got blown off the bay ( nothing smaller than a 4.2) Packed it in and went to SSB to more managable conditions. Sailed extremely powered on the 6.0 for the first hour, Could not resist the short board temptation so I rigged down to the 5.5 and sailed another 1 1/2 hrs. Nice ramps for hopping, jibe practice and fast reaches. Awesome side off shore conditions, only one Kite out, surprising.,
Willy Sturgis, williamesturgis@aol.com. - Monday, September 20, 2004 at 08:45:41 (MDT)

9/18/04, Bear Lake, 5.0, 78L, 69L
Sailed with Bob, Marty, and Doug kited from about noon till 5:00. Nice launch, Big swell and the bluest water I've sailed. One of those magical days..... ,
Vern S., - Monday, September 20, 2004 at 08:35:20 (MDT)

9/17 9/18 9/19, Sulpher, Sulpher, Provo Boat Harbor, 5.2, 4.7,4.7,
You know there were a lot of sailors out there on Sat & sunday & no one posted. It went like this . . Friday. Sailed great wind at Sulpher Creek. Rigged the 5.2 and was plenty powered in the gusts, slogged just like everyone else did in the lulls (even though they were all on 5.7-7.5 - I was surprised some were holding on). Saturday there was a huge contingent from Utah. Everyone getting rides with a wind that was more south than I've ever sailed there. I rigged the 4.7 and was happily planing the majority of the time until late afternoon. Sunday was interesting. Though the wind meters were reading some serious wind all morning at the Provo Airport . . by the time I got to the Provo Boat Harbor there was no wind. A handful of us waited till about 3:00 when Gunnars decided to leave. Almost 5 minutes after he left it started picking up. He figured it out, came back & we all got great rides till the arms gave out. I was out on the 4.7, most were out on 5.0 It was a little bit up and down but plenty windy & there were never really any holes. I planed about 98% of the time on the 4.7 and 85 liter board. Considering the depth of the water (in a couple places I could barely touch the bottom) there was some pretty decent swell down there. Definately a good place to sail from. Great way to end the weekend. ,
Dave Grifiths, - Monday, September 20, 2004 at 04:09:46 (MDT)

9/18/2004, BYU Beach, 8m X-2, Lassen Custom 120
Showed up stiff from riding four hours Fri. Got to the beach around 2pm. Wind was all over the place, 5min at 30+ then a few min of 10mph then gust back to 30 with a consistant average of around 20. Just at 2:30 or so we had a major squall come through and blow to upper 30s low 40s solid for around 10 mins and you could hardley see anything because of all the dust/dirt in the air. I rode until I was tired at around 5:30 at which time the wind really stayed nice at around 15 but I was too wasted to ride. I always hate leaving the beach early, so I called a friend whos been wanting to try out the kite and we body dragged until 6:30 or so. Left the beach with perfect wind and clear air and skies. Crazy weather day. Overpowered to underpowered. Jared went out with me and rode a 12m for about 5mins until he got a 5 foot loft out of the water with the kite in Nuteral. ,
Erik Lassen, - Sunday, September 19, 2004 at 13:21:50 (MDT)

7\18, Sulphur, 5.2, 115L/78L
I arrived late... Around 3PM... People had been riding small boards and 4.2-4.7's most of the morning. It had died down a little so I rigged the bigger board... However, it picked WAY up again. There were around 20 sailors I guess. We all had some great rides. ,
Rick Heninger, - Sunday, September 19, 2004 at 12:56:24 (MDT)

9/18/04, Jordanelle, 6.5, Carve 111
Arrived at Jordanelle after the optimism didn't quite pan out at Deer Creek. The pattern just couldn't clear the instability above Timp. At Jordanelle we arrived to some sailors just coming in on 4.7's and 5's. There were patterns of wind coming across from the dam. Rigged a 6.5 and had some overpowered but definately powered rides. Carl rigged his 9.0 with the hypersonic and was powered up full time. Overall a good day. Its funny how the wind in the mountains certainly does not reflect the pattern in the valley. ,
Rob Smith, - Sunday, September 19, 2004 at 12:34:57 (MDT)

9/18, SSB, RRD 12m Type 6, 135 XX
Arrived at 4 pm to two sailors out. The wind was gusty, but very managable. Thought of going to Willard bay myself and sounds like it was good.,
Jason, - Sunday, September 19, 2004 at 10:06:59 (MDT)

Fri. 9/17, Sulphur, 6.9, Ride 277
PS. on Friday’s post. It was worth the drive to see Doug kite-jump the island. I have seen video’s of kiters jumping the sandbar in Hood River but to see our island jumped by one of our own was great.,
Ken, - Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 20:19:46 (MDT)

9/18, Williard Bay, 8, 9 , 13.5 kites, 135 Dragon
Arrived to strong gusty wind. Went out on a 9M for 20 minutes before a strong blast came through and crushed me. Tried going out on an 8M, but the wind backed off right when I hit the water. Finally, the wind steadied somewhat and Mike R. and I hit the water for around an hour. The swell near the west side was nice sized and sweet to ride.,
Kenny, - Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 19:14:45 (MDT)

9/17 Fri., Sulphur, 6.9 (others 5.7 to 7.0), Ride 277 104L
I was able to split a vacation day in half and sail yesterday and today. Got a ton of sailing between the 2 days. A tad lighter than Thur. but filled in and ripping 5.7-7 conditions. Voted a top 10 Sulphur outing by most of the 10 sailors that showed up. Warm, clear skies, what a beautiful way to spend a Sept. day.,
Ken, - Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 08:53:58 (MDT)

9/17 Friday, DC Sailboat Beach, 7.2, X-Ray
Arrived at 1:00 to a lake full of wind. The gusts were strong (~25mph) and long. The gusts stood me up and pointed me straight to the dam a couple of times. Joined later by Remmy sp? Good to be windsurfing again after a summer of golfing.,
Erik M, - Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 06:47:40 (MDT)

9-12----916, Gorge, 4.2---4.7 and 1 dayof5.9, 100lt F2+89lt Naish
Well,I've been watching the weather up there and drove up last sat. Sailed Sunday at Doug's on a 4.7 with Stewart and Sharon. Had a blast. Good all afternoon with nice swell down off the point.Mon + Tues,Isailed at Maryhill with Stewart on my 4.7 and 4.2 nice swell and like 4 people on the water. Good swell again and steady winds. After those 3 days' it was o.k. to sail only 5.9 at The Hatch for the afternoon.Thurs, the wind came up real late so didn't sail.Drove home Yesterday because the forcast looked dead for a few days.Great whirlwind trip and great fall sailing.No crouds. Well they say 25--35 at Sulphur today, so see you up there.,
Tom, - Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 06:36:33 (MDT)

9/17/2004, BYU Beach, Nasih 20m X-2, Lassen Custome 150 &120
Got there around 4pm to 15mph SW. Rode for around 20 mins with Jared, Tyler, Ned and Mark J. Wind shut down and everyone's kite dropped and stayed dead for 20mins. Wind picked back up out of now where and gusted to 32. Calmed back down to 15mph and blew the rest of the evening. The later afternoon was awesome. ,
Erik Lassen, - Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 00:59:55 (MDT)

Friday, Sept. 17, Island Beach, 6.1, Hypersonic
Hot day, Jim Southwick was out alone in 6.0 SW winds, eventually Layne/Cindy/Josh/Trevor/Troy had no choice but to chase him down. Good winds, meso showed 28+ gusts, Jim rigged down to 5.0, Josh 5.3. For once the derig session was mellow, no boards were damaged, clear skies, shortie wetsuits.,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Friday, September 17, 2004 at 21:14:29 (MDT)

9/16/2004, DC Island Beach, 7.1, Velocity 140 L
Worked asked if I wanted to go golfing or go home at Noon. I used a fellow employee's response "at my age I have better things to do than chase a little white ball around the grass." I knew it was going to be a good day when Jim arrived. Rode from 1 - 4pm. Lots of powered rides, very little schlogging. NO boat chop!,
Kevin, - Friday, September 17, 2004 at 12:43:53 (MDT)

Thur. 9/16, Sulphur, 5.7, 6.9, Sonic 85L, Ride 277 104L
Just 2 of us showed up for some nice winds. Sailed the 5.7 2:00-5:00 then had to switch to the 6.9 for an hour and then it ripped back in for another 5.7 session until 6:30. It sounds like it will just keep on blowing but I always find if I wait for the predicted big days the weathermen are wrong.,
Ken, - Friday, September 17, 2004 at 07:30:39 (MDT)

9.14.04, Sulphur Creek, 4.7, 8'5"
I arrived at 2pm to see Bruce from PC just getting ready to rig. You could see the wind was strong and smooth. Believe it, I rigged 4.7, (pretty rare for me) and hit the water for one of the better sessions I've had all year with plenty of juice and speed to burn. The water still retains a good deal of warmth and kept my bare feet comfy the whole time. Ohh, yeah. Wyoming still has a few puffs of real wind on tap for us.,
Carl C., - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 13:48:25 (MDT)

9/14/04, UL S SSB, RRD 12m type 6 and 13m type Z ,
Arrived at 3:30 to mucho viento. Jason was there with Steve and Phoebe flying the trainer. I went out on the 13 RRD, unzipped(de-powered). Jason took the 12 and Steve flew the 5. Steve and I are beginners so we needed a spot to do downwinders. the stretch of beach between SSB and South SSB(Derick calls this SSB west) is perfect for downwinders on a North wind. http://www.ukbinc.com/images/ULSSB.jpg After Jason assisted us newbies into the water for some downwinders, he ripped up to SSB to fly with the crowd of 10 or so kites. It was a great sesh. ,
Brian , - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 12:09:25 (MDT)

Sept 14, SSB, 11 meter, 15 meter, SS SX 132
Arrived at 2:00 to 8-10 mph per hour. Within thirty minutes it picked up to 14-18. Had a short session on the 15 meter kite, then all four of us got blown off the water and I went to 11.0 meter. It was a bit gusty 20-28 until 6:00 when the wind died. Really nice session. There were 10 kites or more. ,
Chase, - Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at 07:57:30 (MDT)

9/14/04, BYU beach, 8m wipika, 12m north, 130 amerian wanker
arrived at 5:00 to 23 to 28mph wind pumped up the 8m and ripped around for almost an hour wind died a bit then pickup. came in rigged a 12m and went out for another hour, in less choppy water. only kiter out did not see any kites at ssb made it thru the byu property with out getting stuck this time:},
jared, skagroovy@juno.com. - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 20:17:19 (MDT)

9/14/04, Jordanelle, 5.0, 261 9.5"
Hey, sometimes the stars align and the wind blow perfect, without making the trip to Utah Lake. I took the ten minute drive to Jordanelle to find a blasting north wind and launched at the Marina. After an hour session I came back in to rest and had the sheriff come over to rib me about speeding in the wake-less zone. (A good-natured ribbing.) He was looking for the 18-year-old ripping it up and was surprised to find the old dude still shredding. John Shirley joined me later and looked like he was having an equally great time when I left. ,
Tom Smart, smart@desnews.com. - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 19:58:04 (MDT)

9/13, byu beach, none ,
got the whole fam to come out and was driving down from the byu property when my truck sunk up to the doors in mud spent the whole night digging it out and when my father showed up with the van it pulled right out... stay high when on that road or you will get stuck...saw one kite up and was very jealous as i was up to my elbows in mud and getting 100 mosquito bites ahhhhh ,
jared, skagroovy@juno.com. - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 11:58:03 (MDT)

september 13, SSB, 13m RRD type Z, 150cm
Arrived at 4:00 to very light breeze. As I pumped up the 16, the wind came up so I went out on the 13. Good kiting from 4:45 until 6:15 when the wind backed off. A little underpowered on the 13. Nobody else around until about 6:30 when more kiters showed up. ,
Brian, - Tuesday, September 14, 2004 at 07:40:24 (MDT)

9/13, Provo Marina, 12m,
Rode south of the Provo harbor, The Y beach. There is easy access to the beach if you go through the marina to the southwest end of the harbor. I checked out the road down by the airport a week ago and it looked a bit hairy. Definitely needed a lift on your vehicle to get back up over the rocks to the main road. You get basically the same beach going through the marina. I had to do some downwinders tonight because of the lack of a bigger kite. Nice side-onshore wind, 15 Mph or there about. I couldn't see anyone else on the water, no boats or even kiters down at SSB. ,
Mike, - Monday, September 13, 2004 at 23:02:12 (MDT)

5/12/04, Sulphur, 6.9, 5.7, 5.3, Ride 277, Sonic 85L, Hi Tech 8'2"
Like Lane said, this is just like the Gorge. Got there at 11 and rigged the 5.7 but ended up starting on the 6.9 at 11:30. I haven’t seen this sweet of 6.9 session since Utah Lake in the Spring. With it filled in, I sidelined the big Carve, the king of the Sulphur schlog, and had the first good session on the Ride in a while. Then by 12:30 it was on to the small gear with some of the strongest windlines of the day. I kept thinking about rigging down, as many were going to mid 4’s, but I was loving the screaming reaches on the Sonic Race and the fully flattened 5.7. The Sonic is spectacular. I had been real ambivalent on the ’97 5.7 until, sitting on the sand beach at Well’s Island in July, I finally took a stick and learned how to rig it properly, downhauling way past normal. I finally tried the 5.3 and Gorge board at 4:30 when the arms gave out, but I only got a few good rides before I had to schlog in. Left in tornado like weather with a huge smile on my face. One of those days when I was totally pumped. Probably 5 hours on the water and the body felt better than after 3 hours ripping and schlogging Friday. Probably the best Sulphur day since John Freed and I caught it in the same conditions May 4.,
Ken, - Monday, September 13, 2004 at 07:41:33 (MDT)

9/12/04, DC Island Beach, 5.1, 7.3, HS 125
After a working on the water, we forgot our black Dakine Tabu harness, size small. Did anyone happen to pick it up?,
Tim & Amy Garvey, chakodile@hotmail.com. - Sunday, September 12, 2004 at 21:31:53 (MDT)

9/12/04, DC, 12m RRD Type 6, 135XX
Arrived late to find the whole Christensen family enjoying the wind and water. Sarah had just come in with a golf ball sized knot growing from her forehead. Ouch!! Was my first time kiting on DC and it was a pleasure. Steve sailed 4.7 and Phoebe flew the trainer. Enjoyed the white caps, for a change. Had my 12m unzipped which allowed me to handle the gusts with ease. Brown caps tomorrow.,
Jason, - Sunday, September 12, 2004 at 21:05:25 (MDT)

Sunday, Sept 12, Island Beach, 6.1, Hypersonic
A good showing of the DC faithful endured a sand blasting late in the day. Had to circle the station wagons to get the rigs on the racks at 5pm. Warm water, no rain, some arm busting gusts. You could choose between a 5.5 to 7.5. ,
John Dubock, - Sunday, September 12, 2004 at 20:45:06 (MDT)

9/12, Sulphur, 5.8 & 5.0, 98L
Best day at Sulphur from me this year. First 20 minutes on the 5.8 were great, then it kicked up a notch. Rigged a 5.0 and had a great session. Steady wind and a bit of swell. Hope we get a few more like this before winter.,
Vern V., - Sunday, September 12, 2004 at 20:42:54 (MDT)

9/12, Sulfur, 6.5m,5.5m,4.5m, 275,270,260,
We decided that we'd try Utah Lake, drove down...nothing, Deer Creek...nothing, Jordinelle...nothing, "oh well, let's go home and work on projects". We got on 80 heading west and we say..."hmmm what about Sulfur?" "Yeh ok let's give it a try". What a great day with steady (relatively) winds generally overpowered on a 6.0 with a small board. We tried the upwind launch and enjoyed sailing with Jamie, Cathy, Rick and Tom but missed the comradery of the park launch. We counted about 15+ sailors with alot of wahoo smiles. Hope to do it again soon.,
Trip n' Judi, - Sunday, September 12, 2004 at 19:43:13 (MDT)

9/12, SSB, arc 840, picklefork 171
Had a good time in the gusty but constant wind. Met a couple other kiters and saw someone flying a kite across the river and around the bend. Is the gate on that way south side open now cause I didn't see anyone cross the river to get there. Or if anyone knows a good way to get back there please post some directions.,
Mark J, - Sunday, September 12, 2004 at 18:22:28 (MDT)

9/11, Grantsville, 7.5, 144L, 44cm
Itch...SCRATCHED!I started my day out in Grants bathtub. I got there just at sunrise to no wind, but it soon arrived. I rigged big and ripped for a solid hour plus. The reach to the east was right into the sun, so it was tough to see if a 'fishin' boat was in line to get T-boned or not. I guess I should take a pair of sunglasses next time. Rippin reaches, jibe practice, and all before 9:30am. Then it began to be gusty and holey, so I packed it in and headed for the car show at Peach Days. What a great start to the day and a great way to celebrate the freedom I enjoy! I am truly grateful to those who have sacrificed much to protect our freedom. God (continue to) bless America!,
Ivan, - Sunday, September 12, 2004 at 01:06:32 (MDT)

9-11-04, DC Island, 9.0, FF157 58cm
Arrived a little late at 2:40. It sounds like the good winds were form 1:00 to around 2:00. I hit the water at around 3:00. The wind was probably around 8mph with the gusts coming through at about 15mph. Got a couple of good rides on the gusts. I beleive it was Carl out on a formula board and a big sail ( I'm guessing around 11sq/m), he was plaining a lot more than I was and came blasting by me a couple of times. Tom Smart was there but wasn't sailing after 3:00. I also saw Kenji parked on the beach. He didn't have any gear rigged, and he said he was heading for San Fransisco tomorrow. There were also a couple of newbies that looked like they were having some fun. Not a bad afternoon lots of boats and jetskis though. It will be nice when they think it is to cold to come out to the lake!,
Steve, steven.nyhus@jordan.k12.ut.us. - Saturday, September 11, 2004 at 20:32:53 (MDT)

Sat, Sept 11, Sulphur Creek, 7.7, Hypersonic
Definitely not the 22k as advertised, probably too hot at 79 degrees. Fun day for Brett, Trevor, Troy Sarah, Rick, Jim and Angela. There were some big gaps in the wind, fine flat water though,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Saturday, September 11, 2004 at 19:42:28 (MDT)

Sunday, DC, ., .
Lost at Deer Creek or Sulphur, DaKine Speed Seat Blue, w/ spreader bar, reward. John Dubock 801-755-8767,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Tuesday, September 07, 2004 at 18:53:27 (MDT)

Sept 6th, Sulpher, 6.5, 91ltr
Had a pretty good day, but had a hard time deciding, should I rig big for the light wind and hang on in the gusts, or should I rig smaller and ride the gusts. Well I opted for the smaller gear and schlogged quite a bit and worked a to stay up wind, but I sure had a fun time gettin in the straps and crusin along. I got a couple of hours in and it seemed to scratch the itch. The water has cooled a lot, and makes you know that fall is in the air. The water level seems to still be good. So I think there's still some sailing to enjoy.,
Sarah, - Tuesday, September 07, 2004 at 17:39:06 (MDT)

Monday, Sept 6, Sulphur Creek, 7.0, Hypersonic
Same as Sunday, more wind, less holes. Worlds safest beach on Labor Day, one boat, 6 windsurfers.,
John D, - Tuesday, September 07, 2004 at 06:36:27 (MDT)

9/3 - 9/4/04, Belmont Shores, CA, 19.5 & 30M Kites, 135 North Dragon
Arrived to steady 13 - 15 mph wind. Unfortunately, when I opened my bag I found my helmet crushed and my board shattered. Guess the folks at Jetblue decided to run over my bag with their baggage cart. Luckily, there is a windsurf shop in Long Beach with a decent selection of kiteboards. I quickly bought one and went back to the beach. The wind was light, so I rigged my 30M. I soon discovered why it isn't much fun to ride a 30M at Long Beach. The wind is so steady there that people regularly stand on the beach for a half hour with the kite sitting perfectly over their head. It is our gusty wind that makes jumping a large kite fun. The next day was better with 15 - 18 mph wind. I rigged a 19.5 and had a fantastic time with plenty of power. There were over 100 kites in the air, but the beach is so long that there was plenty of room for everyone. All in all, it was some good sailing.,
Kenny, - Monday, September 06, 2004 at 12:12:01 (MDT)

Sunday, Sept 5, Sulphur Creek, 7.0, Hypersonic
Sparkling day, no clouds, looked cold at 11;30 but the water is much warmer than expected. No boats, no chop except for Ken Onstott ripping on his 6.9. Troy Jorgenson got his skunk factor off his back,George rode a 6.0, Jeff McBride,super Rookie had only a big smile,had NO wetsuit nor harness on the START and lasted 2hrs, could have been the Buffalo Burger Fuel. I managed to bust another mast on my first run,resorted to rescue/tow/idiot mode. Up n down wind but it was still blowing at 5pm. Might be the call for Monday. Ken can qualify, I thought it was probably 13-20k, felt light. ,
John D, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Sunday, September 05, 2004 at 20:42:22 (MDT)

9/3/04, SSB, 7.5, 141
Showed up at 5:00 with the wind between 20 and 28. I rigged my 7.5 and had a great time. I sailed from South Sandy Beach to BYU beach. It backed off about 7:00 When Jake and Mike Got there. The wind was cold but the water was perfect. I wish we could have more days like this.,
mattg, - Saturday, September 04, 2004 at 15:08:22 (MDT)

9-3-04, Rocky Point, 5.9,
I'm really fealing my arms today after thursday afternoon and yesterday. Great day of stong steady winds. Rigged the 5.9 again and it was perfect. I went out at about 2:15 and sailed with no schlogging involved, and when I came in it was 4:30.Took a short break and went back out for another 1.5 hrs. lots of fun chasing Eric and Ken around. Still strong and steady for the 2nd session. Eric and I even sailed all the way to the other side of the lake. It's a long way over there. If you went over there and it died,you'd be hailing a cab back.Anyone up for one more Gorge trip?I'm watching the weather up there, and when my wife gets back from Vermont next weekend and it looks like wind up there for a few days,I can go back up for some fall sailing. So if you can get away in the next couple of weeks, give me a call and maybe we can get together. cell- 891-2008. Later, Tom ,
Tom, - Saturday, September 04, 2004 at 10:47:21 (MDT)

9/2, BYU beach, 8m wipika freeair, 130 custom
arrived to a brief light wind spell by the time i was un packing it hit 20mph and kept climbing. blew up the 12m but when erik launched it was too much on his we both riged 8 m and had a great 30 m sessin till it died for about 30 m the another squall came thru and it was 8m time all over again, huge swell top we great fo jumping the water looked like oveltine... the storm to the west made it pretty gusty so some of the jumps were a little scary, but fun. stay out just about as long as possible with out getting struck by lightning. felt a few gust that were in the 40 mph range the little kite took them well went home and passed out..,
jared, skagroovy@juno.com. - Saturday, September 04, 2004 at 09:46:19 (MDT)

Fri., 9/3/04, Utah Lake, Rocky Point, 6.9, 5.7, C135, Sonic 85L
Got there at 12:30 having seen +20mph readings all morning, but it was down to 12, oh well. Tom and I knew the weather groups were saying it would come back and it did. By 1:00 I was the wind dummy planning around on the 6.9. By being out in the middle of the lake I knew when it ratcheted up a notch and 40 minutes later we were rigging the small gear. With it averaging +20 at times the 5.7 was a handful but hiking across the mud flat to rig down seemed too daunting. Definitely some high speed shredding on the little 85L race board. With almost no scoop or rocker, the lack of waves was a plus for speed. Even the 6.9 session was a blast. I love Sulphur but, after sailing there 6 times in a row, it was great to be on Utah Lake where you can pull up on a plane and go ripping for 5 minutes if you want to, even if it is on a sea of mud. No rip and schlog this day. The wind was the familiar clouds-in-the-hole effect. You could see all the clouds in the gap and we were under bright sunshine and relative warmth (63 degrees). It was warm enough I never realized I hadn’t zipped up my wetsuit. The cold in SLC must have faked everyone out as only 4 of us showed up for some great wind. Two great sessions in two days. My high wind sailing tank is full again even without a trip to the Gorge. For those of you concerned about the depth, I was able to use a 40cm fin with the 6.9 without any problems, except I felt like I needed to walk a little further out before taking off. But I don’t think I would feel comfortable with the 51cm I use with the 8.5. Coming to shore has the same thrill as a demolition derby, you just don’t know how far to push it. If you are lucky you feel the fin slicing through the mud and jump off. If not, you nip a rock which gets you to bail off real fast.,
Ken, - Friday, September 03, 2004 at 21:54:39 (MDT)

9/2/04, SSB, 12m RRD Type 6, XX135
Arrived at 3 to a guy trying to relaunch his kite off the dirt. Helped him out and had a great session which started out on the light side and came in as things started to get a little out of hand. ,
Jason, - Friday, September 03, 2004 at 14:13:57 (MDT)

9/2/2004, BYU Beach, 8m x-2, Lassen Custom 120 & 150
Showed up around 3:00 and the wind had backed down from the earlier readings of 23mph. By the time the kites where rigged the wind was puffing as high as 27 and averaging around 20. Wind died back down to 13 for around 20 min, but then picked back up to 25sih. Stayed at 23-25ish until a hige dark wall obscured the north part of the lake. I decided to come in, and just as we pulled away from the beach my wind meter had a max gust of 48mph! I'm glad that all the kiters where smart and safe enough to see it coming and get off the water. Was a good day, Kenny boosted some of the biggest airs I have seen on Utah lake too, so it was fun to watch! ,
Erik, - Friday, September 03, 2004 at 11:33:31 (MDT)

9/3, Provo Boat Harbor, North Jetty, 5.2~3.0, 78L
Arrived at around 4:30 w/Josh... The wind had really calmed way down and was about to rig 7.2... But saw the wall coming from the northwest. Looked like one of those that you really have to be rigged and ready to catch the best of it. So I put the half rigged 7.2 away and rigged a FLAT 5.2... Then it hit and sailed for the next two hours in a very strong wind. Josh and I had to hold the sails down during the 50 mph or greater gust... Clearly you can see where it peaked on the day's wind graph. The "smoke" on the water was amazing. Could've had a 4.2 rigged for about a half hour and a 2.8 rigged for about 10 minutes! The 5.2 was great though the rest of the time. Big ol' chocolaty swell. Saw where "BYU beach" is. The kites were flying just south of the harbor during some of the 30MPH winds. Luckily not during the 50 mph gust.,
Rick Heninger, - Friday, September 03, 2004 at 11:09:31 (MDT)

9.2.04, Saratoga marina, 4.7, 95L
2nd consecutive thursday of ripper winds on Utah lake. Parked and rigged on the boat ramp(the marina is closed). HIt the water(mud) at 3:30...walked out 100 yards from shore to get in knee deep water. A little schlogging for 20 minutes then perfectly powered to a bit over on the 4.7 for 2 hours. Did some long reaches, 2 miles out the water was chest deep. I got off the board and stood there for a while, a couple miles off shore. I could see sails upwind, blasting along. It was surreal standing in the middle of the lake enjoying the view and serenity. A lull at 5:45 brought me in and I prepared to rig the 12 m kite but the wind came back, clouds moved in so I showered and left. Yes the Showers are still on which is a huge bonus after grovelling in the muck. ,
BRian, - Friday, September 03, 2004 at 10:56:28 (MDT)

9/2/04, Thur., Sulphur/Rocky Point, 6.9, 5.7, 5.3, C135, Sonic 85L, HiTech 75L
First read Tom’s message on the gate. It is hard to believe the same people that love to sail Rocky Point would jeopardize that privilege by continuing to leave the gate open. It may already be too late but please, keep the gate locked. As for sailing, after 2 months on the big gear I was getting desperate enough to contemplate heading to the Gorge with Ivan and Jerry for some small board sailing. Now no need. An epic day. Should have waited for Utah Lake but the weatherman said the front would hit Salt Lake between 2:00 and 5:00. I was too impatient and headed for Sulphur. Started on the 6.9 but could already feel the windlines were 5.7. As soon as it filled in a little, I switched to the little Sonic race board and had a blast on the 5.7. It was nice and sunny and I would have kept on sailing but it abruptly died after a couple of hours. I had planned on leaving for Utah Lake about 2:00 anyway so off I went. Got to Rocky at 5:30 to a dying wind and most everyone packing. I told them to wait, that the weatherman said it would start building big starting at 6:00, but no one believed me (I don’t think I did either). But, for once, NOAA was right. Between 6:00 and 7:30 it built from full on 5.7 to 3.7. I had a spectacular session on the little Sonic and the 5.7 and then a wild and wooly 5.3 session on the Gorge board. With the water so shallow there were hardly any waves so the Sonic Race was screaming. Clouds moved in and covered the sun, a huge benefit as I have quit early before due to flash bulb eyes. A short rain ran me off the water at 7:30 and I didn’t have enough energy to rig a smaller sail and drag it back to the water afterwards. The walk to and from the water at RP is taxing. I don’t recommend sailing Sulphur before Utah Lake, as going from sailing on drinking water to a sea of mud takes a toll on the spirit. Left with the healights on. Rigged 4 boards (1 twice), 3 sails (1 twice), and drove 4 hours and still thought it was a spectacular day.,
Ken, - Friday, September 03, 2004 at 08:33:12 (MDT)

9-2-04, Rocky Point, 5.9,
I'm really glad I waited around till noon to decide. I was going to go to Sulphur, but the front had passed S.L.C.allready so I went to R.P. instead. 7 guys out and good utah lake wind. The only bummer was a nephew of the owner came in and railed me for the gate being left open. Again . He said he found it left open last thursday from sailers also. He said he was going to get his unkle to stop letting us in.He was very upset and I tried to smooth him over but when some migrant workers thought they could come in and fish, he pretty much lost it. So don't leave it unlocked for a minute. It looks good for this afternoon again. I should be there by 1 or sooner. It's 18 allready down there. A small walk to the navel deep water' but no problem. See you there and lock the gate. Tom,
Tom, - Friday, September 03, 2004 at 07:15:58 (MDT)

9/3/04, Utah Lake, 11M Best Yarga & 21M Psycho II, 148 Jimmy Lewis
Arrived around 5 PM at BYU Beach to 20 -25 mph wind. Erik and Jared were already there rigging 8's. Travis was out on a 10. I rigged up my 11 and went out for about 30 minutes and the wind started to die. The wind was only blowing 12 - 15, so I decided to rig my monster 21M foil. As soon as I was on the water, the wind began to build. I kept getting bigger, floaty jumps until it got to the point that I couldn't hang on anymore. Went out on the 11 again and the wind started to crank into the upper 20's with gusts into the low 30's. My big foil on the beach became dislodged, but fortunately Erik was there to grab it. Started getting massive, scary airs. However, the sky started to look dangerous with distant lightening strikes. I decided to pack it in and so did everyone else around 7:45. While we were packing up our kites the wind picked up to 40. It was truly epic.,
Kenny, - Thursday, September 02, 2004 at 22:02:14 (MDT)

sep 2nd, sulphur, 5.2???? 5.8 SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE A FEW HOURS BEFORE.....,
got to the lake around 2:30PM. In the water by 3PM. SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE A FEW HOURS BEFORE..... After a little bit in the foot staps wind died. Waited till 5 PM. SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE A FEW HOURS BEFORE.....,
adrian, - Thursday, September 02, 2004 at 21:29:25 (MDT)

9-1-04, SSB, 1120 arc, 171 pickle
I had about 15 minutes of good riding then it died. I should have waited till Thursday. It was a fun though, and I found a new use for the Arc. When the wind dies and you drag it back to the beach through the water it works as a net to catch little fishies!,
Mark J, - Thursday, September 02, 2004 at 08:16:02 (MDT)

9-2-04, Sulphur or R.P.?, small, I hope,
When they where saying 20-30 in Evanston last nite, I was going up there today, but now they say 15-25 up there and 20-30 in provo this afternoon. So now I'm not sure.Now I'm thinking R.P. this P.M. I can get out of work and be at either spot around noon or so. Call me on my cell if you can call in sick. 891-2008. Tom.,
Tom, - Thursday, September 02, 2004 at 06:41:18 (MDT)

Message , Board Link , Updated,
I have been in contact with Mike, Rick, and Jake Cahoon and we are working on finding out what the best way to launch a new and secure message board off of the UWA site. In the mean time, I have updated the link on the UWA site to point to the Yahoo group. http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/utahwa If the Yahoo group doesn't work out will get something going soon. Cheers, Erik ,
Erik , - Thursday, September 02, 2004 at 00:22:14 (MDT)

Utah Lake, , Wind 10-high 20s, 9-2-2004, Come
The wind will be at Utah lake and should be strong Tommorrow (9/2/2004) I'm guessing that the wind will pick up around noon and will continue to build until dark with the highest wind just before dark. Think it could get up to around the upper 20s. I'll be at BYU beach, and should be there by 2pm (Hopefully). I am going to try to fill in the major ruts in the road leading down from the airport wall tommorrow. When I first drove down it 2 months ago, I had no problem getting down or up. With the increased traffic it has gotten worse. A few big rocks in the right places with some fill dirt and sand should work nicely. See you out there Erik ,
and Get, It. - Wednesday, September 01, 2004 at 23:52:17 (MDT)

