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Log Started:
Saturday April 22, 2006
Total Records: 5
This Year: 0
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Monday July 24, 2006
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Jordan River, Windsurfing
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Monday July 24, 2006
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Conditions
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TOW
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Toys Used:
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Jordan River, Windsurfing
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NW 8 - 25
flat
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9.90 hours
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OR Bronco 14
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wave size: 12-24 inches when I was swimming/walking back up the highway,
0-10 inches when riding
Sketchy launches: 2
holy crap factor walking way out to point on second and third launch 7.5/10
Gusts: inumerable
Lulls: slightly less than above
unrecoverable Kite crashes in bad wind:2
wind hole size: 200 meters right on the kelp beds
Kelp tangles: 4
Line tangles>30 minutes:3
river current- class 1 rapid
upwindability- negligible
downwinder into the bay thats past the bay:1 (unintentional)
recovery of kite 20 minutes ; pounds of kelp: 56 (est.)
recovery of board: 15 minutes
walk back: 25 minutes
complete lull causing collapse of kite followed by instant gust/reinflating kite and taking off like a bull whipped in the ass with barb wire:3
recovery of back and neck from above explosions: unknown
thanking god I missed dragging over the point, and barnacles: 1
barnicles encountered in kite recoveries: 127(est)
holes in 79 $ booties: 3
holes in 700$ kite: 7
Bounce off bottom from riding stoopid smallwavelets: 4
subsequent Hole in 5mm: 1
Wave rides > than knee high ZERO
Sparkly sweet big waves: ZERO!
heel pain factor from being lofted and landing on rocks: 7/10
Times I asked myself: [i:c38a318289]What am I doing here alone in flat choppy water in the fog in bad wind, when I could have saved 3.5 hours driving and gone to Kook St 5 minutes from my office[/i:c38a318289]: 11
Session rating: 1/ 10 ( skied a big ( for me) crazy gusty jump- strap ripped of the board in midair- worth a point)
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