davey_k
Log Started:
Sunday June 7, 2015
Total Records: 317
This Year: 55
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Thursday July 11, 2024
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Nitinat Lk, Kitesurfing
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Thursday July 11, 2024
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Conditions
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TOW
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Toys Used:
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Nitinat Lk, Kitesurfing
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SSW 24 - 30
Nitinat chop and swell
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2.00 hours
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Ocean Rodeo Duke 3 5'4"
Ocean Rodeo Crave HL 8
Ocean Rodeo Shift Bar (Gen 3) 52cm
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Ten years ago today I took my first kitesurfing lesson with Marty at Nitinat. I just had to take a day off work to celebrate the occasion and get on the water. I met up with Dave C and his family and then hit the beach. It was properly windy and I opted for the 8m. Although I had my doubts about it, that turned out to be a good decision. The wind was very clean and consistent for my first hour. After a couple of laps I headed upwind for the Knob point. The wind was perfect for charging upwind with my surfboard planing beautifully on the reaches toward the point. After I reached the point I went hunting for wind swell. I found some above the Caycuse river and went back and forth having a blast. I made my was down past the main beach area and went down to the village continuing my search for wind swell. Found some pretty good ones there too. I then made my way back up to the main beach area. I had been practicing my tack turns throughout my session and was near the main beach area when I tried another one which went pair shaped. It was getting gusty and I think I got picked up a foot or so and then came down on the board but not with my feet. I lost kite awareness and when I did pay attention I saw it heading straight down into the water. The lines slacked and with the strong wind the kite inverted and twisted in a way I had never seen before. I knew I was going to have to punch out and self rescue. Happily Dave C was nearby and came to the rescue. He took my board to shore and then came back to haul my sorry self-rescued butt back to shore. I am so so grateful to have kitesurfing buddies like Dave. This is not the first time Dave has hauled me back to shore; the other time was at Gordons after a gear failure. Anyway after a long walk of shame, I called it a day and enjoyed a beer in the afternoon sun with Dave and Sarah. Grateful for a fantastic and memorable day on the water. 10 years and still loving kitesurfing!!
| GPS Track: Nitinat 10 year anniversary | 2:51 PM to 4:44 PM |
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| Moving Time | 01:22:35 | | Planing Time | 01:15:00 | | Distance (km) | 29.4 | | Speed (Max/2s/100m knots) | 16.6 / 16.5 / 15.6 | | Number of Turns | 56 (75% Planing) | | MAX 2024: 16.8 kt, 72 turns, 75% | TOTAL 2024: 395 km, 23.2 hours | | MAX: 18.5 kt, 136 turns, 84% | TOTAL: 1,936 km, 106 hours |
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