Sat, Aug 28, Yuba, ., .
Troy Jorgenson reports that Yuba is history. North and West beaches are closed, have to sail at the Marina. Boats can't launch, either they are draining the lake or its just too low. ,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at 21:29:54 (MDT)

Aug 28th, 29th, Sulpher, 9.0, F147
The Sulpher Camp Out was a lot of fun with light winds both Sat. and Sun and plenty of sunshine. It made me glad that I had the 9.0 and Formula board. I got alot of rides up and down the lake, enough to keep a smile on my face. The BBQ was really great too, no one went away hungry, and we handed out some great prizes. After that a big ol bon fire, and some great stories. Thanks to all who showed up and participated!,
Sarah, - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at 09:41:33 (MDT)

Saturday August 28, LIt'l Del, ??, O'Brien -
Family was in town - so we went up to Lit'l Del for some light beginner wind - pulled out the old O'Brien board. Nice gentle constant breeze - great to get the kid out on the water. Then.. crashed into shore and broke the pink fin. Anyone know where I can get one? old American Board, screw in fin. Thanks - Vera - 801-292-2424,
Vera Novak, vrn@xmission.com. - Monday, August 30, 2004 at 13:59:04 (MDT)

8\28, Sulphur Camp out, none,
Thanks Sarah for putting the campout together again... The dinner was great. Girlfriend and I made the beautiful drive through the uintas (w/out my gear) and were able to make it up to the dutch oven dinner at Sulphur. It was tasty as usual with tender BBQ ribs, chicken, pork n' beans, corn on the cob, potatoes, and peach cobbler w/vanilla ice cream. It looked like the group was having some fun up there. Although the wind didn't cooperate like it had in the past couple years, they appeared to have had some rides. Had a drawing with some great equipment, shirts, and hats given away. How was sundee? ,
Rick Heninger, - Monday, August 30, 2004 at 11:01:21 (MDT)

Spring, MM 19? or Rocky Point? or Sulphur?, Gaastra 8.5,
Hey guys, I need some help. I just realized yesterday that the last time I sailed my Gaastra 8.5 (which was a while back) I must have left the tip extension on the beach. I think the last time I sailed it was at Mile Marker 19 in the spring, but I could be wrong it's been so long ago. The extension is a tapered, hollow, fiberglass rod about 3 feet long and 5/8" on the large end, with a slot for a webbed strap to go through, attached to the tip. It's an integral part of the rig, so I can't sail that sail until I get it back or replace it. I sure would like to get it back. If you've found it, please contact me at the included email or by phone at: (801) 484-8488 Thanks, Rick McClain,
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message board, home, .,
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message board, home, .,
My offer still stands to run a message board on yahoo groups. It is all set up and ready to go. All that needs to be done is to change the link to point to it. It has a lot of neat options with a place for photos, calendar and polls. It is very easy to keep away the spam.,
Mark J, jmark40@qwest.net. - Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 08:11:55 (MDT)

question, about, messege board,
Just curious, does anyone know anything about when the new message board is going to be up, it said that hopefully it would be up by 8/25....any info?,
Steve Glenn, - Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 00:44:24 (MDT)

8.28, Deer Creek, 4pm -5:30pm,
Acting like fall up at DC with smoother wind than we have seen over the dog days of summer. Not often it's still enough at 4 in the afternoon to justify my 105 liter board but there it was, there I was, and that's what happened. Sailed non stop partial to full on from the time I touched the water until I left for dinner. Jim S cracked a mast and had to endure the pain of being dragged sea anchor style from the kinda far away when you are broken down other side by a considerate cat sailor. Me, I'm looking at tomorrow and possibly 2 more months of nice clean mountain water at DC with occasional diversion excursions to Sulphur, Jordanelle and Utah Lake as needed. BTW, there are leaves a changin' and hints of fall color. Bring it.,
CARL C, - Saturday, August 28, 2004 at 22:03:09 (MDT)

8/28/04, BYU beach, 18m rhino 2, 150cm american/lassen
went down at 6:30 point of mountain was blowing 13mph so i gave it a shot.. when i got there it was blowing a steady 8mph from the nw by the time i rigged it was a steady 12-15 rode nicely powed till 8:00. then my leading edge blader got soft came in re-inflated went out for a few more reaches and small jumps.. all in all a very nice session i was the only one out with only the fishermen to show off to. my wind meter read 12-17mph with a gust to 19.5 but provo muni only read 8-12-13-8 ..? jared,
Jared, skagroovy@juno.com. - Saturday, August 28, 2004 at 20:54:29 (MDT)

8/26, byu beach , --,
when your on the beach just head north to the river the river starts to turn east just follow it till you get to a embankment go up and over and there's the property it is a little scary but easyer than the drop off. i have a key to the gate but i will have to talk to erik about who should have access to it. since the byu rec dept is very paranoid bunch...,
jared, skagroovy@juno.com. - Friday, August 27, 2004 at 12:45:22 (MDT)

8/27, Jared - Need Directions, to beach,
Jared, you mentioned a route through the BYU property to the beach. Please give us directions.,
Kenny, - Friday, August 27, 2004 at 10:44:52 (MDT)

26 August '04, Rocky Point, 5.1m, 9'6"
Great afternoon at Rocky Point. Nice temperature and nice winds. My 5.1 was just right 90% of the time 2:00 - 6:00. The usual smooth Utah Lake north winds and, for once, pretty smooth water. The wind direction was changing direction slightly once in a while, so maybe that is what kept the swell down; or maybe it is that the water depth is only belly-button deep all over the lake. It's like a great big Rush Lake. Now if the south winds were effective there, too, we would be in great shape. About 7 or 8 sailors having fun on the water and one or two kiters that launched north of us that had a pickup that looked it was stuck pretty good on a small spit of land on the beach. Must have driven across the golf course to the beach. Live and learn! At least he was thinking when he left home; they had a jet ski to retrieve them when they went down wind.,
Rick McClain, Rick@Photographers1.com. - Friday, August 27, 2004 at 08:42:21 (MDT)

8/26, Utah Lake Lindon Beach, 6.9, 278
Update from Lindon Beach. Still quite sailable, but it is a long walk from the road. Not a long walk in the water before sailing, but it is quite muddy and even a long ways out is still only just above my waist. Brad and I arrived as two kiters were leaving. The wind had dropped a bit so we were set to kite, but there were still big gusts. Brad took about 4 runs before he was too powered. I did the long walk back to my car to get my windsurfing gear. Finally I got some fast runs. I think I will be back at SSB or BYU beach in the future.,
Rod Meiners, - Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 22:45:11 (MDT)

8/26/04, SSB, 10m RRD, 135 XX
Went to BYU beach to check it out but noone was there and couldn't find the road to the water. Checked out the State Park then headed to SSB. Great session. Knees hurt. Froze my ass off in boardshorts. Where's the flat water? Kid named Nick from Puerto Rico left his Xterra in the river, stuck, crossing over from SSSB and went kiteboarding. Priorities. We later went to the farm, got some chains and the big Dodge yanked her out. A great after session redneck activity. This Bud's for you!!! Still have new kites for sale - see below.,
Jason, - Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 21:41:58 (MDT)

8-26-04 (Thurs), SSB, 16m^2, 150cm
Got the beach around 3:00 with only one kiter on the water. I was measuring lower 20's so I rigged the 13m^2. Rode for about 1.5 hours then the wind came down a notch so I came back in and rigged the 16m^2 X2. The wind held till the sun went down. At the most there were about 7 kites on the water. Overall a very nice 5 hours session.,
Dean, - Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 21:19:28 (MDT)

8/26/04, BYU beach, 8 m wipika freeair, 150 american/lassen custom
got to the beach at 2:30 doug was out and kenny and marty were rigging. rigged my 8m wipika free air.. was not tunned right and had some trouble staying up wind.. so went down wing practicing my heelside to toe and toe to heel transitions. found a nice little cove with very smooth water futher down the beach got to land a front side loop hit hard on my back the other couple time i attempted very fun day BYU approved... i agree with kenny it took me 3 tries to get out with my tacoma the ruts are getting to deep.. the route thru the byu property may be a better way.. ,
jared, skagroovy@juno.com. - Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 20:28:34 (MDT)

8/26, BYU Beach, 11M Yarga, 148 Jimmy Lewis
Arrived to 20 - 25 mph wind with Doug already out on the water on a 9.3 North. Marty rigged a 10 and Jared had some good reaches on an 8. The wind stayed on all afternoon and started to lighten around 5 when Matt showed up. Two brothers were there learning how to get up on the board. Small swell made for good riding. The wind is side on-shore at BYU Beach. It is a clean launch site, the only difficulty is the drop-off on the trail from the dirt road to the beach. It is easy to go down the trail, but it is tough getting back up. I put my F150 in 4 wheel low and I still had to take a couple stabs at it. It would probably be a lot easier in a smaller 4x4. However, I would not even attempt it if you don't have 4 wheel drive.,
Kenny, - Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 19:41:29 (MDT)

8/26/04, byu beach, --,
if any one wants direction to byu beach call my cell 830 1826 utah county phone if you dont have a 4 wheel drive we can load up my truck at the road and get you out to the beach... jared,
jared, skagroovy@juno.com. - Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 11:20:05 (MDT)

8/26/04, Utah Lake, small stuff,
It is already cranking 20 mph out of the north at 10:30 AM in SLC. It is going to be a nukefest at Utah Lake if it keeps up!,
Kenny, - Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 10:46:28 (MDT)

North Rhino, BYU Beach, 6-20m, 128 jamie
I need direction on how to get to BYU Beach. I'm planning to go down there today.,
Jacob Buzianis, buzianis@comcast.net. - Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 09:16:53 (MDT)

8/25, SSB, 840,1120 arc, 171,150
Showed up at about 10:30 to a light breeze. I waited till around 11:00 and it started to pick up. Flew the 1120 for a hour or so in gusty wind. It stoped blowing for an hour or 2 then the clouds moved in. The best wind of the day was under some dark clouds. I waited for a break in the clouds untill about 4:30 the wind was good and I flew the 840 for a bit then had to go. It looked like it might have cleared up even better after I left but the wind seem to be slowing as it cleared.,
Mark J, jmark40@qwest.net. - Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 08:18:42 (MDT)

8/25, Wyoming :), 4.2-5.2, 78L,115L
I promised Layne I would give a full report this evening! Happy to do it... Heading up the canyon at around noon the shadows of the clouds were racing my truck. At one point going 75MPH the cloud's shadow was keeping up with me. I have never seen that. Arrived at Sulphur around 1PM to WWWHHHITECAPS! It looked perfect... Vern, Marty, Peter, Tom were there Getting gear ready. Vern wind dummied with his... You ready 3.7M... And planed right away with minor lulls... I rigged 4.2M 78L board and headed straight down to the narrow reach where the swell is smoother and where that warm thermal water comes out of the ground... J/K No thermal warm water... Be nice though huh!? It is nicer swell down there but you pay the price if it dies and you have to shlogg up wind. Wasn't too bad today. First sesh was SWEET and around 2hours!!! Then the wind backed off a little and I sailed back and rigged 5.2 threw on 115L... But then it picked way up again... But I was already down to the narrow reach again with Marty, Dave, and Vern. We had some awesome rides today. Dave was making some loops and barrel rolls look pretty fun... The day was definitely epic. Wished more could've been there. The wierd thing is that for about 2-3 hours a big dark cloud just seemed stationary to the west about 10 miles and never moved over us.,
Rick Heninger, - Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 00:00:32 (MDT)

8/25, Yuba/SSSB, ****, ****
Wrong date for last post-sorry,
****, - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 23:14:16 (MDT)

8/26/04, Yuba/SSSB, 5.3/12m, 8'4''/135
Doubek and I drove to Yuba in hopes of some friendly south wind for our kiting pleasure. Was blowing West or WSW in Springville on our way through. Arrived to a wicked 15-35 mph. Kiting not in the cards. As a consolation we took turns pole surfing on the rig I brought. Plenty of water still. Got stuck in the mud on the way out but broke free eventually. Stopped at SSSB on the way back and went out on the 12m but the wind eventually died. Was still coming from the West or WSW. Launched from the far southern shore facing to the North. Was perfect side shore. I wonder if it blew like this all day there? Was very steady, anyway. Maybe tomorrow. ,
Jason M., - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 23:06:37 (MDT)

8/23/04, byu beach, 12m rhino, 150 american wanker/ shape by lassen
to awnser about the conditions at byu beach as it is now being called. it is very similar to the west beach just around the point from ssb... it does however have a few +'s that ssb does not have. sw wind is side onshore, nw is side side shore. the break water just north of the beach provides flat water inside the marina and just to leeward of the marina on a nw wind. sw is flat near shore, chop starts couple hundred meters off shore... beach is sandy, at least 4 to 5 miles long i have driven at least 2 miles of it it is very clean since getting to the beach keeps the high school bonfires away( only locals walking dogs make it down.. however since kiting there our kites have pull alot of attention to the beach.. down side .. the beach looks to be covered in the spring with water levels, it was visible in late june early july.. hope this helps,
jared, skagroovy. - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 22:54:20 (MDT)

Aug 15-20, The Gorge, 9, 11 meter, 137 SS Zeppelin
Notice to all intimidated by the reputation, The Gorge can have premium steady wind. First day 15-32, gusty, scary. But the middle three days were 22-28 from 9 AM until 3 PM. After 3 it got a bit gusty. Apparently, under premium conditions, that's how it works. The Sand Bar launch is super user friendly. I am a complete wind and launch snob and I thought The Gorge rocked. Enjoy.,
Chase Stewart, - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 14:47:07 (MDT)

Aug. 13 - 23, 2004, Oahu, Hawaii, 12m, 16m, 130 cm board, 2in fin
Oahu, Hawaii - Kiting I went for about 1-1/2 weeks for vacation and rode about 6 days (could have rode every day, but i had to do some surfing, diving and tourist stuff). The winds were light for the first few days (16m riding)on the North East in Kailua , then it improved to 12 m riding on the North Shore at Mokulea. The wind in Mokulea is from thermals, and usually kicks up around 11am and last until sunset. The last couple of days saw some huge surf 12' to 15'+ waves (front side), at Mokulea. This is when you find out just how shallow it is to the reef. It was great riding though. About 15 - 20 kiters, only a few brave windsurfers. There were a bunch of the pro's filming there, so I tried to get in as much film time as possible. Watch out for the giant turtles in this area, I had to oly them frequently. It was a great time. ,
Spencer Regiudel, regiudel@hotmail.com. - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 14:02:15 (MDT)

9/01/2004, Sherman Island, 6-18m rhino, 128 jamie
I need direction on how to get to BYU beach? Is it a sandy beach? How long is the shore line? Is there flat water and chop there? Give me a full decsreption of this places. So we can see what is it all about. Chris and I went to Sherman Island For the last two and half weeks. That place rules. It has everything from flat to chop and the wind is blowing every single day and night. I learned a lot of new tricks there. I was able to improve my kiteloop better. It a nine hours drive but it well worth it. It look like we will have some north wind this week at Utah lake. ,
Jacob Buzianis, - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 11:46:04 (MDT)

8/25/04, BYU BEACH, Is BYU beach "BYU approved"?, If it is, here is the important stuff
Brigham Young University desires an environment for its single students windsurfing on and off campus that is conducive to their moral and spiritual growth as well as their jibing performance. Because the university relies on the community to provide accommodations for most of its sailors, BYU has established windsurfing guidelines and policies to cultivate such an environment for single students desiring to sail off campus. BYU windsurfing personnel attempt to rectify any deviations from these standards and policies.,
Peace out, Brett, - Wednesday, August 25, 2004 at 08:29:47 (MDT)

8/25 Wed (tomorrow), Sulphur, 4.0, Small
Unless it falls apart, take a sick day and take your small stuff.,
UWA, - Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 19:46:00 (MDT)

8/24, KITES FOR SALE !!!!!!, RRD, 18m,15m,12m
18m RRD type6 - $800 (used twice) 15m RRD type6 - $700 (used twice) 12m RRD type6 - $550 (used about 10 times) These kites are top of the line and just came out in July. Selling for a friend in HR. I have my own quiver and love them. These are wholesale prices. Comes with bar/lines for each kite. Has RRD's new safety bar and zipper power/depower system. First come first serve. Call 801-949-9313,
Jason M., - Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 16:08:43 (MDT)

byu beach, messenge board, ,,
Yes byu beach is a better name, i went out there and checked it out for the first time a couple days ago and i like it a lot. It's way closer to where i live, its more of a sideshore launch, and the beach seems really clean. I'll be out there kiting once my new bar and lines come in and we get some more wind.,
Steve Glenn, - Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 15:12:30 (MDT)

8/23, Message Board, Erik->YUBA answer,
Erik, Yuba does have a great reach as of two weeks ago. But the lake is only 10% full now but don't let that discourage you... The bottom is like a bathtub, so with only 10% full it is a long reach but the water is only about 10-15 feet deep. That's all any of us need. It did reach around 60% early in the spring but drained quickly. Oops... It is only 3% full now. But it still has a reach. Just not deep... Here is the website that tracks Yuba's volume: http://sevierriver.org/lower/dcd_index.php3?vs=low1# PS. I may find time to sail tomorrow... Great wind forecast in a lot of areas 20-30MPH WSW... Maybe Yuba if it's not blowing in Provo. Anybody seen how far the walk at MM19 is?,
Rick Heninger, - Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 13:00:32 (MDT)

Message Board, ,, ,,
Kenny thanks for the update on Derik. Sounds good and I would like to second helping. If 20 of us can kick in 50 bucks (or 40 of us $25) I think that would really help both financially and emotially (so he knows we are still thinking about him and his family).,
Dean, - Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 11:11:48 (MDT)

8-24 (Monday), SSB, 13m, 150cm
Pulled up around 6:30. Wind was reading lower 20's. I couldn't believe no one was out (Willy? Marty? Doug? Arpi?)! Pulled the 13m^2 from the bottom of the gear pile (since I haven't ridden it all summer). The wind for the first hour fluctuated a bit with about half the time just right on the 13 and a quarter of the time overpowered and a quarter underpowered. My guess is the wind was 14-28mph, but I wouldn't call it gusty since the wind was cycling up and down over long periods of time. As a result it was 5 reaches underpowered then 5 reaches just right then 5 reaches overpowered. Ryan arrived at about 7:30 and rigged a 16m^2. We rode until about 8:45 when the sun was down and the dark clouds gobbled up the remaining sunlight. With the cooler air temperature, lack of sun, and water temperature (which must be 10 degrees colder than a week ago) I would say it was a bit chilly. I wore a shorty wetsuit and for the last hour thought my full suit (or a little sun) would feel nice. Fall is on the way, get it while you can! ,
Dean Davis, - Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 10:55:41 (MDT)

8/24/04, Derik, is making great progress,
I spoke with Derik this morning and I am amazed at his progress. Every time I talk to him he sounds more and more like his old self. He is also making leaps and bounds physically as well. He told me that he can walk several blocks now. Considering that he has only been out of the hospital for just over a month, this is outstanding news! Derik also has a very positive attitude. Please keep Derik in your thoughts and prayers as he continues to recover. He still has months of therapy in front of him and he needs our support more than ever. It will also be a while before he gets back to work, so if you have it in your means to send him some money, I am sure he would appreciate your help. Derik's address - 650 N. 100 W. Springville, UT 84663 P.S. Erik - I like the name BYU Beach!,
Kenny, - Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 10:46:29 (MDT)

8/24/04, BYU Beach, HOW DEEP, IS THIS AREA?
Since you guys kite, I know you don't need deep, but how deep is it? If you go a mile or two out and stand up? Any info or report would be great....Thanks ,
Sarah, Sarah.Ranes@slcgov.com. - Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 07:44:29 (MDT)

8/23/2004, Don't know what to call it..., X-2 20m & 12m, Lassen Custom 120
Don't know what to call the place we went since Dean doesn't like the name "Erik and Jared's Spot." I guess we could call it Provo Airport Rockwall, but that is just as uncreative and as long as Erik and Jared's spot. The beach is partly off the BYU property and the fact that BYU owns the 4 acres of land just south of the Provo River, and only BYU students have kited there thus far, I think I will now refer to Erik and Jared's spot as BYU beach. Fair enough? :') Anyways onto the sailing. Showed up at BYU beach at 5pm, wind was solid 13. Rigged the kite and had a cloud come over us and shut us down until 5:30. Rode the 20m until around 6:15 when the wind picked up to 20ish. Rigged the 12 and rode until 7:45. Air temp was a little chilly, but I still didn't wear a wetsuit. Wind was patchy, but never dropped below 15 after 6pm. Wind was still strong when I pulled away at 8:25. Max gust was 22mph, and average for the session was 14.9 mph. Not a bad day. Jared was out with me as well. ,
Erik, - Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 02:45:55 (MDT)

Yuba Question, >, ., >
Rick, So by your post does this mean that Yuba now has water in it? If you camp on the north beach campsites, how far do you have to walk before you hit water? Thanks Erik ,
Erik lassen, - Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 02:34:39 (MDT)

8/21, *, *,
PS... YUBA is ALaiVE! Looks like Yuba of yesteryear... That is the good ol' Yuba we used to know... Any more Yubphamisms I can think of?,
Rick Heninger, - Monday, August 23, 2004 at 15:21:50 (MDT)

.,, .,, .,,
Marty... When did you fall from Grace? sorry. Just couldn't resist. Marty, you might be the closet addict of the UWA... You know all the locations and their directions... Maybe you should start giving the where to sail posts when the messageboard is back up hopefully this week! ;) WE NEED SOME WIND! Maybe we'll get some Utah lake north soon. Is Utah lake full enough to sail? Anybody been there recently? ,
Rick Heninger, - Monday, August 23, 2004 at 14:58:04 (MDT)

., ., ., .
Layne, Cindy, That is Alexander Reservoir, It can blow SE clearing wind there most mornings. Utah Power owns the water in there, and it always stays full. I am thinking it may be good Kiting. I still go up there every month. (I am originally from Grace, a few miles away),
Marty , - Monday, August 23, 2004 at 08:37:22 (MDT)

8-22-04, Soda Springs Idaho, 7.5/6.5, Mistral 284/Fanatic Bee 124
Great 2 hour afternoon session at the small lake just West of town. Shared the lake with 2 motor boats and some huge Carp but that beat the sclogging at Sulphur Creek the day before. Packed up when the gray clouds approached and a few strikes hit the peaks to the South. ,
Layne & Cindy Peterson, - Monday, August 23, 2004 at 08:12:12 (MDT)

8.22, dc island, 1pm-4pm,
Troy gave me the heads up when I called when he said it was looking good. And indeed it was. Better than I would have thought. A lot of mid size sails saw daylight and water today. The wind was warm and held the thunderheads at bay over Heber and the Jordanelle until 4 or so when I bailed and packed up for home. I do know there was a healthy fleet afloat and that frequently outnumbered the motorized craft. Many of the sailors were familar but there was a good contingent of non-regulars (irregulars?) out to hook in and hold on. A couple of kites got pumped up on the beach at the cove but near disasters just getting them aloft made their owners think about catching up on the 8 man synchronized javelin catching prelims or something else equally pressing. All in all a good sunny day on the water and, as yet, no neoprene. ,
Carlos, - Sunday, August 22, 2004 at 17:55:27 (MDT)

Sun. 8/22/04, Sulphur, 6.9, C135, 40cm
Left work at 10:30 and caught a really nice 2 hour session before the rain hit. Wind during the period was anywhere from 8.5 to 4.5 but the 6.9 was a good medium pick. Worth the drive.,
Ken, - Sunday, August 22, 2004 at 17:24:38 (MDT)

Sat, 8 21, Sulphur Creek, .0.,
Clear at 10am, cloudy at noon, rain at 2pm. Skunked. Heard Pineview didn't have wind, but a 'reported sailor' at DC. Sunday might be too muggy for Sulphur or it could blow through...,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Saturday, August 21, 2004 at 17:15:03 (MDT)

., ., .,
that comment below was from me,
Steve Glenn, - Friday, August 20, 2004 at 19:10:57 (MDT)

Kenny, Naish, Stubby Board,
Sounds good can i try it out sometime? (sorry for posting a lot on this windlog guys but the emails i sent didn't go through or something),
127, - Friday, August 20, 2004 at 18:47:23 (MDT)

Steve, Naish Stubbie, 127,
Steve, it does very well in Utah Lake chop. The only reason I am selling it is that I prefer a little longer board.,
Kenny, - Friday, August 20, 2004 at 17:48:59 (MDT)

messege board, <--, <--,
hey kenny i might be interested in the stubbie 127 board. I have been riding on a picklefork 161 and i wanted to try a smaller board. how does it do in utah lake chop?,
Steve Glenn, - Friday, August 20, 2004 at 12:54:51 (MDT)

Thursday August 19, DC Island Beach, 7.3 34cm and 55cm fins, Hypersonic 125 & Go 170
Storm clouds hung over the south end of the lake all day with light 4-6 knot winds. Finally, at 4PM it kicked up to 10-15, just enough to plane on the 7.3. I'm getting good at puttering around on the 125L board now. The GO 170 is still the best wind surfing purchase I ever made though, I've never not had fun with that board. We'll be back on Sunday and hope to make the BBQ next weekend. ,
Tim & Amy Garvey, - Thursday, August 19, 2004 at 19:51:21 (MDT)

8/17/04, Sale to Benefit Derik, 10, 12, 18.5, 25, 127 Naish Stubbie, 7' Naish Directional
I am selling some more kite gear and giving all of the proceeds to Derek Sayers. Derik is doing well and working hard to make a full recovery, but it is going to take him a while and he needs our support. I am selling the following: 10M Naish X3 excellent condition $300, 12M Naish X10 excellent condition $300, 18.5 Flysurfer Titan in excellent condition $600, 127cm Naish Stubbie Board in fair condition $175, 7' Naish Directional excellent condition $200. 25M Gaastra Phoenix - Ryan promised me $500 for this kite this spring. Ryan send the money and help out Derek or give me the kite back so that I can sell it to somebody else. If you have an interest in any of these items, please contact me by e-mail.,
Kenny Farnsworth, fernmanus@yahoo.com. - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 at 11:21:50 (MDT)

8/16/04, Sulpher, Big, Fun
OOPS the 27th is Friday, and you can camp then, but the dinner is Saturday night the 28th. Please let me know if you are coming. Thanks Sarah,
Sarah, Sarah.Ranes@slcgov.com. - Monday, August 16, 2004 at 13:24:45 (MDT)

8/16/04, Sulpher, big,
Sulpher Creek Camp out is Aug 27th and 28th. Please let me know if you, or you and how many in your family, will want to come to the catered dinner Sat. night the 27th. It will be about 8 bucks or 5 bucks for kids. We would like to get a count so that Roy can get us enough food. Please email me at Sarah.Ranes@slcgov.com and let me know. Or contact me if you need any other info. Sarah,
Sarah, Sarah.Ranes@slcgov.com. - Monday, August 16, 2004 at 12:32:27 (MDT)

8/16/04, SSB, none, 171 pickl,e
I lost my 171 blue liquid Force pickle fork kite board on wednesday at south sandy beach. If anyone found it I would really appreciate a call. Thanks, my # is 801-867-2018 Matt Greeff,
matt G, mattg@poolcovers.com. - Monday, August 16, 2004 at 09:05:46 (MDT)

8-15-04, Jordanelle, 5.5, Mistral 284
We saw caps at Jordanelle but continued on to D.C. since there were some semi-dark thunder clouds and D.C. skies looked better. D.C. was calm and it was lightly raining so we high tailed it back to Jordanelle and decided to take our chances. The skies looked a bit better when we got down to the beach and there were still white caps so we rigged up and got some rides. I hate to ride local storm winds but when there are no other options then you rig a floaty board and take your chances. The wind was shifty and mostly from the North East. Had some alternating screamin' reaches is several directions and then nothing. Broke a harness line in one of the puffs but tied it off and sailed a bit more. The flat water was kind of fun and reminded me of Coche Island in Venezuela. We had about 30-40 minutes before it backed off completely. ,
Layne & Cindy Peterson, - Monday, August 16, 2004 at 08:59:34 (MDT)

Monday Aug 16th-TODAY!, Anywhere?, RRD Kites every size 9-18m, RRD 140 BS and RRD XX 138
Who want to kite today. Give me a call looking for a partener have to go back to the Gorge tomorrow but I would love to get out on the water today. give me a call if interested. I am in SLC and have some wheels to drive. 801-554-2236 Dan Gavere,
Dan Gavere, danyak101@hotmail.com . - Monday, August 16, 2004 at 08:23:49 (MDT)

Sun 8/15, Pineview, 14M,
Hey Fred. Thanks for the launch!,
Marty, - Sunday, August 15, 2004 at 18:22:51 (MDT)

Sat no wind!, Utah, 0.0,
Dear Politically Corrupt...those of us that have been close to being run over by motorheads are just frustrated by the lack of education on the water. The previous poster realizes that motors deserve their day, they pay like sailors do. I've talked to the Deer Creek Ranger, the DCIR in order to understand the problem. No one wants 'an incident'. Rangers are severely understaffed, the DCIR DOES tell boaters to stay 150 feet away. Boaters save sailors when we break down (son Troy lost his rig at Sulphur last week) and sailors rescue downed jet skis (Layne Peterson any given weekend). The answer lies in the UWA seeing an opportunity to educate all parties, we are part of the solution. ,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Saturday, August 14, 2004 at 13:24:53 (MDT)

re:8.7.04, Sulpher, hot air,
So it appears that wind powered sports people can be quite elitist in their lack of tolerance towards others who pick anther type of recreation! So what if you don't like their noise or whatever other aspect of their recreation you choose to decry! It is no reason for outlawing them and their enjoyment.(quite an 'onerous' attitude if you ask me) 'Motorheads' are not out to get rid of us and our enjoyment of the water and wind. Many of them leave when the wind picks up anyway. Live and let live or we may find ourselves on the receiving end of being not allowed to enjoy our sports. This might be in restricted access to a launch or wind blowing on the "off" day of an odd/even regulation, etc. ,
Politically corrupt, - Saturday, August 14, 2004 at 11:46:51 (MDT)

Message Board, Launch Site Naming, *,
I think there are a few factors which will result in more and more launch sites around the state. Most notably the drought conditions which is resulting in new beaches forming, in particular for Utah Lake. I also think that the loss of Rush (which seems more and more permanent due to the drought or more importantly the draining (Kennecott?)) will have some looking for new locations to fill in the, sometime long, gaps in wind at Utah Lake. As we find new locations it would be nice to give them names which are either descriptive or cool (for lack of a better word). I am coming from California surfing and every decent break has a name. On the central coast we used to surf Hazards (for Hazards Canyon), Cables (supposedly there was a cable that was laid to Hawaii), or stoolers (someone took a dump?). In southern cal it was more likely a street name like “D” Street or Law Street or a pier like OB or PB pier. For may sites in Utah, the lake or reservoir name does the trick just fine since many are not so large that there is likely not too many good launches. Some reservoirs like Deer Creek, which have multiple launches already have good names like Island Park and Sailboat Beach, but I think we are lacking on Utah Lake. We have South Sandy Beach which is a good, well recognized name but we need a name for the west launch beach and the beach that is south of the west launch (north facing). It might also be helpful to have a name for the west point of SSB so that we can say “yeah dude I dropped my kite west of the ????? and had then got dragged all the way to Lincoln Beach, it sucked. I also think we need a name for some spots over on South Bay. I also must admit that I don’t think “Eric and Jared’s spot” (used as a name) fits my requirement of “descriptive or cool” (just my opinion) but it seems like a good spot so it needs a name. This is a creative bunch so maybe some suggestions could be posted and then tried. If a few of us start using them then the names just might stick. The only other comment I have is that so many launches that are already named fall under the “descriptive” heading so it might be nice to work on some “cool” names. Some day when our kid’s kids are heading out for a nice session it will be cool when the say Grandpa (or Grandma) we are headed to Aldaras (Greek meaning winged gift), you want to come? Then we can say you know we named that spot back at the turn of the century when we were riding those funny looking kites that we controlled with string, can you imagine that? ,
Dean Davis, - Friday, August 13, 2004 at 11:52:29 (MDT)

8/1-8/10/04, Kauai, 9, 11, 13.5, 19.5 kites, 148 Jimmy Lewis
Lots of good days. Flew almost every kite in my quiver. The windspeed depended a lot on location. Two wave spots seem to always have nuclear wind. A couple flat water spots have lighter wind. The wind was consistent. The water was warm and best of all clean. The waves were pretty good with head high a couple days. It was fun to watch the locals attempting kite loops. The carnage looked painful, kind of like attempting to barefoot waterski - lots of skipping and splats. Didn't try any kite loops on purpose, but with a 9M I managed a couple inadvertant ones. I am glad that I wore a helmet. The locals on Kauai are less friendly overall than in years past. There are more kiters than ever before and so there is less "aloha" and more get out of here "howli". Oh well, it is still an incredible place to kite.,
Kenny, - Thursday, August 12, 2004 at 22:43:25 (MDT)

