It was supposed to be a day of taking the old shed siding to the dump by Skidoo. But the weather was so windy and snowy and thus slushy that I couldn’t go.
I got my wing pump from the Launch Pad and waited until the blizzard was over. My 4 year old 6m Duotone Echo wing was ready along with my 25 year old Blizzard skiis.
Sadly the wind was dropping off as the skies cleared a bit. I got a nice bit of momentum coming down the luge track from the balcony but soon the slush was slowing me down.
I did 1.1km heading out to Bill and Christine’s and back. By then I was done with the gusty wind in the Harbour. I really only got going when I caught a gust in fresh snow near a previously packed down Skidoo track.
An hour later we got our building permit for the new place out on the island. Next year I’ll be rigged and ready to take advantage of the conditions whenever it is windy!
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| I had fun |
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| My GPS trail on a summer satellite image |
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| Webcam capture |
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| iWindsurf with some misleading wind direction information |
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| The shed pile that didn’t get moved in the wind. |
Here’s a video on Vimeo including some shots from my webcams:
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