pretty, those kites, huh? the wind in the Gorge is strong mostly because
it's the only gap in the Cascade thru which the pressure differential
generated by high heat in the desert to the east and steady cool on the
coast can try to stabilize itself. where exactly the wind will hit the
surface varies a bit, but in the HR vicinity, chances are VERY good there's
STRONG wind somewhere most every day from May thru September at least. The
really cool thing is you can be sitting on your porch in HR (or maybe Full
Sail's porch), 100 yards from the water, and while there's barely a breeze
on your porch it can be honking on the water.
The pipple with the "kite/parachute affairs" call it kitesurfing. Once
you've learned to control a 4-line kite (actually rigged as 3 - the front
lines are tied together and hooked, ultimately, to your waist), which is
pretty easy and can be learned on land with stunt kites or trainers, the
rest amounts to "waterskiing from a helicopter". Most frequently, the board
used is like a wakeboard or a snowboard; some pipple even use stiff
snowboard-like bindings for super edge control.
In the Gorge, you'll see some pretty tiny kites due to the high winds, but
kitesurfing's explosive popularity seems to be largely due to less need for
windspeed - a 10mph wind is plenty - you'd rig a 16-square-meter kite on
25-meter lines, and have plenty of power to a) stay upwind, and b) jump
(more like 'get yanked', but gently) 30 to 40 feet in the air, and land like
butter.
Considerably more dangerous than windsurfing, but much easier - the learning
curve is measured in hours instead of years (which is why windsurfing is
such a geezer sport!).
Tracy Pierce
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Sielaff [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:54 AM
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>
> Just passed thru Hood River on my round trip to Portland.
> Never saw so many
> wind surfers and those kite/parachute affairs in my whole
> life. I think the
> wind must blow 100 miles per hour.
> Gary Sielaff
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 7:59 AM
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> > Ding! Ding! We haf a Vinner!!
> >
> > Yep... Hood River... the home of the World's Best Wind
> Surfing... and some
> > of the most beautiful left overs effects of Lake Bonneville!
> >
> > Art "recovering from battling Nutria! hehe" Bahrs
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> > Hood River!
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Art Bahrs [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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> > >
> > > Hi All :)
> > > Ok... We have Rogue Ales here in Oregon... Shiner Bock
> for Texas...
> > > Washington, of course, has the Artesian's Olympia... D.C. has
> > > the Capital
> > > Brewery (can't remember the actual name) but they have an
> > > awesome Porter...
> > > and a great Amber Ale.... Alaska Ales has their Oatmeal Stout
> > > ... Hawii has
> > > several ales and lagers that are now sold on the mainland...
> > >
> > > Oregon also, has the Widmer Brothers.... they do quite a
> > > few different
> > > ones but are best known for their Hefeweisen ... and we have
> > > Full Sail Ales
> > > that does a simply wonderful Barley wine... called 'Old Board
> > > Head" Anyone
> > > able to guess where in Oregon they are located... no fair
> > > using the 'Net!
> > >
> > > Portland has the Blue Heron which is an ale that is quite
> > > good... that
> > > is brewed by Bridgeport Brewery... who also does a new one
> > > called Ropewalk
> > > to honor their 20 year anniversary...We used to have
> Henry's Private
> > > Reserve which is a classic Lager... but it moved away :(
> > > Grew up drinking
> > > Henry's!
> > >
> > > We also have McMenimans (sp) who do Hammerhead, and
> > > Terminator (these
> > > ain't no watered down Rockie Mt P**s water beers!)
> > >
> > > Art "who really really needs a beer aftre this week! " Bahrs
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > You seem to be stuck on those watered down American
> breweries. Here in
> > > Canada we've got L, M, N, and O covered with Labatts, Molson,
> > > Northern, and
> > > Okanagan.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Greg Stigers" <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 3:51 PM
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> > >
> > > | > George Orwell was only 20 years off.
> > > | I was interested to learn that 1984 was little more than a
> > > metaphor for
> > > | Orwell's own time. He wrote his book in 1948, and simply
> > > switched the two
> > > | numbers.
> > > |
> > > | I have this friend, let's call him Gerg Stigres, who thinks
> > > "Brave New
> > > | World" was much closer to the truth than Orwell ever got.
> > > Fortunately, we
> > > | have the fine products of Anheiser-Bush, Budweiser, and
> > > Coors to take our
> > > | minds off of, well... I can't think of anything right
> now, except I
> > > wonder
> > > | if there is a brewery for every letter of the alphabet? And
> > > are there
> > > more
> > > | letters in the alphabet than there will be OT: posts
> > > attempting to answer
> > > | that?
> > > |
> > > | Greg Stigers, MCSA
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