8/11/04, SSB, 18 meter, 171 pickle
I arrived to a nice 12 to 16 mph wind. Arpi was rigging and a windsurfer was in the water slogging. Arpi and I sailed fully powered for about 20 minutes and then the wind dropped to about 8 to 10 mph. It stayed that way till the sun went down but then picked back up just as we were leaving.,
Matt G, - Thursday, August 12, 2004 at 14:10:05 (MDT)

message , Board , Message, ,
You can get to Erika and Jarida's spot by driving Provo Center Street to the dirt road (left, going south) that goes along the Provo river levee and then goes around Provo Municiple Airport just before you go into the state park. Just as the road makes a hard left to follow the airport runway, there is a steep trail that makes its down to the beach. If you don't have a 4x4 you can just park on the road and walk, or you can go into the state park and park on the south breakwater and launch from the beach just to the south of the break wall. I don't even know if you really need 4x4 you just need some fair clearance. I can make it in my stock Ford Explorer, so I would guess anyone in a pickup could make it down and up too. ,
Erik, - Thursday, August 12, 2004 at 14:07:50 (MDT)

8/11/04, erik and jared's spot, 22.5, lassen custom 120
showed up around 6:00 blowing 14-15 rode eriks 120 custom was a sweet ride. rode till about 7:30 lit up and jumping high. erik went up wind stayed in the provo marina most the time.. erik and jared spot is a beach just south of the marina. accsess is thru the byu sailing property or thru the marina.... ,
jared, skagroovy@juno.com. - Thursday, August 12, 2004 at 10:06:56 (MDT)

message, Erik & Jared spot, *,
Could some please post directions to the Erik and Jared Spot. Thanks. ,
Steve, - Thursday, August 12, 2004 at 09:39:38 (MDT)

8-11-2004, Erik and Jared's spot, 20m x-2, Lassen Custom 150
Wind at Provo Muni read 14 around 4:45. I made it down to the lake around 5:30. Wind stayed around 14-15 until 7:15ish. Wind dropped down to around 9-10mph at 7:45 when I barley made it back in. I was packed up and ready to leave, and the wind picked back up to 14-15. I left at 8:30 with is still blowing a steady 14-15.,
Erik Lassen, - Wednesday, August 11, 2004 at 21:07:54 (MDT)

Message Board, *, Dang Sulphur forecast changed,
PS... Shoot, the Sulphur forecast for tomorrow changed from WINDY 20-30 to Sunny 10-20... So, I guess I'll go back to code yellow for tomorrow or whatever color it would be... Stand down...,
Rick Heninger, - Monday, August 09, 2004 at 15:45:38 (MDT)

8/7, Sulphur Creek, 7.2 Gastra 90's special, 115L
Saturday gave up some surprisingly great rides. The Team Dubock, Carl C & Sara, Ken and wife, Marty, and Doug and a couple other PC guys were sqeezing some great rides out. I was so surprised to see the wind graph on the first divide for saturday, you would think that we could've been on 4.5's. Check out saturday's archived wind graph. I rigged the 7.2 being that my 6.7 Northwave had a batton poke out and edge last week. There is a rekindiling relationship going on with me and the 7.2 that also surprised me. It is by far the lightest sail (color and weight) in my entire quiver, not kidding. It is mostly Dacron (or whatever that is), has one camber and cranked down, it felt awesome! I have sailed some Sail Works Retros and some newer big sails and I can't believe how this one compares. I was chuckling last week when I had to bust it out for water, as I have been using it for the land sail board. I guess North Sails are going back to the same material. Might be something to it! Anyway, WHERE TO SAIL TOMORROW?! Sulphur... Tuesday forecast looks nice! I think I will head up at around 10 after a few hours of work. Hope to sail with somebody up there.,
Rick Heninger, - Monday, August 09, 2004 at 15:36:10 (MDT)

Fri, Sat, Sun, Aug. 6,7,8, Sulphur, 6.9,8.5, Sonic 85, Ride 104L, Carve 135
Just another gorgeous, sunny, windy weekend at Sulphur. Friday was the windiest with sails as small as 5.6, but all 3 days were great sailing. The water is warm enough that shorties are the call. The island is getting close to the surface, as there are lots of weeds by the buoy. The night sky was gorgeous. Too bad Salt Lake can’t adopt Tucson’s ordinance banning lighting that aims upwards, maybe we could see some stars in Salt Lake too. What a great way to spend some summer days.,
Ken Onstott, - Monday, August 09, 2004 at 08:32:33 (MDT)

Sunday, Aug. 8, Sulphur Creek, 7.5, Hypersonic
Wind began early at 11am but went up and down, not as strong as Sat. Wind slowed by 5:30pm. More NW with a few more directions thrown in. Ken Onstott got his money's worth. Thanks to Rick McClain for weeding the launch area. The island isn't showing yet. The C Store is prepping for the UWA campout, the cow field will be open for camping. Please pass on the SC UWA annual event dates, last weekend of August.,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Monday, August 09, 2004 at 08:03:01 (MDT)

8.7.04, sulphur crick, evanston, wyoming
well, that was nice. we hit the water around 3:30pm and stayed until 5:30 happily scratching the itch. the biggest chop was the team Dubock swell as they swarmed in formation across the lake. Ken O., Rick H. et al were there nurturing their relationships with the wind and the water. other than a couple of power boats and late show supersizers on wave runners it was all windpowered craft of the strap in and hold on variety. it is such a pleasure to sail without an overwhelming presence of motorized mayhem. apparently there was an awful collision at Pineview yesterday. let us hope that some day we will at least have some motor free days at DC for the sake of ourselves, the kiters, canoeists, kayakers, fishermen and other sailors. By the way, people without boats and wave runners greatly outnumber those with so democracy is on our side if the organization is not. meanwhile motorheads will outnumber us on the water just as smokers predominate at bars, not because there are more of them but because they are so onerous that in their presence everyone else leaves until they are the only ones who can stand themselves and they even bother themselves. maybe an alliance with the fishermen would help promote an odd and even day policy, or maybe their obnoxious behavior and fumes could be limited to the other 50% of the lake...hmmm. ,
c-diddy, - Sunday, August 08, 2004 at 12:56:04 (MDT)

8/7/2004, Erik and Jared's Spot, 20m X-2, Lassen Custom 120
Provo Muni read 13mph at 5:55, so I headed down. Jared Jaynes and Tyler Barton also rode, Jared on his 22m Wipika, and Tyler on his 16m Fuel. When I got there the wind on the beach read 14-15mph. Rode the whole evening powered up. At almost 7pm I could see that there were at least 4 kites down at SSb and I'm pretty sure that Dean and Ryan where two of the riders. Wind stayed solid even after dark, it dipped to 11-12 for about 20mins, but even when I left at 9pm, the wind meter still read 15. The max gust 19mph, Ave. 14 ,
Erik, - Sunday, August 08, 2004 at 00:01:55 (MDT)

deer creek, sundance predictor, try this site,
this site seems to be working and is helpful for the sundance predictor link that doesn't work on our website. good luck. http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/Saltlake/avalanche/RPT/SDANCEB.RPT.html,
CARL C, - Saturday, August 07, 2004 at 12:50:21 (MDT)

Aug 6, Sulphur, 7.4,
I got up there at 12:30 and sat around for a while hoping for more but rigged the 7.4. Ken went out first on his 6.9 It was very up and down untill 2:30 when it filled in quite nicely and sailed powered most of the time and over powered some of the time with hardly any schlogging untill 4. took a break and sailed another hour after that but not as steady as from 2:30 to 4. Eric showed up and got a couple of quick sessions in before it died. 5 guys out today. I forgot you can still have fun on big stuff. When's the campout?,
Tom, - Saturday, August 07, 2004 at 09:12:46 (MDT)

8/6/2004, South Bay Utah Lake , 20m X-2, Lassen Custom 120
I showed up around 4:30 to around 13-14 mph. Dean was out on his 20m North and Willie was out on his 8.0 starboard. Jared Jaynes showed up the same time and rode a 16m Wipika. Wind at Provo Muni never rose above 8, but after Deans windlog report from yesterday, and todays forcast looking identical, I decided it was worth the drive. The wind today just as I launched my kite gusted to 33 and blew at 25 for around 5min and then died completely. 20 minuets later I told myself I would pack up and leave if at 6:30 nothing was happening. Just before 6:30 wind picked back up and blew for another half hour before shutting down again at 7ish. The wind when it was blowing was a solid 16-17, but then would die completely off, only to come back 20 min later. Everyone had fun and was thankful for the rides they did get. Sometimes in the summer here in Utah you just get so desperate that you'll try to ride anything!,
Erik, - Saturday, August 07, 2004 at 01:29:24 (MDT)

Aug 6, Sulphur creek, 5.4, 262
sail from 2 to 5 PM. Gusty, planning most of the time (fully powered). 3-4 other sailors....good,
adrian g, - Friday, August 06, 2004 at 22:02:28 (MDT)

aug 6 04, DCIB, 5.7-6.5, mistral ventura
There were as many sailors on the water as jet ski today...quite encouraging. On the boom for 3 hours and on a plane a third of the time...not a bad day. Where is ole Jim Southwick these days?,
Patrick McEwen, - Friday, August 06, 2004 at 21:38:03 (MDT)

Fri, Aug 6, Island Beach, 7.5 Gaastra GTR, FF 138
DC started at 11am, Steve Nyhus sailed for the cycle, 9.0 to 7.0 and back again by 1pm! No thunderheads, finally a dry hot wind but up and down wind till the Bonus Session at 5pm honked through. Not as predicted 15-25k. Trevor won't give up the Hypersonic 125, Team Dubock voted the unthinkable-we're selling the Free Formula 138. Interviews will be conducted immediately. The perfect board for you mugs that have left your girlfriend/wife on the beach for years as you sailed on...now she can beat you upwind and you'll earn big points.,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Friday, August 06, 2004 at 21:36:26 (MDT)

8-6-04, DC Island Beach, 9.0, 7.0, 6.4, FF157 58cm
Checked the weather report at about 10 in the morning. It was already coming out of the sw. Called the weather talker at 10:30 and it was blowing 11. Arrived at the beach at 11:04 and rigged the 9.0. Sailed for about 30 minutes and had to come in and rig the 7.0. I switched between the 9 and 7 for about 45 minutes and I got overpowered on the 7.0. Came back in and rigged the 6.4 and then the wind backed off again. Sailed the 9.0 till about 3:00 when I had to leave. While I was packing up, the wind came up again and the sailors that where still there were getting some pretty good rides with sails in the 7.0-8.0 range. Team Dubock was there along with the Bradshaws, and a couple others. Fun day!,
Steve N., - Friday, August 06, 2004 at 21:35:06 (MDT)

below, below, below,
my email is stevenjglenn@hotmail.com, or just post here...,
Steve Glenn, - Friday, August 06, 2004 at 12:51:53 (MDT)

Messege Board Post, Lake Powell, mb,
I just got back from lake powell and a week of wakeboarding on a houseboat. As we were coming back through the main channel with the houseboat towing our Air Natique, a microburst came and created 7 foot swells in the channel where we were. For any of you that know wakeboard boats, they ride really low to the water and CANNOT handle these conditions. We couldn't turn around because the wind would blow the houseboat into the rocks if we did and because we couldn't turn around, our Natique capsized and flipped over with me and a buddy in it (we were bailing it out). Long story short(well not really) my kiteboarding gear was in the bow of the boat under the cover (20m kite, 11m kite, board,harness, bar, pump,etc). The reason im telling this is because i recovered everything but my bar and lines so i need to get a new one. Before i had an 60cm ocean rodeo punchout with 27m lines and im looking for a similar setup (i like all the safety releases it had). Does anyone have any suggestions for a new bar or is anyone selling any bar or lines? ,
Steve Glenn, - Friday, August 06, 2004 at 12:51:00 (MDT)

since 1st of may, Gorge +Squamish B.C., 3.5-5.9,
Long time no see. What the hell is up with the message board? Anyway, this summer I've been to the Gorge 5 times and Squamish B.C. twice. You all Know about the Gorge and I had great luckthere. But the owners of Brighton also own Cypress Mt. just north of Vancouver B.C.and they have the Olympics in 2010 up there. Whistler has most of the skiing events but Cypress has the half pipe,mogal and airial jump and g.s.for boarders and boardercross will be a real event by then.Anyway they asked if I'd go up and dig the halfpipe out in the dirt and help install snowmaking up there.So I went up for 2 weeks after Memorial day and back up after the 4th of July for 3 weeks.So I got 4 trips through the Gorge paid for by the Co. Squamish is only an hour from Cypress Mt.and a great wind machine. If it's sunny out, the wind will blow every afternoon. Sailed 5.3{4.7 for most}a few times and had a blast.Great wind and when the tide is coming in it's like sailing easterlies, but when the tide goes out,it jacks up some nice swells.Great place to sail. The place is called the spit and is kite heaven as well. Anyway, 15to25 today I may sneak away and go to Sulphur.If interested call me 891-2008. and see you soon on the water I hope.Late Tom,
Tom, - Friday, August 06, 2004 at 07:06:58 (MDT)

8/5/2004, Erik and Jared's Spot, 20m X-2, Lassen Custom 150
Showed up around 6pm. Wind was around 14-15. We had some holes, but wind was solid for about an hour and 15min. between 6:30 - 7:40sih. Rode in between the two jettys of the state park marina for a little while and it was hot! Never gone that fast in perfectly smooth water before. I really liked it. Wind completely tunred off by 7:45. Still a really good day with about an hour and half total riding time, but south is a little sketchy. I'll need to go with dean down to South bay on the next south that comes through.,
Erik, - Friday, August 06, 2004 at 03:29:51 (MDT)

8-5-04, South Bay, 16m X2, North 150cm
Willy and I got on the water about 5:40. The wind was measuring about 18 with a few holes and some gusts to the mid 20's (although overall not that gusty for a south wind). The first 30 minutes were overpowered for me and had Willy screaming across the lake. The next 30 minutes the wind dropped a notch and was just right for my 16 m^2. The last 30 minutes were light but still rideable (maybe 14 mph). Got off the water at 7:15 very satisfied. Willy rigged big and did one more very long reach out and back. He didn't get off the water until about 8:00. It's a big lake with lots of wind for only 2 guys. I think South Bay has a lot of potential for these south flow days but it is going to take some figuring out since we have so little information on what the wind history is and no real time information (like the good ol' days before the internet).,
Dean Davis, - Thursday, August 05, 2004 at 23:35:31 (MDT)

8.5.04, Jordanelle, South flow, where to go.,
Nice windsurf spam, let's forward that to the Viagra/Explicit Farm Animal types and see how they like it. If the south flow isn't able to come down and attach at Deer Creek it can be good at Jordanelle. The fetch is more wide open there but if it's more a thermal push up the canyons then it probably favors DC. If you have time Evanston may be good but it's a bit further. Do us working stiffs a favor and post where ever you go.,
Carl C., - Thursday, August 05, 2004 at 13:42:35 (MDT)

looks like south wind..., but where to sail, ?, ?
Decent South wind at the SLC airport the last couple days and the next couple days but none at the sailing spots. Any Ideas??,
?, - Thursday, August 05, 2004 at 07:52:24 (MDT)

Message Board, Down Weather stations, *,
Ok... Even simpler... If you aren't aware... Most probably are... On each of the Mesowest graphic weather pages on the lower left there is a line saying "Data Courtesy of:" If a graph such as Grantsville is down, click on the data courtesy of entity or organization to find the phone number to call if they are down. THE MORE PEOPLE WHO CALL, THE BETTER CHANCE THAT THEY WILL FIX THE STATION DATA. Usually, the problem is with the data provider and not mesowest the data conveyer... I called the TOOELE EMERGENCY ETC. network. The main guy who would fix the Tooele weather stations is out of town! But she said nobody there knew they were down and she would try to get the second in line below him to fix it. If they didn't know, we obviously need help them become aware.,
Rick Heninger, - Tuesday, August 03, 2004 at 13:53:27 (MDT)

7/31/04, eric and jared spot, 22.5 wipika, 130 custom
went out a 3:30 wind was light, sat at the south break for about 15 min. saw some kites at ssb and could tell it was coming. rode for about 45 min came in with a smile as the wind died....,
jared, skagroovy@juno.com. - Tuesday, August 03, 2004 at 12:53:12 (MDT)

not yet, Ogden area, um,
I write for the Outdoors section for the Standard-Examiner (Ogden/Davis County) and our photographers badly want to take photos of people on kiteboards. I heard that there were some Ogden guys named Doug and Marty who often did this sort of thing at Pineview. Anyone from this area - even if neither of those names belong to you - willing to be interviewed/photographed for a story? Please e-mail me.,
Bryce Petersen, bpetersen@standard.net. - Tuesday, August 03, 2004 at 12:36:37 (MDT)

7/31/04, SSB, 18 meter, 171 pickle
The wind came up about4:30 out of the southwest and gave up some pretty good rides for about an hour and a half. Ryan Had the big 25 meter Gastra out and he was getting some pretty good airs. I caught enough air to settle that urge that has been building since I got skunked at the gorge. One other guy was out and he chose to ride a little long and had to walk/swim in from quite a distance. The beach that runs north and south looks good if you can get your vehicle through the river. I think I'll try it next time.,
matt G, - Monday, August 02, 2004 at 16:33:22 (MDT)

8/2, Message Board, It has been addressed Jake.,
Jake... Yes, all have seen the spamage. Something is being done to simply avoid the spam. It may be a simple password that can only be deciphered by a human eye that can be entered in order to enter the site. Whatever it is, it will be something simple. Thanks.,
Rick Heninger, - Monday, August 02, 2004 at 16:10:23 (MDT)

Message, blah, blah,
I just was wondering if someone who manages this site has seen what IP address the spam is coming from. It seems to me that some web robot was out looking for this type of message board and now that it has found it one it just keeps posting. My hunch is that by simply blocking that IP Address from getting a connection that we could solve the problem. Just an avenue that could be pursued or perhaps it already has been. Jake Cahoon,
Jake Cahoon, - Monday, August 02, 2004 at 13:47:44 (MDT)

8/2, Message Board Addition, Weather Station Networks!!!,
Ok... I must have too much time on my hands (heavens knows I don't) this is to save me more time in the future trying to decide where to sail. This is the money link. Mesowest Graphs are a collection of data from numerous networks... They are stationed at the U of U. Therefore, they focus quite a bit on Utah. Judy Pechman is in charge of the database. However, she has no control over the various network's functionability. The link below is a list of all the specific networks that contribute data to Mesowest. For example, the "TOOELE COUNTY DEPT. OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT" network is Stockton, Pennys, Grantsville etc... They are who need to be called and pestered when those sites are down. They are number 11 on the list. So when certain sites are down, look carefully at the Mesowest page of that specific graph to see which "network" it gets info from and that tells you who you can call to let them know a certain station is down. Over the phone Judy told me that some stations simply lose funding during the summer, others are just neglected. Judy encourages us to call the network operators when they are down. The more calling them, the better... Here is the link: http://www.met.utah.edu/cgi-bin/database/owner_select.cgi,
Rick Heninger, - Monday, August 02, 2004 at 13:27:43 (MDT)

8/2, Message Board, MesoWest Phone Numbers!, Let's get these sites rollin'
Hey fellow addicts... Here is a great website with phone numbers for Mesowest... I gave that email the other day, but calling will supplement that... Maybe this is naughty of me but it will probably help put some fire under some people. Cut and paste: http://www.met.utah.edu/people/ Call the top people to let them know how much we love their sites and how much it sucks when they're down... ps Good to hear about some great sessions at Rockport and Yuba!,
Rick Heninger, - Monday, August 02, 2004 at 12:43:02 (MDT)

July 31 2004, Yuba Lake, 6.0, 105L
Gusty South West Winds. Plenty of power through the gusts, sailed from 1:00 to 6:00 pm. by the boat ramp. Aside from inconsiderate boat people I sailed the place alone. While packing it in it juiced up a couple clicks and filled in but I was already spent, great day on the water.,
Willy Sturgis, - Monday, August 02, 2004 at 12:10:02 (MDT)

7/31-8/1, Rockport, 5.7-7.5, Bic 283
Good wind Sataurday. 7.5 sail for 6 good hours. First three hours 90% planners. Sunday 5.7 sail good planners for 21/2 hours then wind backed of to 7.5 range. Got another 2 hours of sailing. Absolutely no other Wind Surfers. Not many people or boats on Sunday. Had never sailed Rockport. Always heard the wind was never good. This was an exception. ,
Jerry Giles , jgiles@snowbird.com. - Monday, August 02, 2004 at 11:44:47 (MDT)

7/31, Grantsville, 5.5-7.5, 115L
There were times from 2PM to 5:30PM that you could've sailed everything in your quiver. I rigged a 5.5 to have in the gusts, Josh rigged a 6.3 and Ivan had a 7.5 rigged. It was hilarious. At one time we were going in three opposite vectors separated by 120 degrees. Don't ask how! But there were times I was perfectly powered and Ivan was levitating or just down in the water waiting for the gust to pass. It was so extremely up and down that we all got good rides one time or another... Only went to Grantsville out of time constraints on this occasion... Also, I am tired of none of the mesowest sites working... So, let's send some emails: mesowest@met.utah.edu Send this email address some emails to roust somebody about all the down sites and let them know that people really do use their sites. Please send an email. The more we send the better.,
Rick Heninger, - Sunday, August 01, 2004 at 16:52:11 (MDT)

7/31/04, Starboard Beach (island beach), 8.5, Start 67cm fin
Seriously, out of the 11 windsurfers, only 2 were not on Starboards.. wind was blowin at 11:30, The usual, off and on from start till finish.. I wrapped up around 5pm.. Lots of boat chop, playing chicken w/speed boats, dodging the CRIMSON NAPE, The START likes big chop at high speeds. Louis made the mistake of playing Rugby before he came up to the lake, almost had to tow him in, spent, spent and more spent.. After 2.5 weeks of no sailing, himming and hawing convincing myself that rigging/setting up babysitting is just too much work....once again I am addicted.. ,
Brett, - Saturday, July 31, 2004 at 20:35:48 (MDT)

Fri, July 30th, Island Beach, 7.5, Starboards
Hot day, no wetsuits, up and down S, SW wind. Jim rigged a 6.0, Steve Nyhus a 9.0, Willy 8.0. The drought is over,Sat should be good although it could hit 90. Trevor D. was the King, his FF 138/7.5 combo made him the fastest through the lulls. Wind hit early around 11:30, left the water at 6pm, there were a few classic East winds to test the patience level.,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Friday, July 30, 2004 at 20:13:01 (MDT)

No Sailing just a post, laughing my hiney off at ricks last comment, ., .
Rick, I am dyin here.. that last comment of yours, NAPE OF CRIMSON is killin me... It took me twice to read it to fully understand it.. very clever.. Laughing out loud at work and everyone around me going, whats up?? hilarious.. Reminds me of the time you were sailing with the billybob teeth.. We gotta ride together soon so I can get my fill..,
Brett, - Friday, July 30, 2004 at 08:53:37 (MDT)

7/29/2004, Sulphur Creek, 6.7, 115L
Arrived to the lake at around 3:30PM... With a big ol' itch... After a buffalo burger rigged the 6.7. Wind meter was reading 13-22mph. Being somewhat underpowered most of the time, I still managed to scratch the itch a leetle bit. But the itch kept moving like trying to scratch under a cast with a flimsy um, thing. We could never really get into a rythm, although had some great rides. A cloud came through threatening lightening a bit frightening. Josh and I got off the water while watching 20 minutes of 26-30MPH wind. No strikes too near the lake, but, maybe that's because we weren't on the water! The directions were strange today. From south to north and back to west. Got a pretty good gut bust watching a guy, while fully clothed, try to get on a waverunner that just kept tipping over, after the sun went down. Thought I was going to have to swim out. He finally dragged his body and rode to shore. To his credit, it was an older skinnier waverunner. The nape was crimson!,
Rick Heninger, - Thursday, July 29, 2004 at 23:58:03 (MDT)

7-20-04 to 7-23-04, Hood River, 4.5-5.7, 8'3''shuler 9'mistral energy
It was the week of the gorge games and it was a three ring riot of a time.Two days at the event site with 5.0 and 5.7 gps clockings of 35 mph on the water.Two more days at swell on 4.5 with all the little stuff. I love that place. Too bad I have to be responsible at that shock trauma and hyperbaric job. Right now HR stands for human resources...some day it is going to blow dry my thinning hair. Highly recommend a trip to all you wind junkies. It get really violent and fun up there in Sept.,
Patrick McEwen, - Thursday, July 29, 2004 at 15:07:26 (MDT)

7/28/2004, Utah Lake State Park Provo, South Break water, 20m X-2, Lassen Custom 120 & 150
North wind predicted, Bluffdale read 12 @ 5pm, and Provo Airport hit 12 around 5pm. Made it down to the state part at around 5:30, wind was blowing a solid 15mph. Jared Jaynes, and Tyler came out and rode also. Jared was on his Wipika 21m and tyler on a 16m Slingshot Fuel. We all rode powered up, and then around 7pm, the wind started to taper off to around 12mph. by 7:45 there was no wind at all, and everyone had to swim in. I could see two kites (Orange or Red) down at South Sandy Beach and their kites disappered around the same time. I would guess our max wind to be around 16 at 6:30 or so, wind was great, but it died early.,
Erik, - Thursday, July 29, 2004 at 10:57:15 (MDT)

7-29-04, http://www.ukbinc.com, none, Inside Edition - follow up
I'm glad to hear so many of you caught the piece on inside edition. I will try to get it on to a digital source and get it on the website. Thanks for all your support during my rehabilitaion.,
Derik Sayers, derik@ukbinc.com. - Thursday, July 29, 2004 at 10:46:09 (MDT)

7-29-04, Message Board, Inside Edition,
I taped the show the other day then finally got around to watching it last night. It was interesting. I knew John Kerry was a windsurfer but I didn’t know he had taken up kiteboarding. They also had more than a token mention of Derik, they actually had quite a few still photos of Derik and short clips from an interview with both Jenny and Derik (at SSB). They also focused on the safety issue (or that the sport can be dangerous) and showed some pretty nasty crashes. There was one in particular kitemare (I think it is fair to call it that) where the guy was 10 feet off the on the water then slammed onto a rock jetty before the kite powered up again and gave him one more good yank. The helmet issue was brought up for both Derik and that John Kerry does not wear a helmet. If you don’t blink (because it is so short) there is also a shot of three kiters (Ryan, Eric, and Jake) down at SSB. The interviewer from Inside Edition also gave it a try and they show him getting pulled straight over his board on a water start. It is kind of funny that the commentary was a gust of wind but if you watch the kite hit the water directly downwind I think it is fair to say that it was pilot error. I hope Derik can get it on his web site so that anyone who missed it can take a look. I know he has a taped copy and he seems pretty web savvy. ,
Dean, - Thursday, July 29, 2004 at 09:55:50 (MDT)

Message Board Post, n, n, n
Watching Inside Edition 7/27, National half hour "news" show, they were highlighting Sen John Kerry Kiteboarding and went into the fact that he does not use a helmet, then they cut away to Derek Sayers in utah and his accident with some utahlake shots.. Kiteboarding may get some serious attention with a potential president of the U.S. doing it as a hobby...,
Brett, - Wednesday, July 28, 2004 at 11:12:27 (MDT)

7/27, Utah Lake - American Boat Harbor, none,
Skunk - whole way down there was a good north wind. Arrived at the harbor and the wind was blowing out of the south at 7. Waited around for 45 minutes, but instead of switching the wind just died. At least I found out that you can now launch at the boat harbor. The beach is muddy and still somewhat narrow, but it is now useable.,
Kenny, - Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 22:29:17 (MDT)

7/26, Message Board, Follow Up, Weather link
Hopefully the message board will be back up sometime during the first week of August. In the meantime we have to use this method. Just put "message board" under location if it is a MB issue. I know that some of the weather sites are down which is really compounding this whole weather prediction/message board/lack of weather wizards/etc. so here is a link to mesowest to try to find other close weather stations. If you don't already use it... here it is: http://www.met.utah.edu/droman/states/UT_state_frame.html Erik, give me a call 801-635-6699. See you on the water... PS Sulphur looks like it may give something up the next few days.,
Rick Heninger, - Monday, July 26, 2004 at 17:15:52 (MDT)

7/24/04, Stevenson (Gorge), 18m, 141 litwave
I finally made it to the Gorge! I only had one day to play and the wind did not cooperate. I was skunked! I did get to take a nice swim and the water temp. was perfect. Maybe next time.,
Matt G, - Monday, July 26, 2004 at 16:45:23 (MDT)

7\24, Sulphur reservoir, *, *
I camped over night friday after spending an hour staring at the weather sites. Finally, decided if it'll blow anywhere, Sulphur is a pretty good bet and didn't want to deal with the crowds of the 24th at the other popular lakes. Eventhough the forecast looked grim we headed up. The morning had atleast 7.5 wind out of the true north. Whitecaps were coming in on the dock. We ate and by the time we got over to the dock it had backed off to about 8.5. So had I rigged and been on the water at 7AM, I would've had some awesome rides. But it was a bit chilly that early and I was hoping it'd last not to mention we didn't get up to camp until 1:30AM. So, it was a self inflicted skunk. Would've be great for a few hours from 7 to 10AM. Also, it was a wierd angle for sulphur and I was hoping for the clock around.,
Rick Heninger, - Monday, July 26, 2004 at 12:20:36 (MDT)

7-24-04, Huntington State Park Reservoir, 5.5, 284
Camped at Yuba Friday but only got a morning breeze Saturday instead of the normal thermal. So we packed up and drove up over the mountains to the east (great views) to Huntington State Park and caught about 45 minutes of probably the mosty gusty wind ever in the afternoon. It is not a huge reach but we both got some rides so we can't complain that much for this time of year. The locals were a bit stunned since they thought Windsurfing was extinct like the dinosaurs in the surrounding area. The person at the gate said that the place can get pretty windy (as evidenced by the leaning trees) and that the previous 2 days were very windy. Checked out 9 mile canyon Sunday and then did another scenic drive on the way back to SLC. I would try it again in the Monsoon season since it is only about 2.5 hours away. Did anyone else sail ???,
Layne/Cindy Peterson, - Monday, July 26, 2004 at 08:12:02 (MDT)

7/24/2004, WebSite , Invasion , Issues
Rick and Mike, The solution is going to be to use a newer Forum based message board. This would require message board users to register (for free) their email address with a password. The nice thing about this is that when you get a spammer or software that starts loading up the site, that users posts and account can be easily deleted and administered. If you need someone to help impliment I'd like to volunteer my services. Let me know if I can help Thanks Erik erik_lassen@byu.edu,
Erik Lassen, erik_lassen@byu.edu. - Saturday, July 24, 2004 at 10:20:02 (MDT)

7/23/2004, UL State Park South Break Water (Erik and Jared's Spot), 20M x-2, Lassen 150
I watched the forcast all day On Fri, and saw that there was good chance in the pm for some wind. Accuweather predicted 17. From 5-7 Provo was reading above 11, so went down, initial wind readings showed the wind gusting to 15 and solid at 12. Pumped up the kite and the wind died to around 5-7. Waited the rest of the evening with the high getting up to 8 or 9. Got a few downwind rides that where more work then fun. When I pulled up I could see a big white kite (Marty?) down at SSB. We'll watch for more wind this evening. Erik,
Erik, - Saturday, July 24, 2004 at 10:13:07 (MDT)

7/24, Where to Sail, Big Stuff,
There is a chance again for ULSSB again today, but if it does happen it will be light. I ventured down there last night and got a few rides, but it was more of an exercise in frustration. We need hotter days or a northerly jet to support the daily thermal off of the GSL. One more thing, Ryan I have been more than patient, but you have not paid me a dime for the big orange Gaastra 25M Phoenix kite that you have been flying for several months now. Please, no more lame excuses, just keep your word. ,
Kenny, fernmanus@yahoo.com. - Saturday, July 24, 2004 at 08:16:27 (MDT)

7/23, Where to Sail, Big stuff,
Yesterday, I opted not to go to ULSSB due to storm cloud activity (thanks Derik). I went to the Salt Ponds instead and rode powered up on a 21M foil kite for an hour or so. It was pretty good, if you don't mind a warm, stinky salt bath. Managed to keep the water out of my eyes, nose, and mouth. Today, looks much better for ULSSB in the late afternoon/early evening. Rocky Point may give up some planners for our windsurfering brothers.,
Kenny, - Friday, July 23, 2004 at 07:54:56 (MDT)

