Friday, 25 Jun 2011

Winds: SW 11-14. Forecast 7. 16m. Spleene Board. Opal Beach Session. Water: couldn't really see the salad within first sandbar, but water was green. Murk further out. Waves: knee high first sandbar, chop. Forecast wrong again, but I managed to squeeze in a session that got better as the sun set. Tourists impressed.

Sunday, June 19 2011

Winds: SW 10. Forecast 20. 16m. Spleene Board. Opal Beach Session. Water: salad getting thicker. Waves: knee high on first sandbar. Yeah, weatherman didn't deliver today. I was expecting ripping winds. Also, a damn redneck sets up a pole in the middle of three kiters..speechless.

Wednesday, 15 Jun 2011

Winds: WSW 15. 16m. Spleene Board. Opal Beach Session. Water: seaweed thick a few feet from shore, clearer out. Waves: mostly butter, small chop. Oh boy, I'm tired. My forearms are killing me. We've taken full advantage of the wind recently, and we are all exhausted.

Tuesday, 14 Jun 2011

Winds: W 16. 16m. Spleene Board. Opal Beach Session. Water: clear, seaweed on bottom of first sandbar. Waves: practically butter, a little chop. Freaking sweet session. Very high jumps, air jibes, high speed high fives. Had a lot of control and a lot of room to move around the beach--very empty. One of the better sessions of the year.

Saturday, 11 Jun 2011

Winds: SW 14-15. 16m. Spleene Board. Opal Beach Session. Water: sprigs but clear. Waves: butter day. Area where we would like to kiteboard was barricaded off at its parking lot. Not comfortable having to operate near crowds, but necessary. Had a safety issue, but we handled it well and no one got hurt. Nice session though: four of us at the beach!

Friday, 10 Jun 2011

Winds: WSW 13. 16m. Spleene Board. Opal Beach Session. Water: sprigs but clear, feeding frenzies along first sand bar, moving west. Salad sunken at second sandbar. Waves: butter day. Park ranger approached me saying kiteboarding wasn't allowed. Fortunately, I had a print out of the park rules to say otherwise for Opal Beach. She was polite and left me back to my session. Big thunderhead over Pensacola cut session short.

Friday, 3 Jun 2011

Winds: W 14. 16m. Spleene Board. Opal Beach Session. Water: sprigs still abound but clear. Getting late when I set up, so dark water. Waves: butter day, few calf high on first sandbar. My entry ticket is good for a week so I put it to use. Had the whole park to myself: nice. Good floaty jumps. Relaxing session overall. I love it when conditions are favorable.