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yea, yesterday was definitely a top-ten for the year. sunny and blowing 30 to near 40.  The waves in Chatham cleaned up nicely as the tide went out.  charts showed Big K near 50! finally got on the 7M, which was one of last kites to exit the water as just about everyone else was blown off (except Ted/Santi on Ted's 6M and Lauren on a 4m!).  good to see so many of the old crew...Holly out there strapless, Neto on a C4, etc.

looks like more today...and i gotta exit the Cape...damn. but it looks to be a good upcoming week forecast anyway.     

Was a shit show at Horseneck today, they wanted to shut us down but with a little help from the local restaurant keeper, we evaded the authorities and scored the big wave sesh from the DMZ between the town and the State patrolled beaches.  Felt like being encircled by the Gestapo.  7 hours on the water, and will soon be posting a video montage.

Chatham was charging!

JK - Looks like the town of Barnstable has shut it down early this year. Nobody checking stickers and no lifeguards at Kalmus, Veterans and Sea street beach. They did have a full crew over at Craigville.

There was some money to be made today at the Big K because there were quite a few cars there. Nice 3.7 classical conditions around mid afternoon.

I would guess they will have people at Sandy Neck, Craigville and Dowes until Tuesday.

Big K is looking good! Solo except for 1 poleboarder...

no guards today Stevo? i was going to hit it at 5, but will go earlier if unguarded.

Awesome 6m session in Chatham today with Santi and JK and a few others.

New airush Sector 60 arrives at 3pm (earlier than the usual 5pm UPS delivery),
the SW winds kick up and the lifeguards leave a5k b5. Got onto the water at Kalmus by 5pm and caught that small wave shown on the graph averaging 12mph, with gusts to 13-14mph. Lasted for about 15 minutes before dropping to average of 8mph.

Sector was GREAT but only a short session so far. Flew the 2009 14m nemesis, during the 12mph interval the board tacked upwind really  well and seemed to plan effortlessly, what a change! Rode the fins some and in the lighter winds stayed planing as I brought the backfoot forward out of back strap. Nice jumping on the chop, feel like the board could go bigair with a little more wind. Love the three footstrap arrangement, oh the comfort of it all.

Wind did drop to 8mph and at times seemed to go to zero on the water, then had to stand straight up on board (which did not sink the board !), fly downwind back to where I started while concentrating on flying kite almost as if I was flying it on the beach in very low wind. The nemesis is especially prone to backstall while riding downwind so had to really concentrate on flying kite well.

I am betting the board will bring me upwind with that kite in 10 mph wind, more experience will tell. So far have to initiate turning the board way before the kite, such a different turn with the flat rocker compred to the Stretch Yes, but the board is not really for turning. Board even got the windsurfers talking to me about equipment, which in all these years of kiting is a first, but maybe its me. It did feel like a Starboard Formula at times.

Great quality out of the box with no problems with fins as some have reported and I like the foostraps, no velcro footstrap adjustments but just like the North wave straps without velcro, the Sector straps have really nice stretch to them and you can adjust with screw placement etc. I only adjust straps twice a year anyways and need to check foostraps screws more often that that. Although I have heard others complain, I personally like the deckpad borrowed from the Airush Monaro. Board feel really light in your hands and I can carry (carefully) under one arm even at 23" wide, 5'8" long  (and maybe 1.75 " max thickness).

Really psyched, wicked board. Nothin like new toys that very admirably fill a gap, especially a gap recently created by the loss of another great low wind board (Cab Autopilot). Will  let you know what I think when I get more time on the board..... may the Race begin!

Awesome! Glad you love the board so far!! I have no idea why that guy sold his to you... oh well 

i'll be out there somewhere, Ted.

funny thing i saw on the news yesterday...one of the Boston news channels was interviewing a  Dennis park department official asking him why they shut down West Dennis beach all day. this clown replies (paraphrasing): "we get too many windsurfers and kitesurfers here, and we closed the beach to save ourselves from having to rescue them."

so let's ignore the fact that it didn't even blow hard enough yesterday to even consider going out. and let's ignore the fact that these clowns might have to rescue a windsurfer/kiter once a year, if that. and let's ignore the fact that this bozo is saying the general public must be punished because of a few potential windsurfers/kiters. the truly amazing thing to me was this 'public servant' was basically saying he wanted the beach closed because otherwise some public servants (lifeguards, rescue,etc) might have to do their jobs.

at first i laughed at this idiot, but eventually i got kind of mad. if he had said they were just playing it (too) safe and protecting beachgoers from potential hazards, i would've understood that usual (stupid) mentality.   but this clown got my 'Useless Public Employee of the Day' award.

Anyone around looking to kite tomorrow if its windy?

Surf at montauk ny yesterday

Just got a text from Hatteras. All good,average storm conditions, flooding,winds never broke 70, never lost power. Good omen for CC.  Might still get nice swell and maybe doable winds. Still should be squally.  If you can get on the water