Thurs 7/22, ULSSB, SKUNKED, SKUNKED
Went down after airport read 10 out of the NW and then 17 out of the NW, got my gear out and launched my 20M but it wasn't enough to give me any rides. Soon after the wind died to dead calm so I left around 6:00. As i left i saw couple kiters/windsurfers coming out but i don't think they had much luck either. Maybe tomorrow.,
Steve, - Thursday, July 22, 2004 at 19:34:40 (MDT)

7/22, Website Invasion , Issues,
To add to Kenny's info... It is very disturbing what these "spyware" etc. programs are doing to the message board... They even hit the windlog once. Mike and I and a couple others have been discussing all options to prevent this extremely aweful intrusion of our beloved website. I am sure that within a few weeks we will have a new system for the website that will disallow this God forsaken pollution from infecting the message boards. Either a simple password entry system or possibly a simple software solution. But for now, batten down the hatches and huddle tight!,
Rick Heninger, - Thursday, July 22, 2004 at 10:56:24 (MDT)

7/22, Where to sail 7/22, Bring your big stuff,
It appears that ULSSB finally has a chance tonight. If we do get wind down there it will be light (20M+ kites). Mike Rossberg is out of town for 10 days, so I guess we will have to use the windlog for all postings. I have a few kites for sale as well. Naish 18M X10 Prototype $200 Naish 12M X10 $350 Flysurfer 18.5 Titan Foil - $600 All kites are in excellent condition with no tears or repairs. The Flysurfer is equivalent to a 25M inflatable and is excellent on the snow as well as the water. Send me an e-mail if you are interested.,
Kenny, fernmanus@yahoo.com. - Thursday, July 22, 2004 at 09:57:01 (MDT)

July 8-16, oxnard, California, 14-19,
We were in california for the week. We decided to bring the kitesurfing stuff. We almost kited everyday on the 14 meter to the big 19.5 meter. There were great blowdryer winds and plenty of sea life. The waves were also fun to ride. Everything was good except for the local kiteboarders there. They don't like tourists and they dont know the rules of the water. But it was still a really fun trip. The ocean is great fun to kite in.,
Jon and Jeff, - Tuesday, July 20, 2004 at 00:20:23 (MDT)

JULY 31st 2004, HOOD RIVER RESTUARANT, SCORP-A-RAMA,
Sorry, I meant to post the SCORPION TIKI PARTY for Saturday, July 31, 8:00p.m. not the 29th. Sorry for any misunderstanding. ,
Danger D, - Monday, July 19, 2004 at 19:42:47 (MDT)

7/31/04, Hood River Restuarant, SCORP-A-RAMA,
Sorry about this post on the windlog, but I guess so many people are busy buying discount cigarettes, building adult websites, booking NYC limos, and ordering viagra online on the UWA message board that I was'nt able to post anything there. Anyway I just wanted to let people know that the annual SCORPION TIKI PARTY is going to be on July 29th at the Hood River Restuarant, a.k.a. Jack's(the chinese restuarant across the street from Pietro's). Let's shoot for about 8p.m. Oregon time. I hope that works for everyone. As always, EVERYONE is invited. Any questions-feel free to email me. P.S. Beware, it's a full moon that night!,
Danger D, dangerdf@earthlink.net. - Monday, July 19, 2004 at 12:11:28 (MDT)

7/18, Deer Creek, 7.3, Go 170, Hypersonic
The day didn't look very good at 11AM because of the storm clouds, but by 12 the wind came up, probably 15-20 knots. Got some decent rides on the 7.3, but the people with the 8.5-9.0 sails were doing better in the lulls. The wind wasn't consistent enough to make the Hypersonic fun. Wave riders tried to take over the rigging carpet again, but we reserved the front half for the sailers. Jacek (Jack) made it up and was having fun on his Fanatic 140L and 8.5 GTX. The Misco's also made it up for the first time this season after starting a major home renovation.,
Tim, - Monday, July 19, 2004 at 11:31:09 (MDT)

7/17&18/2004, Yubaslovenia, 4.2,5.2,&7.2, 78L & 115L
I know that this weather is kind of irregular to go by. But you can still look at the comparison of last 30 days to compare on the Yuba weather graph. Saturday morning the thermal would've been early and around 9.0. Around 2PM maybe, a huge dust cloud formed up to the southeast. Brought 4.2 wind... I quickly rigged and got out with the small gear and rode for 30 minutes. Came in after starting to bog and rigged 5.2 for a little more but on the bigger board. I am convinced, when it is good, I am thinking that Yuba's swell is unmatched in utah area. Yup, even utah lake. But it is gusty. Today (Sunday) the grab bag served up some great 7.2 rides. But there were moments where I could've been on very small gear. But not many. It was a bit fluky. Yuba is 10% full but still a great reach. Avg. depth is 15 feet the ranger said. He also said that they were not going to drain much more this year... The bugs are pretty no extremely bad right now. Midge flies... Didn't see one mosquito. Bring a great shade tent with nets and some serious bug spray deterant. The ranger said they are bad because of the "painted rock" mud flats and low fish population because of draining the lake. If it fills next year, bugs should be no problem. The lake is 22 miles long when full!!! They never really were before. Yuba is fun. But you have to be tough to enjoy the occasional blowing sand, bugs and HEAT! I think I'll do it again this year.,
Rick Heninger, - Sunday, July 18, 2004 at 21:46:52 (MDT)

7/9th 10th & 11th, Maui, 4.2,
Decided to go on a last minute trip to Maui. After a week of beautiful snorkeling, sunsets, and swimming through pools under exotic waterfalls I decided to get my wind fix in. Sailed 3 days in a row on the 4.2 in beautiful warm water. First day a Sprecklesville then the last 2 days at Ho'okipa. Incredible conditions, waves, and sailors. I for the first time in my life saw flying fish. I was outside the break in the open ocean when a dozen of the little buggers come shooting out of the water in front of me and flew like hummingbirds out in front of me for 20-30 feet before diving back into the water. Amazing!! We'll see you all at the Gorge! Can't wait!! ,
Dave Griffiths, - Friday, July 16, 2004 at 17:33:02 (MDT)

7/12/04, Sulphur Creek, 5.0, Hypersonic125,34cm
Arrived about noon to find Mike and Barb Hill setting up their folding trailer in the cow pasture. Not much wind at that point, but it didn't take long to start building. Being a S.C. rookie and knowing S.C.'s reputation for strong, gusty wind, I rigged small. Mike hit the water first on a 7.2, which kept him planing most of the afternoon. My plane/slog ratio wasn't quite as good as his, but there were enough juicy gusts to give me numerous very fast reaches on John Dubock's little flying saucer, the Hypersonic 125 that he is so kindly allowing Angela and me to demo. Thanks again, John! ,
Jim Southwick, - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at 21:39:17 (MDT)

7/12/2004, Erik & Jared's Spot, Utah Lake, 20m X-2, Lassen Custom 150
Bluffdale switched North at 5:45, with enough wind to keep me interested but Provo airport didn't start reading north above 8 until after 7:00pm. I had some other stuff to do, so I didn't think it was going to happen today, but then at 7:35 it read 9mph, and then 7:55pm Provo Muni read 13. I have been wanting to try a new spot that I have been watching, to see if as the lake droped it could turn into a good spot and I finally went there tonight. Jared Jaynes came out with me and we rode until Dark. Wind was real light, but because the spot is a true side shore it wasn't important if you couldn't keep upwind like in the light stuff at SSB. I could see that there was an orange kite out at SSB (Ryan?) but it looked as if they were having to really work the kite to keep it up. Wind slowly died off and I came in around 9:30pm. ,
Erik Lassen, - Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at 00:36:02 (MDT)

07/12, DC Island, 7.0, FF157
Arrived at 1:00 and rigged the 7.0 because I still don't have a mast for my 9.0. The 9.0 or bigger would have been the call today. Got a couple of rides on the gusts and had to pack it in at 3:30 because of commitments I could not miss. At 3:45 the wind picked up and would have provided a few good rides. I didn't see anyone else except a kiter that started down by the dam and ended up all the way down wind.,
Steve N, - Monday, July 12, 2004 at 21:43:24 (MDT)

6/24-7/10 2004, Hatch, Wells Island(Hook), Rowena, Roosevelt, 3.7 - 5.7, 8'2" (76L)Hi Tech, Sonic 85
I was pretty worried about moving the Gorge trip up 2 weeks but the Gorge seemed more like its old self, blowing west 17 days in a row. It was the first time in 4 years I sailed every day there. I wasn’t expecting any company and ended up sailing with Gunnars, Stu, Duane, Trip, Judy, Melinda, Jim, and Wayne. Getting the little 85L Sonic sure helped on those days when the wind was edging 20 but just couldn’t get up to the 5.0 range. The 75L board seems like such a dog with the 5.7 sail and the 104 liter Ride is too much for the waves while the little Sonic was right in its sweet spot with the 5.7 and very fast. Renting a pager really aided the rigging, especially sailing out of the Event/Hook areas. For a change I could be on the water in 20 minutes without staring out at the waves and agonizing over the sail decision. However, we all felt like the weather predictions were poor. Showing up at the Central corridor, sailing if it looked good, moving east if it didn’t, actually seemed to work better than following the pager’s recommendations. All of the sailing was great but the memories of the hiking up Eagle Creek, bike riding to little known water falls along 2 sections of the old Gorge Highway, and kayaking with hundreds of trout on the Wind River also added to the Gorge experience (how about those huge sturgeon at the Bonneville fish hatchery). The only negatives were a flat tire on one of the dualies on the way up (that was some hard labor) and some unfun times trying to turn around the wife’s semi-new 28’ motor home and 10’ trailer in tight spots like the Hook. Bystanders got a good laugh the 4 times we had to give up and detach the trailer to get turned around. The trailer will be history by next year. Glad to see there was some good sailing here too. I wonder why the Trib had to pick someone from Washington DC to feature windsurfing at Deer Creek.,
Ken, - Monday, July 12, 2004 at 15:22:17 (MDT)

7/11, Sulpher, 6.5 -9.0, 91 ltr and 147
The sailing Sunday was not as good as Sat, but we still got some rides on the 6.5's and then later I rigged bigger and got some rides on the 9.0. I never really did fill in and keep blowing, it just kind of spit and sputtered. A few other desparate sailors showed up, even a rare showing by Carl C, who had a rough day and busted his mast out in the middle of the lake. I was suprised how quickly he swam it in.,
Sarah, - Monday, July 12, 2004 at 14:16:39 (MDT)

7/1-7/10, "The Gorge", 4.5m, 4.0m, 3.5m, 5.0m, 4.0m, 4.5m etc., 7'11"Animal, 8'3" Bonzer, 264 Saxo etc
Letters from the Gorge: 9 Days Straight! For the week of July 4, there was a high wind "Surfrat" warning in the Gorge. We mainly sailed at the Hatch, Swell & Roenna and had a fantastic time! We didn't seem to be in sync with the rat crowd who were chasing even higher wind out east but did manage to visit with Gunnars, Melinda (who's embracing the "gunnars" lifestyle), Stuart,Joe,Monica,Bill, CB,Bob, George,Duane and Sid. We hope to be sailing with the locals again sometime soon.,
Trip & Judi, rhouk@pclient.ml.com. - Monday, July 12, 2004 at 13:31:48 (MDT)

7-10-04, Yuba, 6.5 - 7.5, 113 -124
Camped Friday and woke up to the early "Fayette winds" coming down the channel. Just like old times but the water was a little lower and we were the only sailors except for one guy sailing from the North/East beach. Talked to some boaters who bitched about the relentless wind on Friday too. Yuba still has it !!! ,
Layne/Cindy Peterson, layne.peterson@hill.af.mil. - Monday, July 12, 2004 at 09:27:40 (MDT)

7/10/04, Island Beach, 7's, 140
Saturday sounds like it was a repeat of Friday. Best wind was from 1-2pm. Got a couple good rides but mostly slogged and sat around waiting for wind until 5pm when I called it a day.,
Kevin, - Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 22:03:47 (MDT)

7/10/04, Sulpher, 7.5, 91ltr
Sulpher kicked up some pretty good wind yesterday. Quite a few sailors out, enjoying the sun and wind. Even a few Park City shredders, that have never tried Sulpher before, had smiles on their faces. The water is really nice now temp wise, but I was surprised to see that it has dropped about a foot in one week. Should be pretty good again today.....we'll see.,
Sarah, - Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 10:09:09 (MDT)

7/10/2004, Sulphur Creek, 6.7, 115L
Sailing was great today. As far as I am concerned, the wind served up so sweet rides. I arrived at around 3pm and rigged the 6.7. The wind seemed like it was about to die. A number of sailors out on 6.5-8.0 got off the water. Then it picked back up. It was a strong Southwest seeming direction. We were sailing toward the overflow tube from the dock. There were some lulls. However, around 4:30 to 5:30 we had a solid hour of power... A little holey after that. Then at around 6:45 the lake filled in for another hour of great riding... The Dubock clan is camping overnight up there with Rick McClain... They will be getting whatever there is up there tomorrow. I think it will be good. It was great to sail with the crew of you who were up there.,
Rick Heninger, - Sunday, July 11, 2004 at 01:57:27 (MDT)

7.8.04, deer creek, 105 liter, 34cm
Late post for Thursday, so sorry. Too bad about yesterday because it was good fun on Thursday the 8th. I rigged at 1:30 but it looked like it had already been good for some time as Jim S was out blasting while I fiddled with rigging my old WindWing for the first time in 2 seasons. It was worth it though because eventually I sailed for 2 hours with my uphaul gathering cobwebs as it was just along for the ride. I quit satisfied and not wanting to act greedy when it backed off a notch but Paul B and Angie were launching to carry the UWA torch. The wind held and actually appeared smoother for them with caps running the ridges of small wind chop from east to west. A downwind kiter came through from the south end of the lake around 2:30 but didn't or couldn't hold position for more than a couple of reaches before continuing north, last seen headed for the sleepy metropolis called Charleston, hopefully to an awaiting shuttle. Today looks promising. Here's to optimism. Steve, first day on my new board, very fun, no problem adapting and finding either sets of straps. Very quick ride. ,
Carl, - Saturday, July 10, 2004 at 11:31:45 (MDT)

7/8, Sulphur, 5.2 and 6.7, 115L
Ooops! Erik... I trusted your calendar! ;) We meant the 8th of July... Thursday the 8th for the two postings below.,
Rick Heninger, - Friday, July 09, 2004 at 10:27:30 (MDT)

7/09, Sulphur Creek, 5.2 and 6.7, 115 L
My 1st time to Sulphur Creek this year was a dandy! I think it was my first? Anyway, arrived up there at around 2:30... Wind meter was reading 19-29mph. So I rigged the 5.2 on the 115L board. Had some awesome rides. However, as we all know, the lake gets pockety some days. It was pretty full for 2 hours then became holey at around 5PM. So I rigged up to the 6.7 and had some more great rides until around 8PM. As others have said, the lake's water level is high. In fact, one or two more feet and it would be spilling over into the spill way. There is new pavement over to Roy's. Don't know how new it is. I got off the water after 8PM, (Roy's store closing time) to ask how new the pavement is. The water is pretty warm for up there. Got my fix! ,
Rick Heninger, - Friday, July 09, 2004 at 01:06:31 (MDT)

7/9/2004, UL SSB, X-2 20M, Lassen Custom 120
Called Dean, and Ryan at 4:45 as Provo Muni read 13, It was enough to take a gamble and Bluffdale read 10-11. The 13 was a fluke reading, When i got there at 5:30pm, Marty was already there waiting. There was a Single large cloud that sat right over Marty and I and the whole beach for a half hour. As soon as the cloud moved on, wind came. Solid 15mph starting at 6:15, and built to 18-19 by 8:45. Ryan rode 25m Gastra, Cristin Rode 16m Wipika amp, Marty rode his 25m V4. I rode 20m X-2. Two noobs where out and dragged themselves onto the sand a time or two, claimed to know what they were doing when help was offered. Nice weather, nice company, nice wind. ,
Erik, - Friday, July 09, 2004 at 00:33:12 (MDT)

7-7, Sulpher, 5.4, 91ltr
I arrived @2:00 John F. out on a 5.2 getting good rides and Vern rigging down from a 6.0 to a 5.2 also. Pretty good wind for a couple of hours in the sunshine. Then it shut down, as black clouds approached. I waited for a while, but only saw gusts make it across half of the lake, so I packed up. As I was leaving, it looked like the approaching wind could have been 4.5 or smaller, at least for a little while.,
Sarah, - Thursday, July 08, 2004 at 11:47:51 (MDT)

7/704, Rocky Point, A whole lot of Nothin,
SKUNKED SKUNKED SKUNKED..... Expected frontal passage for a nice sunset sail, just me and the gobs of flies on the lake. I even brought the million candlepower spotlight to sail into the night. No dice. See ya next time,
Geoff Lewis, - Thursday, July 08, 2004 at 11:02:57 (MDT)

7/6/2004, UL SSB SKunked, None , No Riding
Sknunked for wind. Marty, Ryan and Dean all got fooled like I did by the 5pm North wind shifted reported on the bluffdale site. Provo Muni read 9-10 and bluffdale was reading 15 from the NNW. Never made it to SSB. Summer time is tricky ,
Erik Lassen, - Thursday, July 08, 2004 at 03:59:39 (MDT)

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oupouaout, oupouaout@did-uuu-mean.com. - Tuesday, July 06, 2004 at 18:28:32 (MDT)

July 5, Rocky Point, 6.2, 140 Velocity
Good day at RP. Sailed from 5:30 - 7:30pm. Only 6 other sailors on the water. I was on a 6.2 (largest sail I have so far) but most were sailing around the 7.0 range. Felt good to get fully in the straps for the first time. Thanks Rick for all your tips and advise. Maybe next time I'll make my first jibe.,
Kevin, - Tuesday, July 06, 2004 at 11:52:10 (MDT)

July 4th and 5th, Sulpher, 6.5 - 9.0, 91 ltr - Diva F
We arrived Sat. to Team Dubock on the water. We were slow in setting up camp, and by the time we could rig there was too much lightning around. Sun morning started out breezy, but then turned dark and rained with lightnig and even a good hail strom. Finally cleared up and we sailed big gear in the evening, trying to hang on to some big gusts. Monday was fun with good 6.5 sailing for a couple of hours. Afternoon was lighter about 50% schlogging for me, but we still got some good rides. At least it was sunny and warm and the water temp was comfortable. There were about 15 sailors that showed up and sailed. The water level is high, which made it nice for launching over at Roy's field. He is again permitting us to camp in his field this year. I hope everyone will be very respectful of his property, so this will continue for our club.,
Sarah, - Tuesday, July 06, 2004 at 10:10:47 (MDT)

7-5, Utah lake SSB, 25M , 135
Great Day at SSB. The wind picked up around 4:00 and by 5:00 there was 20 kites on the water and more on the beach. I haven't seen that many kites on one lake in Utah. By 6:00 it cranked up notch and rode a 19.5 (thanks Jon). When I was packing up Marty's wind meter posted an average of 17 mph for about 2 hours. So, today SSB was reading the same as the Airport. ,
Mike Rossberg, - Monday, July 05, 2004 at 22:40:11 (MDT)

july 3, Deer creek island beach, 6.0, mistral ventura
Nice fast rides for 2 hrs. Very crowded....got to trim a lot of tow ropes...no longer a weed fin....a rope fin. Got to ride a lot of boat chop hop. Saw three other sailors. The smell of diesel fuel,boat exhaust,hot dog and hamburger on the grills was outstanding. I love this place...we're all absolutely out of our gourds.,
Pat McEwen, - Saturday, July 03, 2004 at 18:55:27 (MDT)

Friday, July 2nd, Island Beach, 7.9, Hypersonic 44cm fin
The Friday Board meeting is never one to miss. Popped at noon, backed off for 45 mins, with a serious bonus session till almost 6pm. Zero clouds,no wetsuits. Bradshaws, the Southwicks,Dave 0,Steve Nyhus. Trevor and Troy lit up the raceway, both want the title of Utah's Fastest Teenager. Its very possible they will get a speeding ticket at DC, before they learn to drive a car. ,
John Dubock, - Friday, July 02, 2004 at 20:44:22 (MDT)

June 19 thru 17th, SF Bay 3rd Ave and Candelstick, 4.0 to 5.4, 75 ltr and 95 ltr
SF Bay area can provide some awesome wind and sailing conditions, and it did. But I have to agree with Kenney, I have never heard so much whineing about the wind. They would say it's gusty and the wrong direction and we would rig anyway and have a couple of hours of fun on 5.4's and never come off of a plane. We told a few of them how spoiled they all were and how good we thought the conditions were. Anyway we sailed every day, in some great conditions, car size rollers for miles and miles. The tides created some delays on a few of the days. It was actually too shallow to ws safely, until about 2 in the afternoon when the tide would come back in, and then we had to sail the flood for a couple of hours. Temps were cool but pleasant. We sailed Candlestick a couple of days for some true flat water speed sailing in some fairly gusty conditions. IT would really test my scare level, of can I hold it together, and not crash. I will say that it's a much more relaxed and fun, crowd there, but I tend to have more fun in the rollers at 3rd. It's some great sailing....SR,
Sarah, - Tuesday, June 29, 2004 at 11:05:57 (MDT)

6/24-6/26, Lake Powell-Wahweap Marina, 5.2, 115 L
Well, brace yourselves... I actually rode three days in a row at Wahweap marina. We stayed on a houseboat close to the marina. I would launch just on the north side of the cement boatlaunch. Awesome sand launch. The first day, I shlogged but got in the footstraps enough to call it a ride. Friday I was able to get into the footstraps for about a half hour. But boat traffic made for some chop. But saturday, 3 hours of powered to overpowered rides. An awesome north came through. I actually rode on a south at around 12:30 and then it switched northeast while we were out on the ski boat exploring. I jetted back on the waverunner, had to! The swell was big but never really took consistent shape because of boats and some gustiness. There was one hour of perfect 5.0 with pretty good swell, besides the chop from houseboats occasionally coming through. Lake Powell is rarely the best for wind and swell conditions, but getting anything resembling great windsurfing in Lake Powell's setting is hard to match.,
Rick Heninger, - Sunday, June 27, 2004 at 18:06:48 (MDT)

6/22/04, 3rd Avenue (Bay Area), 16 & 12M Naish Kites, 148 Jimmy Lewis
Arrived to white caps and all but 2 kiters were sitting on the beach. I asked them why and they explained that the wind was too gusty because it was coming out of the wrong direction. I decided to rig anyway and found the wind to be just fine. It was a little gusty, about the same as Rush on a springtime north, nothing like the puffy south winds we get around here. The wind picked up after a couple hours and I moved down to a 12. By that time, the local wind snobs must have decided that it was finally good enough as 10 kiters and around 15 - 20 windsurfers came out as well, but it was short lived. The wind started dropping near the shore. I was lucky and made it in without having to swim. All in all, a great place to kite - beautiful views of the SanFrancisco bay area, warm water (wore a 3 mil, but I would have been fine in a shorty), and great wind. ,
Kenny, - Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 22:50:09 (MDT)

6/21/2004, RP, 9.6, Techno 283
Sailed from 6-8PM. A little light at the start but from planning from 6:30 on. Several overpowered rides from 7-8 but decided to hold on rather than rig a new sail.,
David Koenig, - Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 14:16:09 (MDT)

6/21/04, Pelican Bay Harbor, Just a follow up to this location,
Pelican Bay Harbor is the first large housing develpment on the water just 1/2 mile south of Rocky Point and El Nautica on utah lake. There is a huge white pvc fence around the north end of this development. I think you can see the harbor from the road. ,
Brett, - Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 10:51:43 (MDT)

June 21 04, ULSSB, 8.0, 135L
On the water from 8:00 to 9:00pm. Powered to over-powered conditions. Steady winds, nice swell, 6.8m2 would have worked as well.,
Willy Sturgis, - Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 03:57:44 (MDT)

Mon 6/21, ULSSB, 20M X2, 161 Picklefork
I got to the beach around 2:30 to about 15-18mph out of the NW. I rigged my 11m and then it died to 10-13 so i rigged my 20m and it died to about 7-8. It was my first time using my 20m and it kept doing this wierd thing where when it was downwind of me it would pinch in half and hindenburg. Luckily Eric showed up awhile later and showed me how to fix it (he had had the same problem with his 20m x2). After a very long wait the wind picked up to 11-14 the rest of the night and it was a good session. I left @ 8 when there were about 7-8 kiters out there. Thanks again Eric for the help!,
Steve, - Tuesday, June 22, 2004 at 00:00:30 (MDT)

6/21/04, Pelican Bay, forget rocky P !!, 10.4, 9.0, Start, FF198
arrived at 10am to allready capped chocolate swell. This place is a gem for launching instead of rocky point. No gates, parking, Huge grassy area to rig, man made sandy beach with picnic tables and barbques at various spots along beach and grassy area. Full toilets and boat launch with docks in protected harbor. The nice part is that I did not have to walk out a half mile. I used my 40 cm meat cleaver fin and stepped off the dock into 3.5 feet of water and sailed away. If its blowin enought to plane, there is enough wind in harbor to sail out and rip. No walking through 2 feet of mud. We planed non stop across the lake somewhere close to geneva until louis hit his 60cm fin a few times and called it too risky, The North had to be the steadiest 13-15 knots I have ever sailed in.. Sweet afternoon from 10-2pm.. Looks like it would pick up later in evening too. ,
Brett. and Louis, - Monday, June 21, 2004 at 18:33:04 (MDT)

Sunday 6/20, Sulphur Creek, 7.0, 125L
Sulphur was pretty good this afternoon, steady 7.0 conditions for a little over an hour in the late afternoon. Wind looked stronger earlier, but I can't be too much of a windsurf addicted dad. Looked like others were more responsible than I, being that I was the only one on the water from 4:45 on. ,
Vern, - Sunday, June 20, 2004 at 20:41:12 (MDT)

Sunday, June 20th, Island Beach, 7.9, Hypersonic 44cm fin
Wind began at 12, looked promising then heated up and with no help from the clouds it went every direction. Not a keeper of a day.,
John Dubock, - Sunday, June 20, 2004 at 18:53:05 (MDT)

Sat, 6/19/04, Deer Creek Island, 8.5 and 1.7, Formula and a Junior
Not a bad westerly wind with a lot of sailboats. Water seems higher but choppy. I rigged a 1.7 for Max (11) and Tommy (8) with a little board. Starting from scratch with a few basics. Just wanted to get them a little feel of what its like. Its been a while since I have "taught" someone to sail. After they got tired and cold, I sailed nicely powered on the formula with the rest of the crew (John and kids, Jim, Roberto and a few others). Good day. ,
Rob Smith, - Saturday, June 19, 2004 at 17:56:27 (MDT)

Fri June 18, Island Beach, 7.5 Gaastra GTR, Hypersonic/44cm fin
No wind till 3pm,a few thunderstorms tried to kill the WSW wind. Gusty but well worth it. Dave O,Jim, Roberto,the Bradshaws. Significant Firsts: Brock Bradshaw and Anna cruised the Lagoon. Trevor locked in both footstraps, completed two jibes,two beachstarts on his FF 138. Troy closed the sail gap,straigtened his arms, locked his knees ala Carl C's fine style. By 6pm it went East. ,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Saturday, June 19, 2004 at 07:17:50 (MDT)

Tues 6/15, Lake Powell, 11m RRD, 161 Picklefork
Went down on a houseboat trip and decided to take some of my gear in case it blew. The last day it did and I got about an hour session or so before it let up. It was really really gusty but it was cool to be riding across a huge bay at lake powell. I wouldn't really recommend taking your gear down there because its really crappy conditions, that is if you kite. The clear blue water and scenery were a nice change though, and the water was really warm for this time of year our water thermometer on our boat ranged from 75 to 80 throughout the day. July water temperatures, good wakeboarding.,
Steve, - Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 10:41:27 (MDT)

6/16, ULSSB, 1120 ARC,
Noticed the wind in the trees as I got home from work at 6:00, so I headed to the SSB. Good rides until dark. About 7 kiters and 1 windsurfer. The wind got a bit better as the sun went down. On Monday I noticed the same wind, and readings at Provo airport were 15-18, so I went to Lindon beach since I did not have much time. There were three others there waiting for wind without success. Not sure why, but Lindon will often get bypassed by these light north wind days. From the postings on monday, it looked good at SSB, but was never good at Lindon. Maybe it is a directional thing. There was some east to the north wind at Lindon.,
Rod Meiners, - Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 09:53:13 (MDT)

June 16 04, ULSSB, 8.0, 135L
Steady Planning from 6:00 until 9:30 Rigged smaller when I arrived but died as I hit the water. Hit at least three overstuffed carp. One reach I actually cut one in half clean through, Bizzare.,
Willy Sturgis, - Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 08:41:35 (MDT)

6/15/04 Tue, Utah Lake Rocky, 8.5, Carve 135L, 52cm
Monday was only the 2nd day in a month I didn’t have the sailing gear along as NOAA said Tuesday would be the windy day of the week. Apparently, no mention of wind means 15-20 and when they predict 10-20 it is 10. A little sour grapes but I didn’t get any wind at Yuba this weekend either during the 2 day annual family campout. Provo muni was at 16 when I left work and 10 when I got there. Still, there were a fair amount of whitecaps so I got on the lake fast. The first half hour was about 50/50 then it filled in for a nice hour of planers in the middle of the lake. Both sides were dead. I think I hit 6 fish unless Sarah is right about hitting bottom. Some hits were pretty solid but I was on a significantly smaller fin and I was a long way from shore. Not as bad as the walk out at MM19 but we sure need some water. Jamie joined us but stayed close to shore so as not to get stranded when it died. Dave was rigging big when I left and it seemed to be picking back up a little for his sesh.,
Ken, - Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at 15:48:17 (MDT)

6/16, Rush, 19.5 Gaastra, 127 Stubbie
I arrived at 6 AM to light wind out of the north. I started to rig, but then the wind died. I packed up all my gear, but as I got to the bar it was blowing hard. Went back to the lake and had a great 2 1/2 hour session. Wind was blowing 14 - 18 and I was nicely powered on my 19.5. The water is getting shallower by the day. Just upwind of the normal launch spot are two slick areas where the water is so shallow that the water doesn't ripple. It is sad that as the flat water conditions get better, the number of rideable days is dwindling rapidly at Rush - Get it while you can. The moss is growing, but I think this year the water will go before the moss grows enough to moss over much of the lake.,
Kenny, - Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at 10:38:01 (MDT)

June 15th, Rocky Point, 9.0, Large
It was a beautiful afternoon, and perfect conditions for formula gear. BUT WARNING after only a couple of reaches across the lake, I had hit my fin 2 times, hard enough for me to chip my fin, so I decide to get off the water. Bummer, cause the whole scene was soooo inviting for some shredding across the lake, but it was just to much worry to enjoy. Anyway everyone be careful with your larger fins out there. I guess I'll be looking for a swept back fin of some kind, to deal with the shallow water levels. Happy sailing!,
Sarah, - Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at 10:09:23 (MDT)

6/14/04, Rocky Point, 6.5, 140 L, 103 L
Nice after work session in sync with the cloud band. 4:00 to 5:30 saw consistant 6.5 conditions. Slowly dried off after that. Hopefully more of the same, or better, this afternoon.,
Jamie, - Tuesday, June 15, 2004 at 09:51:45 (MDT)

6/14/04, ULSSB, 15.0 meter, 137
Got to SSB at 4:30 to find wind 15-18mph. Rigged an 11.0 meter, then quickly went to 15.0 as wind dipped to 14-16mph. It stayed there with slight variations until 8:00 when everyone began to show up. It was dying as I came in. The wind was like butter, smooth. Best session of the season, including my 3 weeks in south Texas.,
Chase Stewart, - Tuesday, June 15, 2004 at 07:50:23 (MDT)

06/14/04, ULSSB, 6.8, 105 L
From 3:30 until dark, Worn out. Nice evening thermal, Plenty of kites up after 5:00. Used the 8.0 and 135L for an hour or so but after a break it filled in again solid 6.8 even 6.5 sailing.,
Willy Sturgis, - Monday, June 14, 2004 at 21:22:54 (MDT)

6/13/04, Sulpher, 5.4, 91ltr
Sulpher dished up some pretty good wind for a couple of hours. The water level is quite high again and the temps not too bad. Everybody got rides on anything from 4.2 to 7.5. The evening session looked to be the steadiest in the 7.5 range for another hour or so. Doug and Marty got the best of that on the dark side...,
Sarah, - Monday, June 14, 2004 at 07:33:12 (MDT)

Sunday, June 13th, Island Beach, 8.3, Hypersonic 44cm fin
Started out fine at noon, 7.5 then heated up too fast, wind poodled out by 3:30. ,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Monday, June 14, 2004 at 06:47:27 (MDT)

