7/1-7/9 Gorge 3.2-6.7

[Craig Goudie]

Used every piece of gear I own (well almost).

7/1 6.7 Hackery
7/2 5.5 Hackery
7/3 4.7 Cheap Beach
7/4 6.7 Doug's
7/5 3.7 Cheap beach
7/6 3.7 Doug's
7/7 3.2 Mary Hill
7/8 No wind
7/9 4.7 Hackery

Standout days:

7/5 3.7 at Cheap with Danger D, Jim H. and Sharon C. Head high or better
organized steep swell, crazy jump potential and surfable clear down
to the Hackery if you had a board with serious nose kick (and I do).
Solid strong 3.7 power from 10AM till ya can't hold on any more.

7/6 3.7 at Doug's, with the Gear Queens. Just huge! huge wind, huge
grinding rollers, huge air, phat swell jibes. I was just majorly
overpowered in the AM, but managed a couple of hours on the 3.7,
by PM gusts were hitting 50 MPH, and there was no place to hide as
even the wind behind the 8 foot rollers was strong enough to white
knuckle a 3.7 ride. I should have rigged down, but even a 2.7
would have been too big so I just took my 45 minute pasting on the 3.7.
and ran home crying to Mama! Watched Dale Cook get Kite board air
on a 4.2 Hucker and Roberts slalom board. That guy just ain't human.
Windiest day I've seen in the last couple of seasons. When I left
around 7 PM, wall to wall smoke at Rowena.

7/7 3.2 at Maryhill. WOW. Rode 3.7 early with the Gear Queens, who
really carved it up while it was 3.7. Then it started to blow hard. Big
clean swell, and solid 3.2 conditions left me panting after each 15 minute
sesh, but it was really fun, and I just had to keep going out. At one
point I rode through a cloud of smoke and as I popped out the other
side the beach was cheering. I planned to gracefully sail to shore
and bask in my glory, but I was still extremely powered up, so much
so that I couldn't get out of the harness or footstraps, and the rocky beach
was coming up awfully fast. Rather than ride the board up the rocks
I decided to bail backwards resulting in a truly awkward and ignominious
dismount/crash/splash total Kook move. So much for my moment of glory ;*)

Rick H was doing the Blowout on Sunday as I headed towards the airport.
Hope you survived that, Dude!

-Craig

[kenonstott]

Craig, are you a day off. I don't remember any wind out east on Fri. 7/7. If I remember right, I was sailing a 6.9 at the Hatchery and I think I spoke to you there. Thur. was the nuke day out east when everyone started showing up at Roosevelt because everything east was getting blown to bits.
Ken

[Craig Goudie]

Could be, everything runs together when I get up here, just like now,
what day is it anyway?

-Craig

Craig, are you a day off. I don't remember any wind out east on Fri. 7/7. If I remember right, I was sailing a 6.9 at the Hatchery and I think I spoke to you there. Thur. was the nuke day out east when everyone started showing up at Roosevelt because everything east was getting blown to bits.
Ken