Sat, June 12, Island Beach, 8.3, Hypersonic/44cm fin
Not a great day, wind showed at 1pm but never was consistent. Too much West, a few clouds dampened the wind. The weather went from no wetsuits to long wetsuits and back during the day. Sarah,Jerry,Rob Smith,Trevor, Troy.,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Sunday, June 13, 2004 at 07:10:48 (MDT)

6/11, Rush, 30M Naish V4, 157 Wavetray
Thank Heavens for the big 30M. Rode 2 hours over a 3 hour period on flat water. The moss is growing, so I spent some time picking it out of my lines after getting them covered during a lull. Overall, it was a lot of fun, too bad Rush is going to be gone soon.,
Kenny, - Saturday, June 12, 2004 at 23:49:51 (MDT)

6/9, Provo Boat Harbor, 5.2, 78L/115L
Fluky is right! Got to the Provo Boat Harbor end of the north jetty at around 2:30PM... To zero MPH wind! Eventhough there was a dust bowl at the point of the mountain. The sky was pretty dark on the east side of the lake. I could see caps in the distance to the south and rigged a 5.2m because I had NO idea what was coming. All at once the clouds darkened and it was 4.0 for about a half hour. I had to get out and sit on my gear as this major water devil or spout almost carried me back to Kansas. Finally it mellowed out enough to get out there. But it was up and down left and right doe see doe yer partner. Plus the sky was dark and lightning seemed to be looming. Josh and I got in some great rides but in the end it was just too tricky. Could've had a 7.5-3.5 all with in 2 or 3 hours. Sounds like it was similar over at mm19.,
Rick Heninger, rhenin1901@aol.com. - Thursday, June 10, 2004 at 11:29:52 (MDT)

Wed. 6/9/04, Utah Lake MM19, 5.7, Sonic 85, 32cm
1:00 to 3:00 was as good of 5.7 session as I have ever had on a very nice SW wind. There were clouds over Provo and reported lightning as well as clouds to the west. We were in gorgeous sunshine with great wind. I am glad I burned half a vacation day to get there early as from there on it was one of the flukiest sessions I have had. I was just about to head out on the 4.7 when it suddenly died stranding about 7 out on the water with Mike the furthest out. Then we got to sail an easterly, never done that at MM19, with some horrid chop. It was my turn to get stranded furthest out but I was by the point so all I had to do was walk back. There were just too many clouds. But thank goodness for the rain, the water levels are going down fast and Utah Lake needs all the water it can get.,
Ken, - Thursday, June 10, 2004 at 07:26:47 (MDT)

6-9, Rush and Ut ah lake, 16M, 10M, and 4.5, 141 SX
Rode the dawn patrol at Rush on a 16m kite. I started to ride at 8am and some sweet glass rides up wind. The water was only 3 inches deep to the south. The SE wind was like a blow dryer for 2 hours. After that it started to get up and down. Left in search of deeper water. I found nice place to kite on the west side of Utah Lake. I call it MM21. It's two miles before MM19 and there is a large dried mud flat. It looks like a sandy beach from the road but is just hard flat mud. Very small round rocks in the mud so it's kite friendly beach. Rode my 10M for couple hours starting around noon. Fun swell and good wind until I lost my SlingShot 141SX when the wind kicked up around 2pm. Who knows what shore my board will end up on. It's got my name on it, keep and look out. Great spot for kiting on the big South days. It's actually about mile marker 20.5. After that I went to MM19 and sailed on 4.5 until the wind got really flucky. I bobbed for 45 minutes until the wind came up from the East. Good crowd out at MM19, over dozen sailors. ,
Mike Rossberg, - Wednesday, June 09, 2004 at 21:21:34 (MDT)

Wednesday, 6/9/04, Rush, 8M & 12M Naish, 148 Jimmy Lewis
Arrived to 15-20 mph wind. As soon as I put out my lines and put on my shortie, the wind had picked up to around 30. I rigged an 8M and had a good session on incredibly flat water (Rush is no deeper than my knee). The wind lightened up and I rigged a 12M, rode it for about 20 minutes before a strong microburst came through. I downed my kite after getting tea bagged a couple times. After 10 minutes it was back to 12M conditions, Rode for another hour. The wind was inconsistent, but when it did blow it was steady. No blowout conditions today at Rush, just good kiting. One other kiter showed up, but he is just learning and never made it out on the water, so I had the place to myself.,
Kenny, - Wednesday, June 09, 2004 at 21:06:09 (MDT)

6/9/04, Lindon, 9 meter, 137
Got to Lindon around 2:00. There were four or five people in the water. The wind was relatively steady between 13-16, then dipped a little. Those there before me said it was pretty good on bigger kites earlier. The wind continued to decrease so everyone got out of the water. Jake rigged an 18 meter and had about fifteen minutes until it picked up to 18-24. Jake got out fast with assistance. Everyone started rigging small. As I was launching, a powerful gust roared through. I kept the kite inches off the water as I got to my board and tried to put it on my feet, but it was too strong. I got pulled hard, but thankfully I was experienced and knew to crash the kite in order to get myself a second of slack in order to unhook myself and throw the bar. Thirty seconds later the wind died for over an hour, but began to pick up as I left at 5:30. I'm just glad that the only people with kites in the sky when the 40 mph gust hit were experienced kiters. ,
Chase Stewart, - Wednesday, June 09, 2004 at 20:36:39 (MDT)

6/08/04, Rush, 12 meter, 141 litewave
I showed up aroud 4:30 and there were two kites out. Steve had just come in and he said that I missed the strong stuff. I rigged a 12 and it was perfect smooth Rush. The wind stayed between 18 and about 25. The water is disapearing fast but it sure makes for buttery turns. It was one full hour of pleasurable sailing.,
matt G, mattg. - Wednesday, June 09, 2004 at 16:53:18 (MDT)

6/9/04, North West Point of South Bay , Utah Lake, what ever, 78L
Thought I could grab some south west in the middle of a hecktic day from 2 to 4:00pm. Rigged 5.5, made a quick swap to 4.2, back to 5.5 and then wished I had my 8.0. Never consistent enough to have any fun. I could see micro burst hitting all the sand beaches towards Provo but it was dead where I stood, packed it in, back to work.,
Willy Sturgis, - Wednesday, June 09, 2004 at 16:44:58 (MDT)

6/8, Deer Crick, 6.7, 115L
Arrived at around 1PM. Jim Southwick had apparently been sailing his 5.3 since 10AM. It was classic Deer Creek. Gusty with some great rides till 3PM. But it picked up again at around 3:30 for a couple more hours of great rides. Josh Shirley and a couple others were there catching some rides Carlos Christensen was on his 12.5m kite... I mean sail!!!,
Rick Heninger, - Wednesday, June 09, 2004 at 12:17:51 (MDT)

6/8/04, lindon beach, rrd 19.5, AmericanWankers Custom 130
got there about 7:30 to a few swimmers, blowing 12 to 14 from the south west, launched a 19.5 and was pretty powered up but a few time wind dipped under 10 mph but not for long. had a great back and forth session, perfecting my jibes... not enough wing for jumping i was the only kiter???,
Jared Jaynes, - Wednesday, June 09, 2004 at 10:28:36 (MDT)

5/29 - 6/5, The Gorge, 4.5 to 6.5, 75 ltr / 91 ltr
This was Linda and I's, earliest in the season, trip to the Gorge. Most of the weather was good, but a couple of the cloudy, rainey days sent us east on the River, to find sun and wind. The water temp is still only 59 degrees, so with out the sun, it was a bit on the cool side. It was awesome to sail at Dougs with it so uncrowded. One evening there were only 4 Utah sailers on the water, that was great. Another, beautiful sunny afternoon we had the Hatchery just about to ourselves. Of course it was a 6.5 day, so not many came out, but we loved it. It was so slow in town that one of the store managers, closed the doors to the store so that our dogs could run and play inside the store, they had a blast. (Becoe was a carbon copy of Roscoe, but a Brown version). We finally got to try a 4.5 day at Maryhill, that was a blast. The swell on the Oregon side was large, and challenging to play in. Over all it was a great trip and I can't wait to go back.,
Sarah, - Wednesday, June 09, 2004 at 07:49:37 (MDT)

Tue. 6/8/04,, SSB, arc 1120 ,840, 171 pickle
Got there way to early. Worked hard to get up on a plane with the 1120 while the wind blew south around 3:30 to 5:30 ,then gave up. I went to get a bite and returned to no wind. Waited around and about 7:45 or so the wind shifted blowing from the southwest. I put up the 840 and made a few passes before I had to head home. The wind was strong and very gusty. I got lofted at one point, over water so it was kind of fun. No other kiters and one windsurfer that never rigged. Loads of swimmers.,
Mark J, - Wednesday, June 09, 2004 at 06:12:15 (MDT)

Tue. 6/8/04, Utah, MM19, 6.9, 5.7, Carve 135L, Sonic 85L, 40cm
Well, I just couldn’t wait for the big winds on Wed. The guys at the Gorge always call Rowena the working man’s sailing spot due to its normal late afternoon startup. Utah Lake has to be ours this spring. There was no wind at Provo Muni when I left work but it was high teens at DC, Mona, and Cedar Fort; isn’t MM19 right in that triangle? Got there at 5:00 to a light north but I got the binocs out and I could see whitecaps at the south shore. By 5:30 the sweet south wind hit the beach. Same wind and gear as at Sulphur this weekend but are those waves on this lake. Hit a hole, do a jibe down a wave face. Need to get on a plane, surf down a wave. What a neat spot MM19 is to sail. And definitely no drysuits in sight, a shorty was perfect. It started off perfect 6.9 on the big planer (I was a little worried about being alone). At 6:30, when the north usually dies at RP, it kicked up a notch, and I switched to the little Sonic race board. The last half hour was nicely powered 5.7 as the wind continued to build. The only negative is the water is already getting awful shallow. It was a long walk to get enough water even for the 40cm fin. The session ended with 30 pelicans doing their version of formation flying. I finally quit at 8:00. I love these warm long days.,
Ken, - Tuesday, June 08, 2004 at 21:52:26 (MDT)

6-8, Rush, 20M, Prepreg Custom 130
Great afternoon at Rush. Good north wind rides on my 20M. Rode my new creation, 130cm 100% cabon prepreg board. It weighted under 3 lbs w/o fins and straps. I rode it for 3 hours and then landed on the tail and folded it. Back to the drawing board. ,
Mike Rossberg, - Tuesday, June 08, 2004 at 08:44:46 (MDT)

6/7/04, D.C. Island Beach, 7.7 6.1, Go 200, hypersonic, FF138
Took the first of june mondays off, picked up troy and trevor and headed up parleys.. Jordanelle was blowing 15-20 hard white caps and only 11am, tempted to stop but arrived to D.C. to a capped lake and Jim alone ripping as usual. rigged and the lake did its usual, gusts and shlogs, up and down, steady 10mph to gusting 22. really lulled at 1pm and picked up again at 2pm I should have rigged 8.5 to 9.0 but settled for a 7.7. Trevor and troy should have rigged 7-7.5 but settled for 6.1 and 6.3. Water is at its highest since I can remember. Handicap parking sign on the beach is now underwater. ,
Brett, Troy, Trevor, - Monday, June 07, 2004 at 22:06:16 (MDT)

Mon June 7, Lindon Beach UL, 12m RRD, 161 picklefork
Got there around 7:30 and sailed until about 8:45 or so. Pretty decent southwest wind around 15 or 16 gusting a few mph. I was a little underpowered but it was ok because i was by myself and i didn't want to be overpowered. I really like Lindon beach on a southwest wind because it always seems like the waves come from a slightly different direction than the wind and it makes it easiers to hold my edge and jumping and just going upwind.,
Steve Glenn, - Monday, June 07, 2004 at 21:44:44 (MDT)

Monday, June 7th, Rush, 30M Naish V4, 148 Jimmy Lewis & 157 Wave Tray
The mesonet was down when I woke up at 4:45 AM. Decided to risk it because Provo was getting good NW wind. When I drove past Lake Point into the Tooele Valley there wasn't even a breeze. At Erda the wind was blowing about 3 mph out of the south. The flags were totally dead at Tooele. I had that sinking feeling that I had just wasted 2 hours doing a tour of Tooele. So it was much to my surprise to find strong NW wind in Stockton. The wind at the lake had a big West component to it but it was blowing a gusty 14 -20. I rigged a 16, but the wind dropped as soon as I was ready to launch. I quickly rigged my 30 and had a great 1 hour session in very powered up, steady direct N conditions. The wind then shut down and I waded in. I started packing up my gear when the wind came in at a steady 10-12 mph for another hour. The low water level made for perfect flat water conditions. The water level is dropping quickly so get it before its gone.,
Kenny, - Monday, June 07, 2004 at 10:21:59 (MDT)

6/6, Sulfer Crack, 7.5, 6.0, 96L
Sulfer dished up some great rides. 2 till 4 was a little gusty but then it settled in to smooth solid 6.0 till 6:30. Lots of sailors out, in fact we ruled the lake. Around 8 when the wind finally died a bunch of boats came back to the ramp that I didn't even know were on the water. A great day at Sulfer for being a Wind Cowboy.....,
Geoff Lewis, - Monday, June 07, 2004 at 10:16:15 (MDT)

Sunday, June 6th, Island Beach, 7.5, Hypersonic 44cm fin
A fine day began at noon, left the water at 6:30pm totally worked. Gusty SW, no clouds, no shade,a good mix of locals and a ton more wind than Sat. Rode as small as 6.1 up to 7.9. The Trevor/Troy rating hit an 8 as DC got stronger later for once. ,
John D, - Sunday, June 06, 2004 at 22:12:01 (MDT)

Sat, June 5th, Island Beach, 8.3, Hypersonic/44cm
Not a great day, Trevor/Troy rated it a "3", based entirely on wind (or lack of). High clouds nixed any shot at more wind than Fri, blazing hot on the beach. Steve Nyhus debuted his Free Formula 157 then busted a mast before he hit the water. At least the plush rigging carpet got a good workout.,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Saturday, June 05, 2004 at 20:22:49 (MDT)

June 4, 2004, ULSSB, 7.2, Seatrend ATV 278 113L
First time at South Sandy Beach. Been reading postings about the thermal kicking in around 6:00PM. Seemed like my best bet for wind with the all the hot weather going on and decided to give it a try. Arrived on the beach around 5:30PM, no one was there. Still, I rigged my biggest sail, 7.2 and proceeded getting everthing ready to go. By 6:00PM, sure enough I could see white caps building in just off shore so I walked my rig out to deep-enough water (about 100yds with 15cm fin) and went for it. At first, it wasn't very storng, but very stready. It took a little while to get going from there, but I was planning from around 7:30 til I went in as it was getting pretty dark by 9:15. There were several kiteboarders still out there as I was leaving sometime after 9:30PM. Some damn big carp in those waters.,
Chris Pearson, piercey@skiutah.com. - Saturday, June 05, 2004 at 13:25:54 (MDT)

June 4, 2004, ULSSB, 20M X-2, Lassen Custom 150
Thermal kicked in around 6pm. Jared Jaynes, Jake, Myself, and Ryan had a blast, rode until 9:30! Great session. Nobody wore wetsuits. The water was amazingly clear. I ate it after my first jump and for the first time in my long Utah lake history, I could look down and see my feet and board underwater! Unheard of! I think the past days of no wind and then catching the first of the thermal provided the clear water. The water was actually green/blue, and not Silt brown. With the warm 90 degree weather, steady 12-14mph breeze, high 70's water, I could squint my eyes and actaully imagine I was someplace tropical! Everybody was busting big airs and flyin all over the place. Dean came down and was taking videos of the evening since he ripped his 20m kite earlier this week. Best session yet this year! ,
Erik Lassen, Erik_lassen@byu.edu. - Saturday, June 05, 2004 at 12:53:06 (MDT)

6/4/04, Rush, 30M Naish V4, 157 Wavetray
First 1/2 hour rode underpowered, next hour was just right, last hour was overpowered, screaming reaches just trying to hang on. The water/moss/mud was nice and warm I would guess well over 80 degrees. ,
Kenny, - Saturday, June 05, 2004 at 00:01:09 (MDT)

Fri, June 4th, Island Beach, 7.9, FF 138
Hot water at DC. 80 degrees at 6pm, barely need a wetsuit. Jim, Steve,Dave O,Trevor,Troy. 2pm kickoff, holey fr the WSW but another fun Friday at DC. ,
John Dubock, johndubock@hotmail.com. - Friday, June 04, 2004 at 20:20:25 (MDT)

June 1 04, ULSSB, 8.0, 135L
Powered reaches from 6:00 until 9:00 pm. Weaveing in and out of a dozen Kite Boarders kept me on my toes. Nice session.,
Willy Sturgis, - Wednesday, June 02, 2004 at 07:44:12 (MDT)

6/1 Tuesday, Heaven aka Rush Lake, 25M, 135
I had go on faith like the good old days before the internet. The meso was down but I took my chances and it paid off. I had the perfect session. Arrived at 1:00 to a nice 10-13 mph from the North. Rode till 4pm totally juiced. Never a lull and few good gusts. Gotta love that thermal. The moss is not problem, water is still holding at 2 feet.,
Mike Rossberg, - Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 23:52:56 (MDT)

6/1/04, D.C sailboat beach, 10.4, Start 70cm fin
Took a chance and arrived at sailboat around 11:00 to the usual easterly breeze with nothing coming over the dam, napped till 1pm and then gave up, headed down the canyon and as soon as I came off the dam, all of the construction signs were almost flat from the wind coming up the canyon, flipped a bitty and back to sailboat with the usual 10-20 mph puffy over the dam.. quickly rigged and Erik shows up with his wide gear and we sailed for an hour or so till my elbows were dislocated and left Erik and family to have the lake to themselves.. ,
Brett, - Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 20:13:09 (MDT)

May 29& 30th , Lake Powell, 6.5, 99L
With a huge party going to Powell and predictions of wind I decided to haul down the gear just in case. I was the only one down there that was loving the fact that it was blowing. The wind wasn't consistent. It was incredibly up & down. 5.0 conditions one second & nothing the next. Regardless I did get quite a few decent rides and was having a heck of a lot more fun then everyone on the beach who were simply getting pelted by sand & waiting for the wind to die. It's a beautiful place to be, the water is clean, and there are tons of women that look great in bikinis . . (thanks to silicon valleys contribution), so how could the weekend be much worse. See you all on the water. - Deighv,
Dave Griffiths, - Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 17:53:46 (MDT)

5/29/04, lindon beach, 12 meter, 171 pickle
I had a good time riding the clearing winds at lindon beach. I had the whole place to my self. I guess the temp. kept all the boaters ect. home. I rode for about 1-1/2 hours. It started off pretty smooth but soon got really gusty. I ended my sesion when a gust hit and the kite jerked and then fully depowered from one corner. It took me a few minutes to figure out that the knots on the corners of the kite had literally been ripped off. The lines were all intact. The kite was intact. Just the little leader lines. I'm sure glad that three of them popped and not four. Anyway it was a good session.,
matt G, - Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 16:50:27 (MDT)

Memorial Day , Bear Lake Utah, Rendezvous Beach, 17m 04 Slingshot Fuel Splitstrut One Pump, 04 Slingshot 139 sx
With snow in the forcast for Jackson, i all most went snow kiting on Togwotee. But...The Weather got warmer and more windy as the weekend went on. good W NW wind and an EMPTY Rendezvous Beach made for great kiting. Had a great weekend hanging with Utah Sailing Association!,
Brian from Wyo, - Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 13:42:57 (MDT)

5/29 / 5/30 / 3/31, Huntington/Rocky Point/Sulpher Creek, 6.0 / skunk /6.0, 278/113L - Seatrend ATV
Saturday I was looking for somewhere close that would have a good chance of being sunny towards the afternoon. The forcast sounded pretty good for Huntington, Utah, about 15 miles South of Price towards Castle Dale. Calling for 15-25 NW in the afternoon with air temps in the low 60's. Sounded pretty good. Got there around noon to big white caps and was very eager to get out on the water. Rigged a 5.4 at first, put my semi-dry suit on as the water is still pretty cold (around 55-57 degrees) and went out on a floatly board. The wind had come off quite a bit when I launched and proceeded to extremely gusty conditions getting a couple powered-up reaches but the lulls were big and after a little more than half an hour, I went in and rigged a little bigger with a 6.0 which did much better through the lulls. At around 3:00PM, the winds were starting to pick-up with some very strong gusts. I got pretty tired of hagning on during the gusts and schlogging through the lulls that I dicided to call it a day. As I was finishing up with loading everthing into the car, the wind turned up another notch and could have been 4.7 - 5.5 for sure. Looked pretty solid from shore, but at that point, I was over it. Nice place to sail, clean water, no boats or personal watercrafts around, but I think a South wind would be much cleaner than the North. $5 entrance fee also. Sunday I thought there might be a chance for an evening session at Rocky Point. I was wrong. I think there might have been a little potential for very big gear but it would have only been about 45min worth. Oh-well. Monday I braved the cold waters of Sulfer Creek. Forecast sounded good. 15-25 West winds and a Sunny 63 degrees by afternoon. I got there around 11:00AM with some whitecaps. I was the only one there at first and decided to rig my 6.0 which proved to be a good choice. Very typical Sulfer Creek. Quite gusty! Hang on for dear life one moment and total schlogg the next. Still had some great rides in the early afternoon. I almost called it a day after everyone else (Jason & Vern) was packing it in around 3:30PM or so. I was pretty tired and thought it had been a good day at Sulfer, but was talked into one more session. I was well rewarded with the most steady wind of the day. Fully powered up on my 6.0 for many reaches. Another sailor, with the same name as myself (Chris) was the only other one out. He had a 5.3 rigged (I think) and seemed to be mostly powered. I came in when I thought my arms were going to fall off, rested for a little bit and went out for some more. To my surprise, it was still filled in and made as many passes as I could before my arms fell completely off. Water temp is still a bit cold, but used my semi-dry suit with gloves and booties and was fine. Best day I have had in a long time. Sulfer can be pretty fun. Can't wait till it warms up a little more. ,
Chris Pearson, - Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 13:35:44 (MDT)

5/28 - 5/29, Rocky Point, 4.2 4.7 7.5, 85l 105l
Caught the front passage at Rocky point Friday, it came up hard and I think Eric rode a 3.0 for like 2 passes before intense lightning chased everyone off the water. 30 minutes later the storm passed and we were sailing on 4.2's and then 4.7's until the wind canned 90 minutes later. It was strange because there was no south wind at all in Salt Lake all day. Saterday brought good clearing winds in the 6.0 to 7.5 range all day. All in all two great days of sailing followed by a lot of yard work. Till next time...,
Geoff Lewis, - Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 10:05:15 (MDT)

Memorial Weekend, Piute, 4.5,5.6, 75l,103l
I drove down early Friday morning and arrived at the lake at about 9a.m.. It was the maiden voyage for camping in the new "danger-mobile" but she did fine. When I got to the lake it was blowing full on 4.5 with some 3.5 gusts. I rigged the 4.5 and the 75l board,sailed perfectly powered to overpowered until about 3. Jim showed up about noon and got some of the good stuff too. Melinda got there about 2 and only got about an hour on her 3.2. After 3 the wind switched southwest and got a little holeyier. So I rigged a 5.6 and the big board and sailed til after 6. The wind finally switched north about 10p.m. while we were hanging out at the campfire. It rained real hard for about 2 hours early Saturday morning but it was over by about 6a.m. and was followed by steady 5.5 north winds. Sailed all morning on that and Ken showed up around noon and we all sailed til it backed off around 4. Sunday and and monday were pretty much windless, but it was nice just to hang out on a sandy beach. Did'nt see any boats on the lake, and only saw 1 other camp. I think the water level is too low to use the boat ramp and the fishing is really bad there right now. A ranger came by friday afternoon and gave us some surveys to see how we would want the lake developed. I think we already have plenty of "developed lakes" around, maybe a few natural beaches without jetskiis and power boats would be nice. Aloha, D.,
Danger D, - Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 08:07:56 (MDT)

5/24-6/1, Ocean Park, Puerto Rico, Cabrinha 16m & 12m, Slingshot 130cm
For the SSB crew, I finally found Charles. He's no longer using duct tape to keep his kites together and is riding lunch tray size boards on the beautiful, turquoise swell. It's blown every day, all day with Memorial Day being the most crowded- about 20 kites and 10 windsurfers on a 10 mile beach. Riding the outer reef on a kite is strange for a "reformed" windsurfer, also quite nice when you want to get out of the wash cycle. It will be hard to leave. ,
Mabel, mdavis@socwk.utah.edu. - Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 08:05:23 (MDT)

Monday, May 31, Island Beach, 7.9, FF 138
Hot day, NW wind a Memorial Hill, no wind in Charleston and blowing 15k at DC fr SW. More boats and the Ranger boat chased down a few of us during the West wind with warnings to 'not go over 5mph inside the buoys'. More lulls than Sunday. The Bradshaws, Jim, Carl, Brett, Louis, Trevor, Troy and a few others. Water level is rising for 15 more days, its half way up the new ramp.,
John D, - Tuesday, June 01, 2004 at 07:02:28 (MDT)

5/31/04, Sulphur Creek, 5.0, 95L
First time at Sulphur was interesting. Gusts were great with a 5.0, but they only lasted 3 minutes, followed by 5 minute lulls. I hope it isn't always so gusty here... Water was probably 52F, I was warm in a 4/3mm wetsuit along with a dive hood! - Vern ,
Vern Van Leuven, vern@exolo.com. - Monday, May 31, 2004 at 18:34:30 (MDT)

Sunday, May 30th, Island Beach, 6.0, FF 138
Jim Southwick had the 6.0 and ripped for 3hrs, 13-22k, no boats, just me and Mike Hill chasing Jim. Water was warmer than the air, could have used a beanie. A few lulls but overall just a spankin' day. Water level is rising, new rigging carpet (like riggin in your living room) has to move upward every 3 days. ,
John D, - Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 20:09:03 (MDT)

5/28, Rush, 12 M Naish X10 & 14M Voodoo, 148 Jimmy Lewis
I felt like a chump in the morning. I went out at 5 AM hoping to get a dawn patrol session. I arrived to find a perfect 10 - 14 mph wind. I rigged my 30, launched and to my disbelief the wind totally died before I got out on the water - complete skunk. Went out late in the afternoon and drove through a nasty storm in Tooele, figured I was in for the double skunk, but I guess my early morning sacrifice paid off. Arrived to 20 - 30 mph wind and no nasty clouds. Rode lit up on my 12M for an hour and then it lightened up. Rigged a 14 M foil as I was short on time. Doug and Marty arrived just in time to help me launch. Rode for another 20-30 minutes and called it a good session.,
Kenny, - Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 08:23:16 (MDT)

5/29, ULSSB, 12M & 16M Naish Kites, 148 Jimmy Lewis
I woke up at 5 AM due to the north wind blowing through my bedroom. Spent a half hour explaining to my wife that even though there is a winter storm warning, the conditions currently were ideal. Arrived at SSB to whitecaps, 48 degree air temp, and warm water. Rigged my 16, but was totatlly overpowered. Rigged my 12 and rode nicely dialed in. It was a stunningly beautiful morning with a wide variation of drifting clouds, distant rain fall, etc.. Timp was gorgeous with the fresh snow cap. ,
Kenny, - Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 08:16:49 (MDT)

5/29/04, YUBA, 9.1, 10.4, Go, Free formula 198
Yuba came through with sunny weather 55 degrees with intermitent clouds.. northwest 10-20 knots all day ( except a lull from 11-1) arrived at 8:15 until we left at 2:30, it was picking up to constant 18-20 mph when we had to leave. With this direction the reach from north beach was super long and you could ride all the way to the campground by the dam without a schlog. Louis and I were the only ones on the lake for most of the afternoon. An occasional ski boat wandered out but the water is high as I have ever seen it and the water clean. The wind speed was decieving because of the west ridge that protected the north arm of the bay so the rides were ultra flat water sailing. My opionion is YUBA is the best windsurf experience when all factors considered.. sandy beaches, drive any vehicle on the hardpack sand right up to a picnic table and firepit on the beach, warm weather, bathrooms within walking distance.. camping on the beach.. ,
Brett and Louis, - Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 07:23:49 (MDT)

5/29, Provo Boat Harbor, 6.7, 115L
Wishing I could've pulled off the Piute trip but couldn't this weekend, I decided to hit Provo Harbor because of the apparent West component to the North wind. Figured that the water would be deeper and not such a hike. Arrived at around 2:30 to some whitecaps coming in at a great angle. Josh and I rigged big although we could have been in the 5's at first. We launched off the end of the northern most jetty which has some big concrete slabs that are somewhat difficult to carry gear over. Not too bad though. Then it died for about a half hour... Right when we were about to call it a semi skunk it picked back up to perfect 6.0-6.5 and we had an absolute blast on some great waves. Kind of fun to come in to the flat water between the jettys. I am sure many of you have been there and done that. We sailed for a couple hours fully powered. The water north of the jetty is about 5-7 feet deep. Between them, about 5 feet deep and not very muddy on the bottom relative to the west side of the lake. Great session... However, see message board for an idea that Josh and I were discussing to launch there.,
Rick Heninger, - Sunday, May 30, 2004 at 01:57:18 (MDT)

May 28 04, ULSSB, 4.2, 78L
Ahh, Great Session. Watched for the front all day. Point of the mountain hit 24 and I new it was coming. Sailed powered to over powered, nice waves, fun bump and jump from 4:00 to 6:00 pm until the rain killed it. Probably could have sailed 6.5 after that but didnt.,
Willy Sturgis, - Saturday, May 29, 2004 at 10:50:47 (MDT)

5/26/04, Tue, Utah Lake, Rocky Point, 8.5, Carve135L, 52cm
Work was about over and I couldn’t believe my eyes; +20 mph for past 2 hours at Provo. I hadn’t thought to look earlier because of all the rain and cold. But Provo valley was clear and sunny and Gunnar’s clouds-in-the-hole effect was in full force. But it had dropped to 19 by the time I got there, 14 by the time I rigged a 6.9 and very few white caps by the time I rerigged the big gear. Oh well. Still I got out 200 yards and hit some great, steady wind that hauled me at full speed all the way to the far shore aimed right at the Temple. I ended up making 4 full trips to the east side but I found myself turning around before I got back to the west shore to stay in the strong wind. That had the predictable ending of having to schlog back half way across the lake to get back to RP. I had such a huge smile on my face that it didn’t matter. The big Carve 135 and the Curtis 52cm fin made the day. Dave rigged big too and got some planers but was more prudent and didn’t follow me to the other shore. Jamie looked at it for a while and left. It was a beautiful sunny session with flight after flight of pelicans going by as dessert. It was day 20 in what has turned out to be one of the best Springs ever, in spite of not having Rush. But what is all this nasty weather for Memorial weekend. Snow showers on Saturday? I had planned all along to take the motor home to Sulphur; brrrr.,
Ken, - Wednesday, May 26, 2004 at 07:42:04 (MDT)

5/23, Crissy Field, CA, 4.2, 95L
I had a great session in San Francisco with Cort Larned, who is the CEO of Powerex. We rode our prototype Race boom. We rigged 9.0 with the new boom and 175 Formula. I made several reaches decided the that everyone was having more fun on 5.5's. The new boom is very nice. Watch for a fall release our new boom. Rode a 5.2 and 95l board till 8pm. There was nice ebb tide which produced nice steep gorge like swell which was great for poppin airs. Monday afternoon was lighter and I took a brand new vintage 2001 Naish AR5 15.5 out for a ride. That kite turns sooooo slow compared to the new stuff. ,
Mike Rossberg, miker@macqc.com. - Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 11:40:58 (MDT)

5/24/2004, SSB Utah Lake, 20m, 12m, 10m X-2s , Lassen Custom 150
Took a gamble and drove down to Utah Lake SSB and arrived at around 6:30 hoping for an evening session. When I left at 6:00pm, wind only read 8mph from the NNW. When I arrived it was 10mph, and by the time I rigged it was 12-14. No one was out, so I called Jared Jaynes, and he came down and we enjoyed the empty beach and good wind. Wind continued to build. When I finally got out of the water at 9:30, the wind was up to 20 gusting to 25. Evening Spring time wind at Utah lake, I'm telling you, its the best kiting Utah's got!!,
Erik Lassen, - Monday, May 24, 2004 at 23:40:12 (MDT)

5/23/04, Rocky Point, 4.2, 96L Cruise Missle
"Requesting to buzz the tower...negative ghost rider the pattern is full" Air Force in full affect yesterday. Of course the day it blows crazy I forget my waveboard. Took the 96L Starboard and my smallest sail, 4.2 and proceeded to get crushed. Launching air completely wound out is fun, although scary at times. The crashes were horrific, it felt like I was getting hit with an artillary shell because gear and body would just explode. Lots of wind boarders with big smiles, it was a great time. See ya soon.,
Geoff Lewis, - Monday, May 24, 2004 at 10:03:15 (MDT)

5/23, Rocky Point, 4.0, 75 ltr.
Wow I guess this makes up for the few times I've been skunked lately. Two big days in one week, has been great. We arrived about 1:30 to good wind. Tom was out on his 5.9 getting worked, with some really fast rides. I started to rig a 4.5, but then decided on the 4.0, after Gunners said his 4.5 was too much. The 4.0 was a bit to much too, but I flattened it out, and put on a small fin, and did ok. And after about an hour, it seemed to mellow out just a bit. It was a couple of hours, of scary, fast gusty wind. Tom, said his wind meter showed a gust of 48 mph. As late afternoon arrived it also got pretty cold, I was ok while sailing but couldn't stand around long on land. I've never seen so many tiny sails in Utah! It was alot of fun, to see so many out on such a windy day. And a great warm up for the Gorge next week.,
Sarah, Sarah.Ranes@slcgov.com. - Monday, May 24, 2004 at 09:50:20 (MDT)

5/23, R.P., 3.5, F2 250 wave
Arrived about 3:30. Sailed til about 5:30 when it started to get holey. Lot's of sailors out. Very cold. Aloha, D.,
Danger D, - Monday, May 24, 2004 at 07:34:53 (MDT)

5/23 Sun, Antelope Island,Bridger Bay, 12 Aero II, 127 Hein
4 points for how close, 2 points for smooth wind, 1 point for showers, 1 points for kiter friendly, 2 points for wind meter at Antelope Island, and predictors at Hat Island and other points north. -7 POINTS FOR NASTY WATER. Doug and I kited from 11:30 till 2:30, when it was time to leave to do family things.,
Marty, - Sunday, May 23, 2004 at 16:25:03 (MDT)

May 22, 2004, South Sandy Beach, Naish X-2, 16m & 10m, Lassen Custom 150
Got to south Sandy beach a little late. Ryan Allen, Jake, Jared Jaynes, Steve and another guy where all out when I showed up at 7. Wind was a solid 16-18, rode my 16m until I got overpowered around 8pm. Wind picked up to a solid 20-25 pumped up the 10m and went back out and rode for a few more minutes. Had to split because I had to be home by 9:00pm. Solid wind with a steady build. Water and weather now getting warm enough to go with out full wet suit. I wore an old farmer john oneill, Jared Jaynes went Commando with no wet suit and lasted until just after 8:30. A steady, strong, warm, spring wind from the North is Utah's best! ,
Erik Lassen , Erik_lassen@byu.edu. - Saturday, May 22, 2004 at 00:22:33 (MDT)

Friday, May 21, Island Beach, 6.1, Carve 131
Another epic Friday Board Meeting. Jim Southwick 5.0 for 3hrs, Paul B 6.5, Dave O 6.8, Troy Dubock 6.1,Trevor 7.0. Not warm at 2pm, never got over 60. 17-30 SSW DamChute readings, 22-39 SSW Sundance. It quit big time at 5pm, but no clouds, no rain.,
John D, - Friday, May 21, 2004 at 19:44:46 (MDT)

May 20, 2004, MM19, Skunked Post Script,
I just logged onto the Provo weathersite and it seems to correclate very well with what I & Geoff experienced at MM19. Conclusion - study this site before heading to MM19?,
Duane Karren, dk@kha-cpa.com. - Friday, May 21, 2004 at 11:19:00 (MDT)

May 20, 2004, MM19, Skunked,
First time ever to MM19. It looks like it has possibilites. Arrived about 2:00 pm to a northeast wind. Could see dust flying south by Genola along with a virga line of clouds. Decided to wait for it to show up which it did about 3:30. It came in in the 7.0 range but died off before I could even rig. I waited around until about 4:30 to see if it would come back in but it was so flukey I went home. Glad to see someone caught a little wind later on. The orange flowers on the west side of Ut Lake are spectacular.,
Duane Karren, dk@kha-cpa.com. - Friday, May 21, 2004 at 11:08:09 (MDT)

5/20, Mona, 7.5 / 5.7, 109 liters
Up and down at Mona on Thursday... Wayne and I arrived around 1:30 to find some white caps in the middle but gusty, shifty winds. Rigged a 7.5, sailed for an hour or two with anything from terribly overpowered to underpowered, all in the same reach. Started to fill in, rigged a 5.7, got 2 reaches then died. Later came back from the east, however we were already packing up.,
John Freed, - Friday, May 21, 2004 at 06:22:26 (MDT)

5/20 Thursday, Rush, 19.5 and 12, 135 Gaastra Satellite
Rush had some nice rides. Arrived around noon the Jon M. was in water and ridin' nicely on his 19.5 gaastra. I rigged the same and took the maiden ride on my new Gaastra Satellite 135. Sweet ride on the kites. The board is super wide and feels like 150+ board, but is lightest board I've owned. Kenny showed up later with the big gusty winds. We rigged down to 12's, Jermey was on a 6. A SIX!! What's up with that? That lasted about an hour and we threw up the big ones again. The water is down a foot, no windsurfing left. It's pretty much knee deep, the whole thing. The moss is starting to grow but is not problem. Ride her while she's wet.,
Mike Rossberg, - Thursday, May 20, 2004 at 23:44:59 (MDT)

5/20, MM19, 6.0, 96l
Showed up at 6 and it was blowin 5.0, rigged a 6.0 as is was turning east. Completely onshore, with nice 2 foot swell. Made sweet choclate love to the waves, slashing turns and popping a few nice airs. 30 minutes later it canned. This was the first time I actually got to sail at this location...can't wait till next time....Geoff Lewis,
Lone Wolf, - Thursday, May 20, 2004 at 22:32:44 (MDT)

5/18/04, Flaming Gorge - South side of Buckboard Marina, 6.2, 96 litre
Arrived at Buckboard Marina at 2:00pm, purchased use fee pass for $2.00, drove to south side of marina and sailed from 3 - 5pm. Good solid rides.,
Marc, - Thursday, May 20, 2004 at 20:37:24 (MDT)

5-20-04, jordanelle, 6.0, mistral ventura
Got some nice rides in the gusts. The water is still very cold, so I stayed on the board for the hour and a half. It was eerie out on the lake as there was noone around. The $70.00 state parks pass really hurts....Can't we get a low impact board sailor's discount???,
pat mcewen, - Thursday, May 20, 2004 at 16:37:07 (MDT)

no se como sail, deer creek on Domingo, no se, un buen surf board
Carlos, If you would have looked closer, those three Latino men were Brett L, John D, and Jim K. They have STARBOARD envy and are trying to collect all the Starboards in the valley.. So be warned utah sailors, these men are sketchy.. Just kidding guys and gals Brett ,
Miguel, - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 22:10:38 (MDT)

5.16, Deer Creek, Addendum,
Looks like it was honkin' all over the place yesterday but I forgot a little detail about Sunday's session. It's a long walk from the beach to the parking lot so I left a board down there while I carried my rig up to the van and then decided to drive down to pick up the board just in time to see 3 latino men walking towards the road with my board on their heads. I honked my horn and flashed my lights and they got kinda sheepish when I came running across the mud flats to get it back. Heck, they even kinda turned around and carried a few yards back towards where I had left it before handing it over and getting real scarce real fast. It's not clear if they thought it was abandoned or what but it was clear that I was barely in time as they were just about out of sight when I saw them. That's what I get for parking in the parking lot and not parking in the "no parking" area by the boat ramp like everyone else. In any case, beware. Next time I'll see you by the boat ramp.,
Carl, - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 21:58:26 (MDT)

5.16, Deer Creek, Addendum,
Carl, - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 21:46:38 (MDT)

Wed 5/19/04, DC Island, 6.0, FF138, 52cm
Gusty (of course) but got lots of powered-up rides from 2-5. George Ward was sailing his beautiful old Woodwind, powered by (I think) a 5.7 Pretty good day considering the fact that the TV weather guys said it wasn't going to be windy. ,
Jim, - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 21:44:48 (MDT)

5/18 Tues., Rush, 18 M,10 M, 127 Hein
Top 5 kiting day for me! I didn't get the south wind like Doug & Mitch (Matt way early) 5, 7, 9, for them 'till wind died, which is when Chris and I arrived. Rigged 18m when the North started around 4:00. Half hour later we were all dragging the big kites back to shore. Jeremy and Mark timed thier arrival perfectly. We all rigged 9-10M for very consistent rides 'till dark. Kinda miss the 4.2 windsurf days, but gotta get the kite friendly waters of Rush before it turns to moss, or dries out.,
Marty, - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 11:37:08 (MDT)

05/18/24, Mona, 6.0 4.5, 104L 85L
Mona PM session - horrific gusts - wind from about 5 to 45 with what steady wind there was in the 20 25 range - settled down a little from about 3:00 to 5:00 PM and we all got a some rides on 4.5ish sails. Those out Jamie & Cathy (See their preceding AM post), Grant, Vern, Ric, Wayne, Tom, Ryan. Hit the North on my way home at Lehi at about 7:00. From the other posts I am sorry I missed it.,
Duane Karren, dk@kha-cpa.com. - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 10:52:03 (MDT)

May 18, DC, 3.9, 94l
Kept watching conditions all morning from the yard until about noon. Went down to nuke conditions, it then backed off to flat and within ten more minutes the lake looked like it was boiling. I hesitated rigging to see what was going to happen. It seemed to back off a little about 1:00. Rigged a 3.9 and gave it a try. Was able to make about two short runs before getting totally blown off the water. I hung aroud for a bit but it just never let up. It was way too much of a good thing.,
Michael, - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 09:36:24 (MDT)

May 18 04, ULSSB, 6.0 , 4.8, 105L , 78L
Two great sessions at south sandy. From 2 to 4:00pm rode south west wind 6.0 under to over powered, waves had a nice fetch to them from the west for jumping. After My son's soccer game I notice it turning north so I went back from 7:00 until dark. I did'nt think that the conditions would improve but I admit I was completely stoked to ride 4.8 all night with a little slogging. The waves seemed to line up for a while making for some fun but "mushy" wave riding. Great to see Dean and Arpi out as well.,
Willy, - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 09:24:14 (MDT)

5/18, MM19 & RP, 4.5, 75L
Ditto, what D said, only I was a couple of hours behind D. I only got 2 good 4.5 powered up reaches at MM19 and the rest was flukey 5 to 25 sailing. So we headed for RP too. I stayed in my wetsuit for the drive and left the fin on the board too. So all I had to do was rerig the 4.5 and add a little warmth (hat and sleves)and I was back on the water. This was the best 4.5 session that I've ever had in Utah. Good attendance, with Maui-Gunners, D, John F, Linda, Miss M, Ken O, Josh, Mark, Gary, and a few others, all smiling today. A little OPed at times but it was great sailing, and lasted till almost sunset. Let's do it again soon.....SR,
Sarah, Sarah.Ranes@slcgov.com. - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 09:10:39 (MDT)

5-18 Tuesday, ULSSB, 13m, 157cm
Arrived around 7:00pm and was unsure what was going to happen. I had originally planned on riding a south at Lindon but noticed signs of it switching north so I decided SSB. When I got there the wind was 15-20mph from the north north-west. I couldn't decided whether to ride the 16m or the 13m so I rigged everything else before setting up the kite. Willy arrived and thought the wind would calm if anything so he rigged larger. By that time, the gusts were 32mph so I rigged smaller. Arpi arrived soon after. I waited on shore for another 20 minutes waiting to see if things would settle down but they didn't so I launched. At that time the winds were averaging 25 and gusting to the low 30's. I was well overpowered and rode for about 1-1/2 hours feeling like I was driving with the gas pedal floored and the brake on. The swell was a large as I have seen (waist high and breaking at times) in Utah and if felt like the old days back on the Central Coast of CA. Unlike the CA days I had a rocket attached to my surfboard just waiting for me to let off the brakes. I had a great time playing in the surf. Willy rode half of the time overpowered (I assume) since I think he came back in and rigged smaller (4.2 I think). Arpi pumped a 17.5m (his smallest kite) but never launched. He needed the wind to drop a bit (or at least the gusts to calm) if he wanted to ride on the water (as opposed to parasailing).,
Dean Davis, - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 09:00:16 (MDT)

5/18, MM19 ; R.P., 4.0,4.5, F2 250 wave 75L
Arrived about 12:30 at MM19. Began to rigged my 4.5 when a couple of big gusts scared me into rigging my 4.0. Sailed nicely powered for about an hour then it started to get flukey. I should have rigged the 4.5 I guess. Schlogged and ripped til about 5 and decided to drive to R.P. for the switch. When I first arrived it was pretty disappointing. But I hung out and was rewarded with one of the 4.5 sessions I think I've ever had in Utah. I was overpowered for about a 1/2 hour but totally dialed the rest of the time. Sailed til about sunset in perfect conditions. The sun reflected from under the clouds made the light seem almost unreal. Mahalo, Kona Kai. D.,
Danger D, - Wednesday, May 19, 2004 at 07:46:52 (MDT)

Tuesday 5.18, Jordanelle, 4.2-5.4, 8'5"
The nice park ranger lady at the gate looked a little worried and recommended that I "be careful". Bruce from Park City looked kind of relieved to see another sailor, (as was I to see him), and was rigging down from 4.9 to 4.2 and pulling out a smaller board when I got there. Puffs of white smoke up by the dam were getting his attention. We rallied hard. He left at around 4pm and when I saw his Trooper leave the parking lot things kinda got a little lonely so I called it good and spun a couple more quickies and then ran for the beach. I had to wonder what was happening at DC with Sundance hitting upwards of 60mph all day long. Hello DC, how about a shout out? ,
CARL, - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 22:09:08 (MDT)

5/18, RUSH, arc 630, picklefork 171
Good wind today! Most of the regulars. I stayed upwind pretty good this time, actualy got worried that I might have to walk downwind back to the truck, till my last few tacks I lost ground and ended up close to where I started.,
Mark J, - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 21:12:11 (MDT)

5/15, RUSH, arc 630, picklefork 171
Good wind today! Most of the regulars. I stayed upwind pretty good this time, actualy got worried that I might have to walk downwind back to the truck, till my last few tacks I lost ground and ended up close to where I started.,
Mark J, - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 21:11:26 (MDT)

5/18, MM19, 7.5, 283 Techno
Sailed from 5:45 to 6:45 planing 75% of the time. Wind dropped off around 6:45 and switched North around 7:00 in the 5.0-6.0 range. Rocky Point looked good when I drove by with several riders.,
David Koenig, - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 21:00:05 (MDT)

5/18/04, Mona, 5.0, 4.0, 103 L, 87 L
The AM session was 5.0 for me and 4.0 for my better half. It was one of those 15 to 30 mph mornings where accepting the happy median was the best you could do. Shlogging one moment, overpowered the next, perfect in between. The wind clocked a bit southwesterly about noon and increased. Had to leave by 1 PM, at which time 4.2 and 4.5 (vern and grant)were on the water. Pretty decent sailing, all in all, for a Mona day. ,
Jamie, - Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 16:12:51 (MDT)

5-16 Sunday, SSB, 20m North, 154cm
It took all day to finally get going but around 7:00pm is became ridable. I got to the beach at 8:00pm and got a nice hour of riding. Some got an hour before me and Chris and Ryan got the full two hours of riding. When I was on the water Chris was on an 18m, Ryan on a 25m and I was riding a 20m. We were all well powered. The wind built over the 2 hour period and by the time it was dark the winds were above 15mph.,
Dean Davis, - Monday, May 17, 2004 at 08:35:27 (MDT)

5/16 Sun, Rush, 18 Aero II, 127 Hein
Doug and I arrived around 11:00 to very smooth, but lite wind. By the time Jon M. got there it was getting liter and gustier. By the time Nate and Wayne arrived, it was getting very light, and hard to keep the kite in the air. By the time we left at 5:00, A big 25-30 would have been the call. Don't know why, but the water is going down fast at Rush, I think windsurfing is done already. Why is it going down, when it's been cool, and snow still in the mountians?,
Marty, - Monday, May 17, 2004 at 07:43:26 (MDT)

Sunday, May 17, Island Beach, 7.9, Hypersonic/44cm
Excellent day at the Crick. Wind started before noon, more steady than Sat, much warmer air and water. Jim,Carl,Dimitri,the Bradshaws,Trevor/Troy. Roberto Heredia's 2 week rookie season now includes a voluntary ride back to the beach compliments of the Ranger boat. Dave O loaned him a One Design, he sailed to the main channel as the east winds hit around 4pm. ,
John Dubock, - Monday, May 17, 2004 at 06:20:18 (MDT)

5/16, Sulfer Crack, 6.0, 96l
I'm addicted, can't get enough of the place. Up and down conditions, major gusts, direction changes, but all in all lots of fun. Very cold. 4 sailors total. Wind ranged from 5.0 to 7.5. See ya next time...,
Geoff Lewis, - Sunday, May 16, 2004 at 22:31:59 (MDT)

Sat, May 15, Island Beach, 7.9, FF 138
Good wind at noon, but the clouds raced in, shut it down by 3pm. A fine crowd in alphabetical order: Alberto, Dave O,Jim S. Layne/Cindy,Steve,Trevor/Troy, Willy. ,
John D, - Saturday, May 15, 2004 at 20:50:23 (MDT)

4-27----------5-12, Gorged myself, Alittle of everything,
I started watching the weather up there and left on the 26thand on the 27th it nuked sailed 4.2 and 3.7 at the hatch in the A.M. and Doug's in the P.M.and ther next day was perfect 4.7 and 4.2 same places.I love this time of year with hardly any people up there yet.I do that alot,go to dougs after the A.M. sesh at the hatch.It switched and blew easterlies for 2 days and sailed 5.3 one day and 5.9 the next.Nice and strong and steady.remember I'm usually on a half size bigger sail than most. The rest of the time it was alot of 4.7 and 5.3 with 3 days of nuke conds.and huge swell.I only got skunked 2 days the whole trip.14 of 16 this time of year is awesome.They are playing with the water levels alot and one of the east days they were holding it back so not much current to fight.And on the 2 nuke days at Maryhill,there were huge swells that went from the middle of the river all the way to the Oregon side.awesome. The water was 50 degrees when I got there and 56 when I left. Good news. Now the bad. Gas was 2.09 when I got there and 2.33 when I left. The air temps were 60's and low 70's I'll be going again around the 26th or so. Hope to see you there.I have my phone up there call if you want. 891-2008,
Tom, - Saturday, May 15, 2004 at 08:06:12 (MDT)

5.14, DC, Gaastra Nitro, Starboard
Pleasant first day. Wish the boys would have stayed. The clouds that fouled the airflow for the early crew broke and just when I thought the holes were enough to prevent me from rigging and that I would wait for another day the wind filled in from one side to the other with little shaggy caps as far as the eye could see and held. I sailed until 6pm when the clouds started to form again. At that point the gusts came back and the holes did too but in reality commitments are what brought me in. Another couple arrived halfway through my sesh and was rigging when I dragged my lazy butt to dry land. Bet they got a few rides but the smoothest air was all mine. No jet skis, just one wake boat, and a few fishermen. Millcreek canyon and City Creek canyon have odd/even day usage plans, wouldn't it be great if DC had "no motor" days to alternate with motor madness mayhem days during the heavy use summer season, say June through August? Dream on but they did it in the canyons, it could happen, probably will someday. Anyway, it sure was nice and warm. No booties but my feet didn't even turn the slightest pink or blue or get the hurts or anything. The weekend looks good, maybe I can sneak up again. ,
C-Diddy, - Friday, May 14, 2004 at 20:46:36 (MDT)

Friday, May 14, Island Beach, 7.5 Gaastra GTR, FF 138
At 1pm it was definitely capping, water 58, air 72 but it sure felt colder. Jim S. on his 6.0, Dave O on his 6.7. Mr. Peterson used his new Fridays off pass to rip past all of us on his 7.5 WW, 124 litre Fanatic. There was a Carl C sighting but overall the day had major lulls. ,
John D, - Friday, May 14, 2004 at 17:53:40 (MDT)

5-12, SSB, 16m X2, 157cm
Arrived around 4:30 to nice 15-18mph. Jake was already there setting up his 18m kite. He hit the water soon after I arrived and was well powered and looking good. I decided to rig my new 16m X2. By the time I finished rigging I could see that Jake was struggling to stay up wind and was working south along the west beach. That was not a good sign but I thought I would give it a try. Launched the 16m and knew immediately that it wasn't enough. So I pulled out the 20m kite. Arpi showed up and decided on his 21.5m kite. By the time I was ready to go the wind came up a notch again. Rode one reach on the 20m before I decided that it was too much kite. Came back in to switch to back to the 16m. Ryan showed up at that time with a 12m and a 25m. Neither of those kites were going to work well in the 18mph winds. I figured Ryan's skill and his short 125cm board would allow him to hold down my 20m so I offered it to him. All four of us rode for about 1 hour. I am stilling trying to figure out tuning for this new kite and as a result I rode either underpowered or overpowered (its just not tuned correctly) as the winds fluctuated in speed and direction. The speeds were somewhere between 15mph and 25mph. At times I was lit and I could only image Apri and Ryan holding down those monster kites in those winds. Then it hit. The wind went from about 20mph to 30+mph and within 60 seconds mother nature had take us all out. As much as I hate to drop the bar it became obvious there was no other choice. I felt better when I looked around and all kites were flat on the water although I think Ryan was the last man standing before he caved. I just can't imagine the power Arpi and Ryan were experiencing. They get the big men on the beach award. I've never seen 20+m kites and 20-25mph winds. They were doing it until the wind jumped above 30mph. After we all regrouped with kites in hand and tangled lines we considered rerigging down but the cold and the unpredictability of the wind made it a no go. We broke the cardinal rule (at least for SSB) we packed up with the wind still blowing and the sun still up. Quite the day!,
Dean Davis, - Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 00:05:26 (MDT)

5/10/04, SSB, 480 ark, 460 litwave
I got to SSB about 6:00 pm to see the whole beach look like a giant sand blaster. The wind was coming south west in a side off condition that gave you no repreave from the bowing sand. I waited and watched for about 30 minutes and then rigged my 480 ark. This baby is tiny. I was going up wind pretty good when a series of big winds picked me up and just held me about 3 feet off the water for 20 or 30 seconds. I just sat there with the kite at 12 oclock waiting for it to calm down. The waves were 3 to four feet. When the wind would lull down to 20 the waves would just swallow the board. It was cool to fly a kite that small and get good rides. MattG,
matt G, - Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 13:16:20 (MDT)

Big Monday, All Over, 7.5, 6.0, 4.2, 105l, 85l
What a week, my arms feel like logs. Yesterday I tried to do the dawn and sunset patrol but the sunset session proved too much. The morning was good, strong 7.5 down to 6.0 on the wave board. For the evening I drove to MM19 which took 90 minutes because of traffic and power outages, got there in time to see everyone come off the water with expressions of utter exhaustion after being crushed on 3.5 or less. Went out on a 4.2 with offshore wind which was very strange. Took 2 passes then went to Rocky Point. No one was there as the wind switched, the water then proceeded to boil and smoke like I have never seen. I could lean way far into the wind and it would hold me up. Also I could throw large stones into the air and watch them almost float. There is no way my 4.2 would have stood up to those conditions, (huge wind + large swell + not small enough gear + by yourself = DEATH) I opted to watch the wind for 30 minutes then drove home. I clocked a tumble weed at 35, and got passed by garbage. Got to love sailing here. Blown off the water 2 times in 2 weeks. See you next time... Geoff ,
Geoff Lewis, freelewi@hotmail.com. - Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 10:37:57 (MDT)

5/10/04, Mona, 3.5, small
Couldn't have been any better. Any more wind & I couldn't have stayed on the water, any less & I'd have known it could have been better. Sailed from 3:30-7:30 on all my smallest gear. Perfect conditions with great swell in the main channel for launching. Sounds like there was little disapointment anywhere this day. ,
Dave Griffiths, - Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 09:54:27 (MDT)

5/10, MM19, 5.0, 3.5, F2 250 wave 75l
Arrived at about 12:30, rigged a 5.0 and nicely powered and playing in the swell til about 3. Came in and rigged down to my 3.5, rode til about 6:30 in pure armeggedon type conditions. Aloha, D. ,
Danger D, - Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 08:54:44 (MDT)

may 10th, Willard bay, 4.2m, f2 wave
Willard bay reminded me of sailing Oregon Coast (with much warmer water), very windy, big chop, shorebreak/?. Gusty, rigged a 4.7m, at first, (-what was I thinking???) then went down (to a very flag rigged) 4.2m. Around 4:30-5PM it started to blow really hard, -blowing sand in the parking lot, then around 5:30 shifted (to the west). Lots of sailors, nice to see you all.,
adrian, - Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 08:45:55 (MDT)

5/10/04, Rush lake, 5.0 GTO Kite,
I got to Rush at 2;30 and sailed till 6;00, it was Gorge wind all the way. I rode the edge of the envelope all day,all by myself wondering where everybody else was. See ya all next time it blows Mitch,
mitch cummings, m6j6c6@hotmail.com 801 9449048. - Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 08:28:12 (MDT)

5/10/04, Utah Lake MM19, 5.2, 3.7, 8'2' 76L, 9"
I was surprised to come over the hill and see half of UWA there considering I have had to sail by myself for 3 out of the last 4 sessions at MM19. Like Rick said, it was worth it for the waves, definitely the biggest rollers in Utah. Another plus, I think all the midges must have been blown to Wyoming. I expected to get blown off the water but ended up with a great sesh and had a great time watching everyone else handle the conditions. The drive back was bad. From Lehi to Point of the Mountain was hang on to the wheel for dear life and hope the van didn’t blow over. I think if I had been using my Gorge rack on top of the car I would have been upside down in the median.,
Ken, - Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 08:21:58 (MDT)

5/10, Mona, 4.5, 3.5, 77 Acid
Mona "Lisa" was SWEET. Arrived at noon and rigged a 4.5. I was dialed in on the 4.5 for 3 hours. Rigged down to a 3.5 and rode until 5:30. It started to go SW about 5:30. Did I mention how clean the water was. Sorry I didn't return any calls, Mona is pretty much out of range on my ATT cell phone. I had 12 messages from kiters wanting to know where the best place to kite would be. The best place to kite was on sailboard. ,
Mike Rossberg, miker@macqc.com. - Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 08:02:39 (MDT)

5/10/2004, MM19, 4.2-5.2, 78L/115L
Absolutely NUTS! My sailing day started at about 2:30PM... I rode the 5.2/115L fully powered for a couple of hours or so and then it picked up... Rode 4.2/78L fully powered to WHAT'S MY NAME AGAIN>>> WHAT DAY IS IT??? WHO IS PRESIDENT??? OVER POWERED! Actually, it was absolutely sweet 3.2 but it was so windy and sand was blowing so hard on shore that I simply downhauled the living cowpie out of my 4.2 while I was replacing the Starboard side harness line that I blew out... As I was fixing mine, Danger came in with the same side harness line hanging from his boom. The wind was strong... To say the least... The waves out further were the biggest I have ever seen at MM19 or at Utah Lake for that matter... Most people were riding 2.8 to 3.5 during the NUKE! I am hammered... Everybody seemed to be enjoying it... somewhat... But when it clocked around to WEST! at around 6:30 or so it was a sand blast! Derigging was the toughest I could remember, but the day was HUGE!,
Rick Heninger, - Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 02:55:17 (MDT)

May 10, Rush Lake, none, none
For anyone who thinks they might have gotten a session at Rush today if they motivated early, consider: I arrived at the lake at 10:00 AM, hoping to get a session before the big winds arrived. Well, it was blowing 22-40 on the wind meter and when I drove away I had to stop because the dust took visibility to zero for nearly 30 seconds. I drove south through the dust storm towards Lehi and Lindon Beach. There was no wind at 11:30 AM. Anyone ride there in the PM?,
Chase, - Monday, May 10, 2004 at 20:54:05 (MDT)

5/10/04, South Bay UL, 4.2, 78L
Sailed from 4:30 to 6:15 pm powered to over powered and then pretty much blown off the lake. It would seem that any more these cold fronts require 3.0 and 60L boards.,
Willy Sturgis, - Monday, May 10, 2004 at 19:56:37 (MDT)

May 8th, Sulfer Creek, 6.5, 91ltr.
We decided to make the first trip to SC. after attending the annual Swap. I was a bit worried after we first hit the water, it was mostly schlogging and bobbing between the wind lines. That water is still mighty cold by the way. Then the wind finally filled in for some pretty good 6.5 sailin. The whole group had a good time. Plane Master Stu, WindKiller D. SmoothJibbing John, Speedy Ken, JibeQueen Linda, StylinJeff, Lana & Fred (with his new sail "The Bitch")and a few others that we haven't named yet. SR,
Sarah, - Monday, May 10, 2004 at 10:46:07 (MDT)

Sunday, May 9, Island Beach, 7.5 Gaastra GTR, FF 138
Kicked in at 12, more steady than Sat. Just me and Jim Southwick,he had a 6.0 for his two hr session. Jim recorded a 32-42k gust, steady 22k. Hot day, hot water compared to 47 degree water at Sulphur. Roberto of Chile did day 4 of learning, true grit considering he's survived one destroyed 85 litre board that thought it was a seagull,instructions from 8 of us all at once and had to watch Layne Peterson on Sat put on a speed and jibe clinic. ,
John D, - Sunday, May 09, 2004 at 20:59:29 (MDT)

5/9/04, Sulphur, 6.9, Carve 135L
Patience is not my virtue. The weatherman said it would be after 2:00 before the west winds came up. I took a nap, read a mag, and was even calling Provo Muni when I noticed a dark wind line by the dam at 2:15. Then it was a wild scramble to rig the equipment I should have already rigged. It filled in right away for a nice 45 minute session starting SW and ending NW (screaming reaches from Darin’s point to the SW corner of the dam, interesting direction to sail). Then it got real up and down for another hour to test the patience. Then it filled in again straight from the west for another good hour session. Another very nice Sulphur day. 3rd day in a row for Sulpur and the sixth straight day of sailing, what a season.,
Ken, - Sunday, May 09, 2004 at 20:39:47 (MDT)

5/8/04, Sulfur, 6.7, 109 Fanatic / 145 Carve
Enjoyed a nice afternoon at Sulfur, yes it was holey, yes it was gusty, but what the heck, great group of sailors (8-10 of us). Best wind came in about 4:30 for about an hour. Water a little chilly, but getting warmer. Sailed DC on Friday -- thanks to Steve (from Saratoga Springs), hauled by butt back clear across the lake after my mast extension broke -- No easy feat. You da man Steve! Thanks again!!!,
John Freed, - Sunday, May 09, 2004 at 15:31:13 (MDT)

Saturday 5/8/04, Mona, 7.5-6.0M, 275 Techno
Mona Delivers !! I thought that despite Craig's forcast, Mona might sustain a little more wind late into the day. We were the only ones on the lake, for our year's first session and it was perfect. A little overpowering in the gusts but it was nice to start the season in a shortie! Hope to join our sailing buddies at one of the more popular sites sometime soon.,
Trip and Judi, - Sunday, May 09, 2004 at 14:50:57 (MDT)

5/8/04, Deer Creek, 6.5, Carve 111
beautiful first session of the year (harboring and nursing injuriies). Arrived with John and Brett rigging the big stuff. But some stronger gusts were coming across the lake. So I put down the formula and large sail for the Carve 111 and a 6.5. I couldn't rig the new sailworks well on a 490 so I still have to figure it out. One of my harness straps broke so I only had a partial lock. Once sailing I noted that my boom had some linear fractures that let the boom really bend on one side. It was just enough to not blow up but enough to get around with a little concern. Saw quite a large crew of sailors there. I should have sailed befor e the swap as i would have bought an additional boom and mast. ca va. a very warm fully powered few hours. Rob,
Rob Smith, - Sunday, May 09, 2004 at 01:10:37 (MDT)

5/7 Fri., Rush, 18 Aero II, 147 Hammersurf
Blowing so hard in SLC, that we (Doug) went out kinda early. Jeff had his 19.5 rigged when we got there, but not much wind. It came & went most of the afternoon till it finally filled in late afternoon for some good rides. Mitch, Jake, Rob, Mark also there. I rigged a new safety, 5th element type line to the leading edge of my kite. instant depower, let go of the bar and the kite just floats upside down (just like we cary a kite on the beach) no tangled lines. When the kite is down on the water, pull the line and it pulls the kite on its back without having to swim toward the kite, and the lines can be rolled up to the kite on the water without worry of kite powering up. And with a little work, it even helps relaunch the kite. I got the idea from Ken Winner last fall in the Gorge, but I made it work with non North kite. I followed instructions from kiteforum.com (topic: Taking the 5th) Its the safest release I've used. ,
Marty, - Saturday, May 08, 2004 at 12:58:05 (MDT)

Fri. 5/7/04, Sulphur, 6.9, Carve135L(52cm), Ride 277(104L)(38cm)
Got work done in time for a mid-afternoon session. After spending Wed. and Thur. at MM19, I knew if I saw another midge (or is it clouds at Utah Lake) I would go mad. So it was off to Sulphur. Some nice windlines yielded almost continuous planers on the big Carve for an hour until it died at 3:30. But all I had to do was wait for Doug’s 4:00 blow that ripped back in with a vengeance. I switched to the Ride then and had another 2.5 hours of very powered up sailing. It was still ripping when I left which is a good sign for today. Tue. at Sulphur was as intense a session as I ever have whereas today’s was just sweet winds, steady enough I only blew 2 jibes in the 3.5 hours. It’s a little chilly on the feet but I have been in a wetsuit both days. What a great place to sail.,
Ken, - Saturday, May 08, 2004 at 09:32:41 (MDT)

5/7/04, South Bay ( Derek's Beach), 6.8, 105 L
Caught 40 minutes of planning deep in the south bay around 6:00 pm , Windsurfing rocks.,
Willy Sturgis, - Saturday, May 08, 2004 at 09:21:40 (MDT)

5/7/04, Deer Creek, 6.0, 261 Real Wind, 9’2" Bruce Jones
Arrived around 10:30 rigged and sailed on and off about three hours. The water wasn’t too cold. The wind died down around 1:30, at about 2:30 more sailors going out on larger gear. About 10 sailors. A good day.,
Tom Smart, smart@desnews.com. - Friday, May 07, 2004 at 20:11:52 (MDT)

5/6/04, Deer Creek, 12 meter, litwave 142
It was a typical gusty day at deer Creek. The wind was between 14 to 25. I was overpowered underpowered and just plain powered. When the strong winds would cycle through it made for some great jumping and easy upwind riding. I started at the east end of the lake and was able to get up past the boat launch. There were several winsurfers out and they looked to be doing pretty well. It was great to ride in clean water. Matt G,
matt G, - Friday, May 07, 2004 at 08:50:46 (MDT)

8/6 Thu, Rush, 12 Aero II, 147 Hammersurf
Good 12Mm wind from 1:30 til 7:00. Lots of kiters with Derrik on our minds. Doug, Jon M. Jeff M. Chase & friend Mitch, & wife Chris, Jake, Ryan & a few others enjoyed the wind with 3-4 windsurfers. Moss is getting worse every day. The end of rush is looming already.,
Marty, - Friday, May 07, 2004 at 08:07:39 (MDT)

5/6/2004, MM19, 6.7, 115 L
Arrived at MM19 with Josh Shirley and found two other sailors already on the water at around 5:30PM... There were some cocoa caps...Not quite as cocoa as last year... They are whiter due to more water... We couldn't touch the bottom in the middle... Even when we went under... I went down about 15 feet and couldn't touch... Maybe it's just a hole I found that goes to China or Rush but it is deeper than it's been. We rode for a good hour and a half fully powered before it backed off. Great session... Mike Rossberg... Gotta address your moonlight sesh... About four years ago Paul Quilter, Layne, and I sailed Rush in the evening moonlight in 80 degree weather... Nothing better... Except those nights at Yuba when I'd rig a light on the tip of my mast and go out in the SUPER consistent night wind... Riding once at night about 30 feet away a pelican or something flew right with me... I could see it's silouhette in the moonlight reflected off the midnight chop... You can see very well... Better than people think... Midnight sailing once during the fourth of July certain FOLK were lighting large fireworks that would light up my whole sail each time... It is one of the most serene and peaceful experiences to sail in the moon light... There are a few others amongst us who have done the same... So I know exactly what you're talking about... Except I didn't wake up at 3AM to get out there... HOLY SNIKEYS! That is serious dawn patrol.,
Rick Heninger, - Friday, May 07, 2004 at 01:14:19 (MDT)

5/5/04, Rush in the MOON LIGHT, 25M,
The MOON LIGHT ride. I finally achieved one of my windriding fantasies, Riding in the Moon light. I checked Penny’s at 3am and it was South at 12mph. Arrived at Rush at 4am with a beautiful full moon and a nice 8-12mph from south, perfect 25M wind. I found it easy to layout the lines with my head lamp. I attached a glow stick to one of the pig tails of my kite. I didn’t know how well my blue kite would show in the night in sky. To my surprise, I could see the kite fine, but it looked cool with an orange light on it. I was powered and skimmin’ with the moon light dancing in the water. It really was incredibly peaceful and almost felt like dream. Now that's a dawn patrol.,
Mike Rossberg, miker@macqc.com. - Thursday, May 06, 2004 at 22:04:10 (MDT)

May 5, Rush Lake , 15.0, 9.0, 157, 137
Wind started blowing 8-15 mph by 1:00. It was a bit gusty and a bit of work until 2:30 or so and the wind picked up to 15-25. Pretty strong gusts, but the lulls weren't too bad. An amazing site out there: Mitch had an 18.0, Doug had a 14.0 and I had a 9.0. We're all about the same size. It was a perfect example of different ways to fly a kite; hanging on for dear life (gusts), nice/even power and under-powered, using the blazing speed of a smaller kite. We all ripped and many joined us until dusk. Best day of the season and no wetsuit at all.,
Chase Stewart, - Thursday, May 06, 2004 at 06:37:21 (MDT)

5/5/04, Utah Lake MM19, 5.7, 6.9, 85L Sonic
I actually completed the work day before noticing Provo Muni at SW15. That is normally perfect 5.7 at MM19. Whitecaps all the way from Rocky to MM19 confirmed a winner. Almost too warm to be in a wetsuit, it felt great to land in the water for a few minutes (quite a contrast compared to Sulphur yesterday). Large, well formed waves provided lots of fun. Made it on the 5.7 1 hour then rigged the 6.9 in a lull. Got my arms yanked out of the socket for about 15 minutes then it calmed down to perfect 6.9 for about an hour. I am still surprised the little 85L Sonic can handle a 6.9 but it was very comfortable, very fast, and much more fun than the Ride in the big waves. Another great after work sesh. Utah Lake just continues to serve up the sesh’s. The only negative was thousands of midges. I was able to get the van near the water, upwind of the row of bushes, and avoid them. It was so beautiful that I just about yanked the lounge chair out for some unwinding but it was off to the family’s Cinco De Mayo celebration (my wife comes from the Chavez clan).,
Ken, - Wednesday, May 05, 2004 at 20:50:40 (MDT)

CINCO DE MY-OH-MY, Sulphur, 5.0, F2 274 Ride
Viento loco - Arrived at 11:00 to good wind so I rigged a 5. On the water by 11:30 and it was really up and down. Total nothing lulls to yank me out of my footstraps gusts. Marty and Vern pulled in about 12:30. They decided to rig 6 and 6.5. I was pretty impressed that they could handle the gusts but they did great. It steadied out about 3. When I left at 5:00 it seemed about the best of the day, but I was whooped. Hasta Luego! D.,
Danger D, - Wednesday, May 05, 2004 at 19:25:00 (MDT)

5/4/04, Sulfur, 5.7 / 5.2, 109 / 85 liters
Couldn't pass up a 15-25 forecast for Sulfur (and it looks like it will continue all week!)... arrived at 1:00, sailed until 6:30. Ken engineered a "jail break" from work and joined me for a nice afternoon. Overpowered on the 5.7, rigged a 5.2, at times ok, at times overpowered. It's sure fun to be on the short boards! Gusts, some holes, but all in all a great day. Water a little chilly, air temps around 65-70.,
John Freed, jkfreed@msn.com. - Wednesday, May 05, 2004 at 07:49:40 (MDT)

mayday 04, DC, 8.0, 135 Carve
Planning and jibing from 2:00 to 4:00 as predicted. Still have a smile on my face.,
Willy Sturgis, - Monday, May 03, 2004 at 10:26:28 (MDT)

May 1st and 2nd, Pineview, 9.0, 147/70
Both days at PV were alot of fun, and very challenging with the new (fattie)F147. When we arrived on Sat. the wind line was just starting. We had hopes of riding 6.5's like the week before, but it didn't happen. Everyone on 7 something sails were getting rides in the gusts, but off a plane the rest of the time. So I thought it would be a good day to try out the Diva. By the time I rigged the 9.0 the wind was up a bit, and I was worried that I had too much for my first ride. But it worked out very well. It took a few reaches to get comfortable, and in the straps, and figure out how to "get er turned down wind". Then Stuart and I, went for the PV lake tour. I can finally plane as soon as Stuart does, waaaahooooo. Sunday was a little lighter and holeier! same gear, and alot of good rides to be had. I'm hoping the PV locals, do not feel too invaded, by our new frequent visits to PV. But it's been fun to sail somewhere new, that has such a friendly launch site and sailing crowd, thanks guys! ,
Sarah, Sarah.Ranes@slcgov.com. - Monday, May 03, 2004 at 09:47:50 (MDT)

5/2 Sunday, Deer Creek, Sailboat Beach, 7.2m^2, X-Ray
Wind came by sail boat beach at around 1:00. Unlike last Monday, which was almost a perfectly steady 9.2m^2 day, the wind was stronger and gustier. Winds were around 16 with gusts into the mid 20's. Had to have my 7.2 to survive the gusts. ,
Erik M, - Monday, May 03, 2004 at 08:00:31 (MDT)

Sunday, May 2, Island Beach, 7.9, Carve 131
Embedded exactly at 12:01 beachside should Goudie be off, not the case. 2pm Goudie time was of course exactly when DC did its thing. Lighter than Sat, holier. Same crew, add Alberto and Utah Lake Steve. Luckily Steve did NOT bust a nose or rip a sail. Hot temps, water is rapidly warming. Went glassy by 5:30. ,
Trevor/Troy Dubock, - Sunday, May 02, 2004 at 21:29:01 (MDT)

05/01/04, Pineview, 8.5, Mistral V130
Enjoyed a fine day of big-gear planers. The wind was blowing when I got there at 1:30, and I came off of the water 4:30ish. The 8.5 was a little big to start, but just right for the 4PM session. I saw people planing on 5.7's 7.0's, 7.5's, 7.6's and Sarah's 9.0, though I suspect the smaller sails were only planing in the gusts. Paul Gruendell got his planing reaches in. Sarah ruled the water on her new formula gear - good luck keeping up with her anymore. ,
Stuart Martin, - Sunday, May 02, 2004 at 10:00:37 (MDT)

5/1/04, Deer Creek island beach, 10.4, Start 70cm fin
Just as craig said, 2pm windline and we were planing until 4pm then I left, dont know if there were many rides after 4??, Great first day of the season for me an Louis and nice to see 8 or so other sailors.. Captain Southwick, Dubock, Bradshaws, wiley, layne and cindy, dave Oweniski?? sorry if I killed your name, and a few others.. It was a freakin Starboard convention with Layne drag racing dubock's Hypersonic , Louis on his new Free Formula 198 and John on a new Carve 131. ,
Brett, - Saturday, May 01, 2004 at 21:34:31 (MDT)

5/1/04, Rush Lake, Naish V4 25 meter, Litewave 169
Arrived early for the MAGIC 2:00 blow. It off started as usual about 1:30, at 8-12 mph and slowly filling in. Off to a great start. Problem was that it never went beyond 8-14 mph. The beauty of big kites and floaty boards is that you can usually keep on a plane but slowly but surely lose ground downwind. I was able to postpone the inevitable for about 2 1/2 hrs, but finally ended up way past the house after the fence line. Nice day for a walk. All in all a warm afternoon of easy cruising. ,
Jon M, - Saturday, May 01, 2004 at 19:20:35 (MDT)

4/30 Fri, Rush, 18 Aero II, 147 Hammersurf
Blowing hard enough for a 12m when we got there at noon, but that didn't last. Doug and I rigged 18m and kited till 4 along with Chase, Kenny, Brian from Jackson (snowkiting on Togwotee on Thur. water on Fri) and one other kiter. Starting to get a little moss. Hate to see that sh#t growing already.;(,
Marty, - Saturday, May 01, 2004 at 11:47:31 (MDT)

4-30-04, Rocky Point, 8.0 Ezzy, BicTechno 273 125l 40cm
I think there were 6-7 cars there, maybe more. Rick, Jamie, Ken, some others that I either don't know or my short memory can't conjure. Everyone else was on a 6.5 to 6.9. So ofcourse I had to man up and rig big! I rode totally powered for two hours, plenty fast. The wind seemed very consistent with a 3-4 mph difference betwixt the high and low. Only a few carp in the area made it out alive. ,
Josh, - Saturday, May 01, 2004 at 11:38:50 (MDT)

4/30/04, ULSSB, 8.0, 135 carve
Fickle planning at best with a few screamers as the sun set, three or four Kites out in the 20M range, it was sure warm compared to the blast we got wednesday.,
Willy Sturgis, - Saturday, May 01, 2004 at 09:04:38 (MDT)

4/30/04, Rush, 7.5, 109 liters
As Ken reported, we decided to take a shot at Rush... ditto to everything that Ken said, it's really too bad the water level is so low, because it does blow, just like the old days. I was using a 11.5" (29cm) fin and although we had a great time, it's a short reach, a lot of mud, and "maybe" 3' deep at the deepest point. Planning most of the time, except for a lull in the middle of the afternoon. ,
John Freed, - Saturday, May 01, 2004 at 08:33:54 (MDT)

Friday, 4/30/04, DC Island Beach, 6.0, FF138, 56cm
Deer Creek doesn't work when the wind is out of the North, right? That's what I've believed for years and told other sailors. After today, I'm not so sure. I'd been listening to the North wind for 3 days, and by 4:30 this afternoon, I couldn't take it any more. The air temperature was a reasonable 57 F, the wind speed was in the 15-25 mph range, and the direction (NNE) seemed to have stabilized. When I got to the beach, the wind at the launch was minimal, but out beyond the Island there were lots of whitecaps. Schlogged out to the windline, worrying that I'd rigged too small. Not so! Out of the Island's huge wind shadow, it was a planefest; gusts that were about all I could handle with the 6.0 and enough wind between gusts to keep me planing most of the time from 5:20 until about 7:30. The water level seems to have come up a little but is still very low, and the water temp remains in the low 50s. ,
Jim Southwick, - Friday, April 30, 2004 at 21:58:56 (MDT)

4/30/04, Rush and Utah Rocky, 6.9, Carve 135L
I usually save the sail-2-places-in-one-day stuff for the Gorge. But I was too nervous as John and I got skunked last Friday at RP. So when I heard he and Wayne were headed for Rush and it was blowing 18 I couldn’t resist. Bluffdale wind falling to 11 was the kicker. It was perfect 7.5 at Rush with lots of kiters blasting around but all I had was the 8.5 and 6.9. I chose the 8.5 and sailed easily planning for about 20 minutes. But I could feel the 40cm fin dragging at least 30% of the time. It’s a new Curtis fin and I just couldn’t stand to damage it so I packed up quick and headed to RP. RP was perfect when I got there and I regretted having driven there by way of Toole. It was around 2.5 hours of as good an after work session as you can ask for. I usually sail the 6.9 on the Ride but it was time to put the super planing Carve to the test. Except for the last trip in I didn’t come off a plane long enough to be able to figure a planning percent other than 100%. Only 6 sailors showed up. Fully powered rips across the lake were a blast and it was back to making lots of jibes. But now I am beginning to get a serious case of tennis elbow so I will have to see. It seems to be holding the mast during water starts that is killing the left arm. Oh well. It was great to see Rush again. But now that I have Rush water on some equipment and Utah Lake water on the rest I think I miss the Rush wind but not Rush Lake. ,
Ken, - Friday, April 30, 2004 at 21:41:19 (MDT)

4/28/04, Rocky Point, 3.7, 8'11" HiTech
A little late on this but can’t get it out of my mind. Check Jamie’s report for the wind details. Wednesday was only the 4th day in 13 years of windsurfing that I have been blown off the water (at least since I got 3.5/3.7 sails). 2 times were on south winds at good old Rush and 2 times at Rocky point. It has never happened to me at the Gorge although I am sure it happens at times. John and I would have been happy with a nice 5.5 day. We kept getting rain and snow reports from family in SLC but the rain held off until late in the afternoon. Even after watching Mike get wasted and the first crew of 3 with 3.0’s get blasted around we decided we would shoot ourselves for not trying it even though all we had were the 3.7’s. All I can say is wow. Never made a jibe and didn’t even attempt very many but definitely was airborne a lot. The heavier HiTech board seem to do better than some of the super lights that tended to get picked up off the water. The next log was sailing more my speed.,
Ken, - Friday, April 30, 2004 at 21:40:21 (MDT)

4/28/04, ULSSB, 4.2, 5.5, 78L, 105L
Sailed 4.2 for about a half hour around 4:00 pm Rain clouds came in and killed the good stuff. Re rigged 5.5 and sailed in the rain mostly powered.,
Willy Sturgis, - Thursday, April 29, 2004 at 08:53:31 (MDT)

4/28/04, Rocky Point, 3.0, 8'2" Hi-Tech
Front came thru about noon with the water sheeting in the 60 mph (????) gusts. M. Rossberg braved it while the rest of us waited it out. About 2 PM, the wind backed off a tad to overpowered 3.0. 3 to 4:30 PM saw the most sailors on the water, about six of us. The Provo Airport was reporting 43 gusting to 51 @ 3 PM. The Lake level dropped several feet during the blow. Pretty amazing to sail quality 3.0 in this neck of the woods.,
Jamie, - Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at 18:16:50 (MDT)

04/27/04, Deercreek - Sailboat Beach, 6.9, 282 HiFly with 44 cm fin
First time out this year for Grant McAllister & myself - Grant on a 6.0. Arrived just after 1.00pm & the wind was coming down the lake. Lasted about 1 & 1/2 hours before going 8.0 which we didnt rig. Water not bad with the wetsuit but when you turf it & go in head first its a shock.,
Duane Karren, dk@kha-cpa.com. - Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at 15:46:16 (MDT)

4/28/04, Great Salt Lake, 14M Flysurfer Voodoo Kite, 157 Wave Tray
Went out during lunch. Figured the only place not too windy to kite would be the GSL. Arrived at the marina to 20 mph winds. The wind backed down a bit, so I put up a 14M foil. Rode powered up for awhile and then the wind backed down due to the heavy rain. ,
Kenny, - Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at 15:01:27 (MDT)

4/28, Rush, 7.5, 5.0, napkin, 85L DeathRide
A wild one out in the mud pit. The south wind really wasn't there at all. I was on a 7.5 it was up and down for an hour. Then the wind turned west and got good for 20 minutes before tapering and violently turning to the north. It was classic Rush, the lake turned black as night and looked like boiling coffee. I have never seen so many white caps. Blowing sand, tumble weeds, garbage it all came blowing by. I rigged my smallest, a 5.0 and went out. It was death rides O plenty. I got stuck on the other side for like 10 minutes it was so windy, everytime I raised my sail the wind slammed it back down. Finally I just did the survival ride back to the launch side. Derigging, my big board blew 100 yards down the shore like a feather except it would launch and catch 6 feet of air every time it hit the ground. Luckily its a Bic and built solid. A wild day for sure, wish I had the 3.5, O well it still put a smile on my face. Geoff,
Geoff Lewis, - Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at 14:38:18 (MDT)

4/28 Wed, Rocky pt UT Lake, 3.5, 77 Acid
Rocky pt served up a good lunch special, NW 30-45 mph. I sailed for about 45 min between the smoke lines that came racing by. I took some air and crashed into my boom and the clam rope broke so I walked in called it day. I only missed 2.5 hours work and had good sesh. ,
Mike Rossberg, miker@macqc.com. - Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at 14:27:08 (MDT)

4-27-04, Fairview - Skyline Drive, 12M Cabrinha & 7M RRD, Snowboard & Skis
Sweet wind at Fairview and great snow conditions. There's enough white stuff to last well into May. Wind was from the Southwest all day in the 10-15mph range. Randy, Mike P. and I arrived at noon to blue skies and steady wind. Brian, Heather and Josh arrived a little later and the hills were covered with tracks when we all left around 5:30pm. ,
Derik Sayers, derik@ukbinc.com. - Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at 07:40:17 (MDT)

4/26, Deer Creek, Sailboat Beach, 9.2m^2, Fanatic X-Ray
Arrived at 1:00. Wind line came acrossed the lake about twenty minutes after that. By 2:00 fully powered. Between 3:00 and 4:00 I don't think I came off of a plane. I finally packed it up when I couldn't hold on anymore. Measured 12-16mph and gusts into the 20's with my Wind Wizard. The water temp is still cold enough to make your feet go numb, and when they thaw the itching will drive you crazy. I wore my booties after that. It was my first time out this season. I couldn't have asked for a better session.,
Erik, - Tuesday, April 27, 2004 at 07:46:22 (MDT)

4/26/04, Rush Lake, Naish V4 25 meter, Litewave 169
Arrived at 1:00 pm to 8-12 mph. Rigged the 25, by the time I was ready to go it had built slightly to 10-15 almost perfect for the 25. Could have used a little more but mostly on a plane with some pumping of the kite. Not much lift for boosting, however. Needed Kenny's 30. All in all a nice, STEADY, warm afternoon. Sounds like big things to come later on in the week.,
Jon M, - Monday, April 26, 2004 at 21:13:33 (MDT)

4/25/04, Pineview, 6.5, 91 Ltr.
Third time out in Utah, is a charm at Pineview. My first two attepts were skunks, so this was a treat, and pretty good wind fix. Darren already posted about attendees and wind conditions. I was pleasantly surprised that the wind stayed as long as it did. I would say that I planned about 80% of the time, so that was great. The water level was good and the temp was cold. My feet were a little numb by the time I came off of the water, but I was smiling...SR,
Sarah, Sarah.Ranes@slcgov.com. - Monday, April 26, 2004 at 10:39:39 (MDT)

4/24/2004, ULSSB, 18mFuel, Lassen Custom 150
Showed up around 4pm, wind was right at 10-11. There where a number of others there including Arpie, Jared Jaynes, Chase, and a few foil boarders. Those of the 15m where just on the verge of being able to ride. I rode but really had to work the kite hard. Most everyone left except for Arpie, Jared and I, and just as everyone left it filled in to a steady 14-15. Arpie flew a 21.5 ARX, me on my 18m Fuel, and Jared on his 15m Cabrinha and we rode until sunset with the steady evening theremal. It seems on clear days with no fronts coming through to mess stuff up we get almost a daily evening thermal kicking in betweent 6pm and 7pm.,
Erik Lassen, - Monday, April 26, 2004 at 09:16:50 (MDT)

Whoops, I meant 4/25, Pineview, ", "
Danger D, - Monday, April 26, 2004 at 07:36:07 (MDT)

4/24, Pineview, 6.9-6.0, F2 274 Ride
Arrived at the Lake about 10 a.m. and went for a mt. bike ride on the skyline trail (across the street from the windsurf beach). About an hour into the ride I could see the wind had shifted west and was coming up over the dam. Rode back to the beach and rigged a 6.9. Sailed for about an hour consistently overpowered so I came in and rerigged to 6.0. Went back out for a couple of hours with some excellent rides, and even some overpowering gusts. Sailed til about 5. Shared the lake with lots of other sailors, Baci Bob, Doug, Vern, Dave, Mike, Dane, Sharon, Melinda, Sarah, Linda, and I'm sure I forgot lots of other people. Water was very cold. Aloha, D.,
Danger D, - Monday, April 26, 2004 at 07:32:56 (MDT)

4/25/04, DC, 7.0, Hifly 145L
First session in Utah was just great. Sailed for a little over an hour with pretty steady wind and nicely powered. Water temp measured by Jim S. was only 52.5F though. More incentive to make the jibes.,
Vern Van Leuven, - Sunday, April 25, 2004 at 19:13:17 (MDT)

4/23 & 24, Rush, 30M Naish V4, 157 Wave Tray & 148 Jimmy Lewis
Two days of light north wind. I was glad to have the 30 both days. Doug joined me on Friday. We would get a few nice planers and then the wind would back off and we would walk upwind. After a few minutes the wind would come up again and off we would go. Doug left around 4 PM and then the wind finally filled in for a solid hour before I left at 5. Today the wind was about the same. Mark showed up with his ARC 1510 and got a few rides. The water was considerably colder yesterday compared to today. It is amazing how close the water at Rush is to the ambient air temp.,
Kenny, - Saturday, April 24, 2004 at 20:56:10 (MDT)

Sat. 4/24, Island Beach, 7.5, Carve 131
Every direction early, by 1pm it was go time. Steve Nyhus on a 9.0, Jim Southwick on his 7.2, onshore wind that finally gave up by 6pm. Water level is fine, due to nippy water the only jet ski was Mr. Southwick, Captain of Team Ezzy Flyweight. Mesonet at DCC said 15:00 51.0 air, 14 to 28 WSW. Before dark Memorial Hill flags were North, so was Jordanelle, perhaps a mini front came through. As long you don't stare at the glacier on Timp it might be Fall sailing. ,
John Dubock, - Saturday, April 24, 2004 at 19:35:52 (MDT)

4/23/04, ULSSB, 20M Naish Aero II, 169 Litewave
Many of you noticed Provo reading 12-14mph during the early afternoon Friday. The problem was when I got to SSB the wind was only at the airport. I could see the wind line cutting NW and anything south of the airport was left out. Finally after 2 hours of watching thru my binoculars it pushed down to the beach. Dean arrived about 15 min later. We got several underpowered rides on the 10mph wind that arrived. Later around 7:00 it filled in to 12mph-15mph and got some decent rides for an hour. ,
Derik Sayers, derik@ukbinc.com. - Saturday, April 24, 2004 at 09:21:38 (MDT)

4/22/04, Rush , Naish X2 10 meter, Slingshot SX137
Arrived to 15-25 mph. Took a chance on the 10 meter. Right about a 1/3 or the time OP'D 1/3, not enought 1/3. Lasted about 1 hr. in the cold GUSTY conditions. Jeff arrived I send him out on the 10 and he yo-yoed down the lake about 10 feet off the water several times and then bailed. It started to get even gustier and then rained. Left soon after. WOW was it WINDY!,
Jon M, - Friday, April 23, 2004 at 12:47:19 (MDT)

4/22/04, Utah Lake Rocky, 3.7, 8'2" HiTech
There was very little wind on the either airport meter but the pressure gradients on the mesonet said it should rip. And it did. It felt like sailing in a hurricane. There was nothing smooth or laid back about the water or the wind. A lot of water must have blown to the south end of the lake as I could touch bottom when I fell. Definitely not a day for pretty jibes, most jibes were the kind my family likes to watch on video (and I would like to erase). It was great to pull in and see John and Tom were there to enjoy it with me. When we left, a military helicopter was making practice water drops on a tank just south of Rocky. It was pretty neat to watch.,
Ken, - Friday, April 23, 2004 at 07:39:22 (MDT)

4-22-04, R.P., 4.2, 262 F/2
Ken Onstott,John Freed,and I got all we wanted yesterday.theyboth rigged 4.2's,and I rigged a 4.7 and we all came back in. I got flattened the first time I flipped the sail around. So I rigged my 4.2 and they rigged 3.7,s and went back out. It was better but still overpowering.First time on my new board,and it felt good.I think I'll be able to dial it in.A 4th showed up{I'm so bad with names, sorry}and went out on a 4.0 and was still sailing when I left. You could say it nuked all day. I'm going again today as they say still north, supposedly.,
Tom W, - Friday, April 23, 2004 at 07:16:28 (MDT)

4/17, MM19, 5.6, F2 274 Ride
Arrived at MM19 about 11:00 and started to rig a 5.6 when the wind totally shut down. Made the drive to Mona arrived just when the wind died there too. Drove back to MM19 just as the wind came back about 1:30. Rigged my 5.6 and went out. For the first 45 minutes or so I should have came in and rigged a 4.5 with my small board. But I hung on to the 5.6 and it backed down a little. Sailed about another hour took a small break and went out again for about another hour session. Just me and Melinda and Jim ripping it up. It made me tingle in my special place. Later, D.,
Danger D, - Sunday, April 18, 2004 at 10:26:00 (MDT)

4/17/04, Rush Lake, Naish V4 10,8, Slingshot 137 SX
Arrived at Rush at a DECENT hour 9:00, Kenny gets the Dawn Patrol award but he also got the smmothest wind. Doug Mitch and I rode for about 2 hours fully powered on 10's. Then it picked up. Several others arrived and we rigged 8's, not quite enough. The wind shifted more out of the west and things got really gusty. Dirt was blowing from all directions. Quite a show. GREAT to share the pond with windsurfers. Just like the old days, less about 4' of water. ,
Jon M, - Sunday, April 18, 2004 at 07:36:14 (MDT)

4/17/04, Fairview - Skyline Drive, 7M RRD, Snow Board
Strange day for wind and snowkiting at Fairview - Skyline Drive. Randy and I got to the top around 2:30pm. There were a lot of storm clouds on top of the mountain today which made the winds gusty and shifty. The wind was from 0 to 25pmh, up and down all afternoon. The best rides came when the wind switched from West to Southwest around 3:30pm and stayed steady at 20mph for about 1/2 hour. Then it switched back to the West and shut down. 5 minutes later it was back to the same up and down pattern. There is still plenty of snow but some of the rocks and bushes are starting to stick out on west facing slopes.,
Derik Sayers, derik@ukbinc.com. - Saturday, April 17, 2004 at 22:14:33 (MDT)

4/17, Rush, 14M Flysurfer Voodoo, 148 Jimmy Lewis
Arrived at 5:45 and it was still dark (I hate daylight savings time). Matt Greff showed up with his foil kites, so I figured I would join him and ride a foil kite as well. The wind was out of the SE at 17 - 20. We rode 2 hours in very steady wind - far better than anything at Grantsville. Have to say that I missed the windsurfers. There were a few diehards that would always be out for a pig farm run on an early morning Rush SE. Now it is so shallow that the SW end of the lake is only a few inches deep. The water was butter smooth. I was glad to see a windsurfers Rush post. Hope the pond fills up enough for all of us to enjoy, not just the mudboarders.,
Kenny, - Saturday, April 17, 2004 at 21:06:27 (MDT)

4/17, Rush - , 6.0, 85l
I was called out to Rush after I was told that several other sailors were having no problem. Rigged the 6.0 and promtly got blown off the water as the wind jumped to 40. Waited 5 minutes and it was pig heaven. The water is barely just deep enough and once you get used to the fact that you are gybing in 15 inches of water its fine, I'm just glad I don't have to look at the bottom. The wind was a little variable but as long as I was overpowered it didn't matter. We saw 2 tornados around 5 o'clock to the southeast of the lake. it is so nice to sail out there again. Rush rules!!!!! The reaches are a little short but who gives a crap, at least we can rip out there for like a month. Yea Haw,
Geoff Lewis, - Saturday, April 17, 2004 at 20:12:49 (MDT)

4/16, Rush, 30M Naish V4, 148 Jimmy Lewis
Arrived to light conditions. After 45 minutes the wind picked up and I had a tough time holding on. Mike G. arrived and rigged a 16. We both rode another 45 minutes and left with the wind still blowing strong.,
Kenny, - Friday, April 16, 2004 at 22:52:34 (MDT)

4/16/04, Utah Lake MM19, 5.7, Aonic 85L, 32 cm Race
Headed out after lunch for Mona down the west side of the lake. But when the car started rocking by the rock quarry I knew the trip just got a lot shorter. Came around the corner to a lake full of whitecaps. Had a great time on the huge swells. There was a dark cloud to the south and all the way into Provo and it seemed to have something to do with the wind. The further I sailed towards Provo the lighter the wind. At times 4.0 conditions and at others 6.5 but the huge majority of the time it was perfect for ripping with the 5.7 and little Sonic. Any time it died back for a few minutes it was just a sign that it was getting ready to really rip. Ripped from 1:30 to 4:00 then the wind dropped back a notch or 2. I putzed around til 5:00 and even rigged the 6.9 but it was essentially over. It never went west and it seemed strange to drive by Rocky and see a few whitecaps from a north breeze. The air was in the 60’s, the wetsuit was comfortable, no hood needed, the sun was out half the time, great conditions.,
Ken, - Friday, April 16, 2004 at 20:45:04 (MDT)

4/15/04, Rush Lake, Naish V4's 16,12,10, Slingshot 137 Sx/Litewave 169
You name it we had it today. Strong (gusty) south winds all morning, getting a little light till about 4:00 pm then it switched. I left as the switch arrived. Shared the water with Chris and Thomas for most of the day. Several others arrived as the south tapered off. Fun but still alot of work, 1/3 OP'd, 1/3 lite, 1/3 Sweet. Ya Gotta Love It Baby.,
Jon M, - Thursday, April 15, 2004 at 18:29:47 (MDT)

4/14/04, Rush Lake, 16 Meter Naish V4, 137 Slingshot SX/169 Litewave
Interesting day at Rush Had two abbreviated sessions on South winds then a GREAT session on the North. Damn that Craig knows his stuff. North started at about 3:15, just as Jeff had to leave (thanks for the sacrafice), much less gusty than as has been the usual. Lasted about 1 1/2 hrs then backed off just as Matt and Jake arrived. I must be livin right. Note to Kenny, I rigged the 25 but when the lake is full of white caps the big thing scares me, I'm too old to be a human teabag. ,
Jon M, - Thursday, April 15, 2004 at 06:47:08 (MDT)

4/14/04, rush, 1510, 161
I arrived about 4:30 to a slight breeze out of the north. I played with my new Ark just barley keeping it in the air. It picked up a little and I tried to ride but it wasn't happening. I drug the kite out of the water and as I was cleaning it up a weird west wind came over the hills. I was able to ride for about 1/2 hour with overpowering gusts and short lulls. Any ride is a good ride! Matt G,
matt G, - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at 20:51:10 (MDT)

4/14/04, Utah Lake MM19, 6.9, C135, Ride 104L, Sonic 85L
Provo Muni was 20 when I ate lunch, 17 when I left work, 15 when I got to Lehi and 8 when I got to MM19. If you have sailed much at MM19 you know the feeling. I rigged and tried to get to a windline I could see and then had to schlog back. I was sure thankful I was on the big Carve then. But I guess good acts bring wind as I collected a bag full of beer bottles from the beach and then the wind went straight to 17. It stayed filled in 16 to 22 for 2.25 hours yielding a great time on the 2 smaller boards. About 5:00 I was considering rigging a 5.7 when it abruptly turned west. I was glad I was on shore when it switched. I packed fast and figured I would catch an hour at Rocky Point but I didn’t see any wind until I got to Point-of-the Mountain. Like Rocky Point, the water has come up enough that you don’t have to walk very far to get started. 2 sessions at MM19 and 2 sessions at Rocky Point in 2 weeks (3 skunks too), not a bad start to the season.,
Ken, - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at 19:34:55 (MDT)

4/13/02, DC, G15, 170 cm
There were 3 windsurfers out. I put my G15 up for a ride across the lake and back. I really don't like DC for kiting. Did anyone get out on Utah Lake?,
Brad Fairchild, bradcfairchild@yahoo.com. - Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at 10:54:06 (MDT)

4/12/04, DC Island, 6.0, FF138,56cm
I was a bit discouraged reading Craig's forecast since I don't own a 10.0. Fortunately, I didn't need one. As was the case yesterday, the wind took its time building, but by the time I got to the beach at about 3:30, the gusts were reaching the low 20s. Like yesterday, the 6.0 was perfect in the gusts, but too small the rest of the time. Paul and Anjee arrived a bit later; Paul got some good rides powered by his new 7.6 Windwing "Hammer", and Anjee was making good use of her new 6.5 Windwing.,
Jim Southwick, - Monday, April 12, 2004 at 21:00:51 (MDT)

4/11 Sun, Pineview, 7.5, Techno
From the look of the posts, Windsurfing has not been cancelled in Utah, only at Rush. 6 of us, Doug on his new 104l JP, Bob with his new 7.6 Windwing, My new 7.5 Trans Am, Dave's sail looked new, Tell with new to him equipment, and Erin, Lots of virgin equipment getting great rides all afternoon. ,
Marty, - Sunday, April 11, 2004 at 21:21:08 (MDT)

4/11/04, DC Island, 6.0, FF138,56cm
A light breeze (mostly < 8MPH) all afternoon. Around 4 it started gradually increasing, and by 4:30 it had reached a fairly steady 10-15 Kt, with gusts into the low 20s. The 6.0 produced some nice rides in the gusts, but something a bit bigger would probably have been a better call. The water temp is now slightly over 50 F (the air wasn't all that much warmer!) By 6:30 the gusts were getting lighter and less frequent, but the wind between gusts was still averaging 10-12 Kt; if it had been earlier and warmer, I'd have been strongly tempted to put on a bigger sail. The water level is slowly increasing; the end of the new, greatly lengthened Island Beach ramp is finally (barely) under water. Not necessarily good news for us, though - it means a lot more power boats will be launching at Island Beach. To anyone who has been trying to get through to the DC WeatherTalker lately, I apologize; my weather station is still working fine, but the old (>12 years) PC/AT containing the WeatherTalker card has died. I think I've found a suitable replacement computer, and I hope to get the WeatherTalker back "on the air" very soon. ,
Jim Southwick, - Sunday, April 11, 2004 at 20:43:06 (MDT)

4-9-04, R.P, 5.9,
Ken and I both got to the lake at noonish.He beat me to the water, but I still had a great time with perfect,steady 25-30 m.p.h.winds.The water was not bad at all. I didn't even need booties.Eric showed up and put a 5.3on and we had a blast cruising around. We even went almost to the other side, but it got lighter almost to Lindon so we turned around. Pete got there in time to get some too, even though it got a little up and down later in the day. Couldn't get away Sat but Sounds like Ken got some.He posted sat and sun but I think he meant fri and sat.I hope to see y'all Tues for the club meeting. One more week for Brighton,then vacation time for me.I've got a thing at Timberline the first week of May, so Maybe I,ll see you in the Gorge.Pray for peace. Tom ,
Tom, - Sunday, April 11, 2004 at 16:42:43 (MDT)

4/09, 4/10/04, Utah Lake Rocky Point, 5.7, 5.3, 4.2, Ride 104L, Sonic 85L, Hitech 8'2"
From the number of windsurfers on the water this weekend and the lack of postings it is obvious the sailboarders have abandoned the windlog. I enjoyed the great company and great wind both Saturday and Sunday at Rocky Point. The owner and his family were there camping for the weekend and the Club members were friendly and respectful, I think we continue to make a good impression. ,
Ken Onstott, - Sunday, April 11, 2004 at 11:59:19 (MDT)

4/10/04, Rush, 10M Naish X2, 125 Stubbie
Rush nuked all afternoon. The wind was very west creating a wind shadow at the launch site. I started out with a 12, but by the time I got to the other side of the lake I was getting horsed out of the water. I went in and grabbed Chris' 9 M Slingshot GTO, I was able to stay upwind with it, but I was a little underpowered. I went in and rigged my 10 and it was just right. The rest of the afternoon the wind stayed consistently strong and gusty - it felt like riding behind a boat with a drunken driver (throttle on, throttle off). Mike Rossberg went out for a while on an 8, Spencer got worked early on with a 12, Chris and John both went out on a 9, and Marty went out on a 5.5. Jake seemed to be having the best time on a 10 and a 138 board. He was lofting bigger airs than Mike and I. I watched him for awhile and noticed how he was whipping the kite. I gave it a try and went big several times as well. Overall, it was a cold, fun afternoon.,
Kenny, - Saturday, April 10, 2004 at 23:00:49 (MDT)

4/9/04, south sandy beach, 5-10meter foil, 141cm
I got off work early and headed out to find strong and gusty wind out of the north. Derik Eric and a few other guys were there and had already taken some rides. I rode a five for about a half hour and then the wind backed down. I put up my ten and was having a good time in the 3 foot swells. As I looked toward the beach I could see the sand starting to make dark clouds. I figured I better get in but I had to take one last jump. It was a doozy! I went up about ten feet and then the gust hit and lauched me up to 30 maybe 35 feet. I came down soft be overflew my kite. As I relauched it, it went straight throught the powerzone and relauched me into a down wind body drag. I go to the beach and finished up on the five meter foil for some good wave riding. I hope this day was a sign of a good summer to come.,
matt Greeff, - Saturday, April 10, 2004 at 20:57:32 (MDT)

4/10/04, ULSSB, 10M Slingshot & 7M RRD, 169 Litewave
Crazy day. The wind started North early then shut down, switched south and then west and settled back in to the North. Dean and Erik were there when I arrived to no wind around 2pm but Dean was heading for the trail home. Turns out Dean was the wind sacrifice because the wind came up suddenly around 2:15pm and then nuked all afternoon. Kristen Ulmer and Bob Stallings arrived just minutes later. We all got white knuckle rides on 8M and 7M and then it started to drop again. I came in to rig a 10M and on the way back out I had to be held down so I could get back on my board. What a strange day! All said and done we got mostly big overpowered gusts and some good rides in between.,
Derik Sayers, derik@ukbinc.com. - Saturday, April 10, 2004 at 20:35:31 (MDT)

4-8-04, Rush, 16M, 20M & 30M Naish Kites, 157, 148 boards
The wind was gusty all afternoon at Rush. Around 10 kiters showed up altogether and 1 lone windsurfer. After one reach he packed it up and left - sorry windsurfing has been canceled at Rush until the water comes back. Mike Rossberg had the Energizer Bunny session that lasted 3 or 4 hours long full of big air acrobatics. He had the perfect setup and was dialed in all afternoon. Jon, Doug, Marty, and Jake showed up early in the afternoon and had plenty of rides though due to the gusty conditions a lot of us did the walk of shame (myself included after foolishly launching a 30M kite in 20M kite conditions). Later, in the day Mitch showed up with his custom board (he wacked off both ends of a 151cm board resulting in a 125 cm board that worked great). Thomas and Chris (I think I got his name right) showed up late in the day and got a few rides. I borrowed Mikes kite & board; I can see why he never left the water. I managed to pull off a nice 1080 for the peanut gallery and then on my next reach did a 540 face plant with a kite crash. All in all it was a good day. ,
Kenny, - Friday, April 09, 2004 at 20:52:37 (MDT)

4/09/04, ULSSB, 12M Naish X2, 169 Litewave
Full north winds today. Got in a quick session from 3pm to 5pm. The wind was around 20mph most of the time with a few gusts into the 30's. Several kiters out 5 in all. Erik was there showing his new Lassen Custom boards and had some nice upwind rides on a 150cm. I got some nice rides and several big jumps and had to call it quits early so, I hope someone else fills in the rest of the evening. LATER.....,
Derik Sayers, derik@ukbinc.com. - Friday, April 09, 2004 at 18:10:12 (MDT)

4/8/04, Rush Lake, Naish V4 25 meter, Litewave 168
Rush served up it's usual Magic 12-18 mph 2:00 pm blow. Lasted about 3 hrs. Then got funky with rain and west winds. Kenny chased it away with his 30 meter. These big kites work GREAT. Let know if you need one I'm now an offical NAISH dealer. Hopefully more of the same tomorrow Jon M,
Jon M, - Thursday, April 08, 2004 at 20:20:49 (MDT)

4/4,4/5, Hackery, Doug's, 5.5, 4.7, 8'2" Logosz
Looked out the window 4/4 and saw what looked like 5.5 wind. Thought about mowing my lawn and then realized somebody else does that for me, so went to the Hackery for several hours of powered up 5.5 fun on the 65 Degree air and 48 Degree water. Beautiful and sunny, with a whole 5 people to share the swell with. Hard to imagine the July zoo when you're there in April. Monday brought solid 4.7 conditions at Doug's late in the PM with the same fine air temps, and 3 whole sailors to share the river with. Tuesday looked like 4.7 again but I had a job interview (oh the horror!), The Gorge is so green this time of year even out in the desert. A great way to start the season! -Craig p.s. The parking on the East side of the street next to the Hackery has been greatly reduced, which will add to the already ridiculous cramping there in July and August. Better start thinking 5 AM if you wanna sail there in the Summer. ,
-Craig, - Wednesday, April 07, 2004 at 09:28:25 (MDT)

04/05/04, Fairview, 5.0 and 6.5 Wipikas, Skiis
Finally made it to Fairview/ Skyline. 1st time there. What a great snowkiting location! Thanks to the good directions from Derick. We arrived at 2PM to sun and no wind. It slowly picked up from the East and a squall came through. We got some good rides before, during and after the snow squalls but the velocity varied greatly and the direction changed from SW, SE, E to NE. Looks like the snow cover should hold up another few weeks. WG and MC,
Whitney Guild, - Monday, April 05, 2004 at 23:45:16 (MDT)

04/03/04, Fairview, 14.9M & 7M RRD, Snowboard & Skis
Another great day at Fairview. A friend wanted to learn to snowkite so we headed up Saturday morning but the regular spot was populated with about 200 snowmobiles. We decided to try elsewhere. About 5 miles back there was a nice open area and a nice hill on the Northwest side of the road. We spent 4 hours there riding on 12-18mph winds from the east/south east. Mostly sunny with a few big puffy clouds but no rain or snow which was forecasted. Warm temps...beautiful day! ,
Derik Sayers, derik@ukbinc.com. - Saturday, April 03, 2004 at 17:21:10 (MST)

04/01/04 and 03/27/04, DC and Yuba, 8.5,
Saturday of last I took my new bride down to Yuba, introduced her to cold weather sailing with a new dry suit... The wind picked up full from the west at twelve until four. April fools day was my birthday!! Deer Creek was on strong when we got there at eleven after rigging it died down. At one a big storm cloud pushed overhead giving initially multidirectional wind then steady out from the south for some solid sailing until three, my 8.5 was rigged tight. Cold, aching muscles and rusty skills yet the rides were fabulous!!,
Shad Atkinson, - Saturday, April 03, 2004 at 13:00:26 (MST)

4/02, Rush, 11, 15 , 137
I watched the wind meters until 1:30 and headed to Rush from PC. Got to the mud pit around 3:00. It was blowing solid, N 17-22mph with few gusts. Rigged 11 meter and got a good session until the winds dropped and got much gustier around 3:40. I went to a 15 meter and got lit up scary several times with gusts near 30. Some others showed up as the wind shifted a bit more westerly and got really gusty. After 6:00 it was not good riding, but hey it beats crappy skiing in the rain, work or couch time. If you're going back in time, show up at 1:00 and quit at 4:00. ,
chase, - Saturday, April 03, 2004 at 07:21:30 (MST)

4/2, UL SSB, 15 M and 11.5 M RRDs, 161 picklefork
It was my first day out on the water this year. Left school early and got to the beach around 12:30 to a fairly light NW wind. It was sunny and warm. Derik was there on his 20M. There wasn't enough for my 11.5 but Derik let me use his 15M. Rode powered for a couple hours until the wind started to pick up. So i went in and rigged my 11.5M but soon after the wind dropped and I was tired and hungry so i went home.,
Steve Glenn, - Friday, April 02, 2004 at 17:43:38 (MST)

3/31/2004, Utah Lake -Lindon Beach, 12 M Aero, 150 Lassen custom
This is a few days late, but I'm still recovering from my stiff neck. Showed up around 3pm and from the road overlooking the beach the wind was blowing 14-19 so I rigged my 12m. Hiked down to the beach, and rode for about 20 mins when I got served up a Utah Lake special. I have been on Utah lake 3 or 4 times over the years where out of no where on a south wind you will get unbelievable gusts and a doubling of wind speed in an instant. I got lofted and then drug and then took a crazy tumble. I finally was able to get the saftey pulled and dropped the kite, but I had been pulled so hard and so fast, that both booties got ripped off, my harness almost let go, and I was disoriented for a few seconds. The windspeed doubled and gusted like this for more then 10 mins, and I got drug downwind so fast that it took me only 45 secs to get from the lindon beach to the bubble-up pipe. Some 500-600 yards downwind. By the time I got to my car the wind had died to around 8. On a south/south west storm driven wind beware of the Utah Lake Special! A guy named Chase showed up just as I was getting in the water and he measured winds above 38 from the beach whcih is a little sheltered, from the road, it would have measured above 40. I Love the Naish UDS! ,
Erik Lassen, erik_lassen@byu.edu. - Friday, April 02, 2004 at 10:40:46 (MST)

4/1/04, Rush Lake, 12 Meter Naish X2, 127 Hein
Arrived just after Kenny left. No wind at first then built to Steady (by Rush Standards) 15-20+ mph North. A little cool, but OK. Rode 2 hrs then it went very weird. South, north, east, then rain. Left as Nate and Jack were rippin it up on their motorcycles. Great no wind toys. Sorry I missed the NUKE fest yesterday, but today was FINE. JON M,
Jon Manwaring, - Thursday, April 01, 2004 at 19:19:16 (MST)

4/1 (April Fools Day), Rush, 20M & 12M Naish Kites, 157 Underground & 127 Hein
I arrived at 5:45 to 15 mph SE winds. Started rigging my 18 and then it felt lighter so I rigged my 20. Rode for about 20 minutes and then went in to rig my 30 as the wind was getting lighter. As I was rigging I was hit with 30 mph wind out of the north. During the gusty blast, I put away my big kites and rigged my 12. Rode for a full hour in good north wind on a 12. I bet the temperature dropped 15 - 20 degrees from the time I arrived until the time I left. Noticed that the wind has switched to the south this afternoon. I guess our maker has a good sense of humor as well on April Fool's Day.,
Kenny, - Thursday, April 01, 2004 at 17:07:14 (MST)

3/31, Tumbleweed Tour "04, 6.0,5.0,6.0, F2 274 Ride
The forecast was South 20-30 and with Rush sounding like the shallow end of the kiddie pool I decided to try my luck at Mona.I got to the lake and it was blowing. I was pleasantly suprised to see the water level was up about '5 from last spring.I rigged my 6.0 and was on the water by 11. I had a great session for about an hour and then it started to pick up just as Jamie pulled in about noon. After another 1/2 hou of scream'in semen jibes I decided to come in and rig my 5.0. Jamie had rigged his 5.5. We sailed til about 3 when it turned west and backed off. Decided to drive to MM19 to see if the west direction made it go. I arrived about 4:15 and rigged a 6.0. Had a few good rides and alot of schlogging but it was fun. Sailed til about 6 with 4 other happy sailors. What surprised me the most was how warm both lakes were. I sailed bootiless in my short-sleeve steamer. Sweetness on a stick!!! Aloha, D.,
Danger D, - Thursday, April 01, 2004 at 07:42:09 (MST)

Wednesday, 3/31/04, DC Island, 8.5/7.2, FF138/56cm
April Fools Day came early to DC. Just a light breeze up until about noon, at which point the wind chimes started going crazy. I dashed down to DC only to discover that, yes, it was blowing, but in short, sharp gusts from a wide variety of directions. REALLY challenging!! But hope springs eternal (especially among windsurfers and kiteboarders) right? So I kept struggling, and finally a little before 3 (just before Paul and Anjee Brashaw arrived for their 2004 DC debut)the wind steadied out enough to provide some decent planers. The water continues to warm up at an amazing rate; today it measured almost 50F. ,
Jim Southwick, Northwick@AOL.COM. - Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at 21:58:53 (MST)

4/01/04, Rush, 7M RRD, 169 Litewave
Now the rest of the "March...Lion" RUSH story... after Mike & Kenny left. I showed up around 11:30am and stopped to check the wind on the bar... it read 20 gusting to 30. The beach was populated with kites, Doug and Marty, Jody, Thomas, & Jeff. They had been riding 12M and were just coming in for the next rotation of kites. I started to rig my 10M but quickly opt'd for the 7M. Nice rides for an hour or more and then it started really gusting. The wind got stronger & Thomas lost his 7M after a jump. We watched it go flying down the lake toward the bar. I rode for a few more minutes and was getting worked, so I headed for shore...getting T-bagged along the way. I let the kite go on safety and got in. Doug rigged a 5.5M and rode for another 1/2 hour until he had to let go on safety. I decided to called it a day at 2:30pm as it seemed to be building and dust clouds were approaching. ,
Derik Sayers, derik@ukbinc.com. - Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at 17:36:44 (MST)

3/31 , Rush, 25, 16, SX 141
March is going out like a Lion. Kenny and I did the DP(Dawn Patrol). We had to test our faith with the mesonet down. We arrived at 6am to very light SW wind. We rigged the big boys, Kenny on his 30 and me on my 25. It was buttery smooth and we stayed powered 80% of time. The wind was 8-12mph. Kenny had 157 wave tray which was better set up then mine. Kenny with an extra 5 meters in the sky and 16cm on board. The wind went even more west so we were reaching north to south. We came in around 9:00 and by 9:30 the direction changed to the SE and it cranked. I rode the 16 for 45min until I got hammered. I left for work at 10 with the rest of the beach pumping up 12's. What a great way to start a day.,
Mike Rossberg, - Wednesday, March 31, 2004 at 12:47:47 (MST)

3/30/04, Fairview, 14.9M & 7M RRD, Snow Board
What a great day at the top of Fairview. I got there at 11am and the wind was about 8-10mph. By 1pm it was blowing 15-20mph and held all day. The snow is very deep still and perfect spring conditons. The snow is about 2" of fluff & slush on top of a solid walkable base. The wind was blowing from the bottom of the draw below the hill and across the highway. It made for perfect conditions to ride down the bowl and over to the huge hill face to the North West. I rode 'till around 5pm and had to call it a day. Another snow kiter arrived just as I was leaving. I forget his name (I think his name is Derrick from Park City.) Anyway it looks like a great day for snowkiting at Fairview again tomorrow. I looks like we will be snowkiting at Fairview for at least another month or 6 weeks.,
Derik Sayers, derik@ukbinc.com. - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at 18:59:14 (MST)

3/28,3/29, Rush, 18 Aero II, 147 Hammersurf,115 Stubbie
Sunday wasn't so good. Lite winds for a couple of dounwinders by Jon M, Ryan, Doug and Myself. Monday I was by myself and rode from 1:30 till 5 ,
Marty, - Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at 08:00:53 (MST)

3/27/04, Leo Correo/Cnty Line, CA, RRD 10m Type Z, RRD 125 cm X 25cm XX Board
Nice head high waves with gusty, but still super fun wind. Only got to ride for 1.5 hrs before I had to split. There were several really good riders there and some of the locals can really throw some disgusting fans. I threw a huge 720 and crashed into a kelp forest which was a big mess. I didn' drop my kite, but I got kinda wound up in the kelp for a second and it freaked me out. The kelp there in really strong and can get all wrapped around you and your lines. Sometimes the drag on your fins can send you face first. It knocks all the chop down though-so it can be a good thing too. It was blowing all the way up the coast today and its really amazing to see how many kiters there are here. I have had an excellent trip and have gotten to ride some awesome new spots. Ok well I dont want to bore anyone any longer. Dan G,
Gizzle, - Sunday, March 28, 2004 at 00:36:25 (MST)

3/26, Rush, 12M Naish x10, 127 Stubbie & 157 Wave Tray
Woke up at 4:45 for the dawn patrol. Called Mike Rossberg and he decided to go to work instead because the wind was starting to shift - thanks Mike for making the sacrifice. When I arrived predawn the wind was blowing a measley 8 mph. I sat in my car for a few minutes and the wind picked up to 20. Matt Greef arrived to launch my kite. I rode for about 20 minutes when the wind picked up to around 28 - 30. I went in to rig a smaller kite as soon as my 10 was rigged the wind had returned to 20 - 25 and my Naish Stubbie board was nowhere to be seen. I didn't think it would get away because the North had so much East to it that the wind was side/onshore. Anyway, if you see it please pick it up for me. Matt and I rode for 2 hours on steady wind with a light rain before the wind decided to back off sending us off to work, cold but happy.,
Kenny, - Friday, March 26, 2004 at 19:11:42 (MST)

friday march 26, Rush, 5 meter foil, 141 litewave
I headed out at 5:30am to catch the last of the south wind. As I was driving I got to see it shift to north and I figured that it would be washed up with the onset of the rain. To my surprize I reached rush and Kenny was rigging a 12meter. He took a short ride and relized that this was the real deal. It was crankin! I started to rig my 10 then pulled out my six and Kenny recomened that I rig down to my five. It was two hours of pure pleasure. The wind was relativley consistent varying form 15 to 25. The temp. wasn't bad but it got colder as the front progressed.,
matt G, - Friday, March 26, 2004 at 12:13:18 (MST)

Thursday, 3/25/04, DC Island Beach, 7.2, FF138, 56cm
DC is now totally ice-free! The SW wind started up about 11 and gradually built to a peak in the 16-21 mph range by 2. I arrive at around noon and after about half an hour of schlogging, started getting some very good rides. The surface water temp measured 45, which, when combined with an air temp in the mid 60s, made for comfortable gloveless sailing. ,
Jim Southwick, - Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 21:14:50 (MST)

3/24/03, Rush, 20M Naish Aero II, 169 Litewave
What a day...the total Rush exerience in a one day pkg.... It looked like a promising day for Rush so I headed out at lunch and arrived at the beach around 1:30pm. Geoff Manwaring (spelling???) was on the shore all ready setup and waiting when I arrived. The wind came up and down from the South for about 20 minutes not quite enough to ride but we got a couple of downwinders. Mitch showed up a few minutes later and the wind started to build again. It finally puffed to around 10mph and we got a few rides until it shut down and started turning. About 15 minutes later we had to grab and turn our kites as the wind totally shifted to the North and started to hit 12-15mph. Just then Erik and Tyler pulled in. We all got rides for about 30 minutes on 18M to 20M kites. Suddenlly a storm started building in the canyon to the west of Rush. Erik and Tyler got launched and I opted to land my kite and wait to see if the conditions would worsen. There was some lightning around and the storm was looking pretty nasty. 5 minutes later shifted to the West and started building. 5 minutes after that everyone on the water had dropped their kites and were chugging back to the shore through the wind swept water. The wind was cranking with gusts around 40mph sand and dust were flying everywhere. Luckilly everyone got back to shore with no incidents. ,
Derik Sayers, derik@ukbinc.com. - Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at 19:54:09 (MST)

3/13th thru 22nd, Margarita, 4.2 - 5.7, 75 L to 99 L
El Yaque Beach was a little piece of rippin heaven! From the time we arrived to the time we left it never stopped blowing. It's very relaxing to know it's going to blow tomorrow, just as hard as it did today. If you get to the beach by 10am you will ride a 5 something sail and if you wait till 1pm it will be a 4 something sail and small board. Myself, Linda, Lana and Fred sailed each day for as long as we could hang on and keep smiling. It took us a few days to get our board legs and kind of get in the grove of sailing again. It was great fun to head out for the deep water and find smoothed out swell and only a few other sailers. Then rip around for a couple of hours then head in for lunch/drinks on the beach. Then grab smaller gear and head out again for the afternoon sesh. Food was excelent drinks were cheap, and did you know that premium gas is less than 10cents a gallon. Jim and Lois filled up their car for less than a dollar! We all stayed at Las Brisas, in Jim and Lois's condo. Let me say it was very, very nice, like a home away from home. I don't think Fred liked living with 3 women very much though, you'll have to ask him next time you see him. We did have to stay over night in Caracas, the first night, but it went pretty well. I had arranged to have a guy named Peter meet us at the airport and get us to a decent hotel. It was well worth the small fee that he charged, and he was able to exchage dollars for B's to get us started. 3,000 B's to the dollar....wow I want to go back already. If you haven't ever been then you aught to at some point. It is really high on the fun scale. ,
Sarah, Sarah.Ranes@slcgov.com. - Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at 14:23:30 (MST)

3-23-04, ULSSB, 20M Naish Aero II, 169 Litewave
Nice temps...air and water. I think the water must be around the mid 50's. The wind turned on at 5:30pm for a nice 2 hour session around 10-12mph. Ryan and Erik showed a little after the start. Since it was getting late, we were swapping gear around so that no one missed the session. The Naish UDS is a great system and I enjoyed riding it on the water. Until now I'd only used it on snow. The only problem is that the UDS makes it tough to switch gear to another rider if they don't have the UDS spreader bar. You have to change harness with them too. Also, Erik brought his new custom demo board for us to try. Ryan and I both liked the board a lot. Very light weight and super grippy edges. Erik's 150 was a little lighter than Ryan's 135 litewave. We're both excited to try the "Stubb-E" that is next to roll off the E-line. ,
Derik Sayers, derik@ukbinc.com. - Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at 08:40:39 (MST)

3/23 Tue., Rush, 18 Aero II, 147 Hammersurf
Lite North from 3-5:30 Mitch was also there, riding a strapless surf board.,
Marty, - Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at 07:58:03 (MST)

3/22 Mon., Rush, 16m,18m AeroII, 147 Hammersurf
Manwaring's were on the water when I arrived at 2:00. I rigged 16m 'til 5:00. Kenny rigged big (20), I went to 18m, Kenny went bigger (30) 'til after 6:00. ,
Marty, - Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at 10:08:27 (MST)

Monday, 22 March 04, DC, Island Beach, 7.2, FF138, 56cm
Another gorgeous early spring day with bright sunshine and a peak air temp of 73! The breeze started about noon and by 12:30 was in the 12-18 mph range. Gusty (as usual) but planable most of the time until about 2:45. Got a water temp reading of 46. Has the water really warmed up 3 degrees since Friday? I doubt it too, but those are the readings I got. Subjectively, the water didn't feel all that cold; I didn't need gloves. As of 3 PM there was still some ice at Sailboat Beach and Rainbow Bay, but it was breaking up and will, I bet, be gone by tomorrow. ,
Jim Southwick, - Monday, March 22, 2004 at 21:09:01 (MST)

April 21,2004, Rush Lake, Gastra 19.5, Litewave 169
Wow, Rush was just like,(well almost) Lake Powell first thing in the AM. Great wind and hardly a ripple on the water. Started at 1:10 pm and it was steady at 13-16 for over two hours. I had to leave wind to get home to the fam. Shared most of it with Doug and Marty. Craig, as usual, was right on. Steadier and a little stronger than yesterday. The newer big kites turn much faster than the older ones. Mudboarders Heaven.,
Jon M, - Sunday, March 21, 2004 at 18:33:01 (MST)

3/20/2002, Rush Lake , 18m Slingshot Fuel,
Left Provo 4pm, Penny's was reading 17 at 3:45, and 12 and 4, Stockton read 8 and 9 at 3:45 & 4:00, decided to take a gamble and drive out there. Arrived 5:30 but had to rig new bar, and line setup. Launched kite around 6. When I arrived wind felt around 12-14. As soon as I launched the kite, I walked into the water and kite fell from the sky. Re-launched, but not enough wind to go. Second time this week I was skunked for Rush. For anyone in the Utah Valley, it is almost 25 min. faster to go through Lehi and out the back way through Rush Valley then to drive I-15 to I-80. Just FYI.,
Erik, elderelvis@hotmail.com. - Saturday, March 20, 2004 at 22:32:39 (MST)

3-20-04, ULSSB, ***Beach Clean up***,
Thanks to everyone who came out to clean up the old South Sandy Beach. Very successful day. Brad hauled off a trailer load full of old tires, a fridge, and various boards with nails and other trash and debris. Later, Dean took a truckload of more pallet remains, bottles, cans, and about 10lbs of nails. The tow behind beach rake worked nicely to grade the beach and break up the sand. Thanks to Brad, Rob, Dean and the rest who helped out with todays much needed clean up. One note of worth... Scott Root from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources showed up in the interest of the Utah DWR public relations. He was impressed with our efforts and is going to mention our work to the divison officers. Watch for a posting later with photos of the clean up....,
Derik Sayers, derik@ukbinc.com. - Saturday, March 20, 2004 at 17:40:19 (MST)

3/19/04, DC Island, 8.5, FF138, 56cm
DC is open for business! The wind started up about 9 and peaked with a 25 mph gust at a little after 10. I drove by Island Beach at about 9:30, and there was still a thin layer of ice in the bay. No problema, I couldn't go out then anyway. When I finally broke free at about 1:30, the wind had backed off quite a bit, but the ice had vanished from the Heber end of the lake; there's still ice from the dam to a little beyond Rainbow Bay. How was it? Gusty - no big surprise there, right? But the weather was, of course, warm and sunny, and the surface water near the beach was a surprisingly (to me, at least)"warm" 43F - not exactly bath water, but easily tolerable with a drysuit and gloves/mittens. The water level remains very low; it may have come up a little since last fall, but not much. ,
Jim Southwick, - Friday, March 19, 2004 at 17:10:11 (MST)

3/18 , RUSH, 25M Gaastra , 141 SX
SMOOth as Butter!!! Big kites were to call on this warn spring afternoon. The wind was light, 7-12mph from the south. The water was glass and we were rippin and sloggin. Rush has a much improved taste this year. The water is only thigh deep in the middle so take it from windsurfer, we need 8" more of water to make this enjoyable on a wave board. The road is dry all the way to the lake. Kenny was king of the pond with his new 30M Naish V4. These new jumbo kites are a dream fly. ,
Mike Rossberg, miker@macqc.com. - Thursday, March 18, 2004 at 21:21:20 (MST)

3/15, Utah Lake, 20M Naish V4, 141 Sx
First day on the water and Utah Lake is offically ice free. Rode from 4:00 to 6:00 semi powered on my 20 with North breeze. The water was warmer then I expected. I was wrapped up pretty good with a dry suit, hood, and gloves. The water is up at least 16" from last fall. I rode with the new Naish UDS system and it's great. Long live the penguins!,
Mike ckson Hole. Monday Day#1 no wind... Tuesday Day#2 1 hour of wind got some nice free riding in but no heats for the competition. Wednesday Day#3 wind came in very late and 1'st heat was completed 2'nd heat got put on hold at the half way point when the wind died. La

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