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| Important notice from the Sturgeon General: the gorge is for paddlers who are comfortable on big waves. This is not a place to learn how to handle chop. | Important notice from the Sturgeon General: the gorge is for paddlers who are comfortable on big waves. This is not a place to learn how to handle chop. | ||
| - | Report: We mostly did two-a-day. Usually Bob's Beach to Home Valley was one, then Viento to Hood River the other. Never disappointed with any runs. Even Home Valley run was plenty chunky. On our first run (home valley) several of us strapped on our skinny boats. It was nice, but near my limit for skinny. I think Dmow strapped his skinny on again for a run, but mostly we all shifted to phat boats. I like my S1-X for most stuff, but don't think I have the right power-to-weight ratio for the big time.\\ | + | Report: We mostly did two-a-day. Usually Bob's Beach to Home Valley was one, then Viento to Hood River the other. Never disappointed with any runs. Even Home Valley run was plenty chunky. On our first run (home valley) several of us strapped on our skinny boats. It was nice, but near my limit for skinny. I think Dmow strapped his skinny on again for a run, but mostly we all shifted to phat boats. I like my S1-X for most stuff, but don't think I have the right power-to-weight ratio for the big time. |
| Duncan and Bob did most driving. I don't think we had to drop a set-car. for most runs there is quite a bit of driving for a good paddle, so the shuttle driver saves a ton of time and wet seats. I forgot that bridge of the gods toll is now $2.00. We were joined for one run by Peter M's old S1-X (owned and operated by local Larry Goodson). John R. came down for a couple days of howl. Gwen came down for one run and done. I noticed she had weeks of dust on her boat. There aint none now. The run she did with us was the pick of the litter. Thursday wind ranged from 35 to 40 as we put in at Viento and paddled like duckies to Hood River. Predictions were not big. Standing in Viento park seemed calm. First clue was Dean and Mark coming back from the beach saying, "Two man Carry". I've never paddled water like that before. I had seen it big in Swell City, but those were more chaotic. Larry had mentioned that when wind speed averages over 28mph, it is a breakpoint for wave character. These waves were visually intimidating, but if you had the heart to power up, they were crazy rideable. I would sometimes bury the bow in chop, but not in the big rollers. The wave speed was such that I could maintain velocity. I was feeling "fleet", but then I hear Gwen behind me yell, "Beep,beep: on your left" as she rips past like road runner. I mentioned before about John R, and Micheal M. doing side-surf on their V-8. That's a big wave and some great riding. Bob McB paddled his Aries OC-1 in that run and I could see the wind flipping the light weight boat around. John and Michael scouted out the inside passage of Wells Island and found good rides in there. There's also a lot of dead heads and barely visible pilings. I noticed where there's a shallow sand bar to the West of Wells, the big waves were foaming up. It was a wall of white water you could see from a long way off. At the end of the big Thursday run we're all standing around DK jumping from foot to foot asking him, "How big was THAT?… On a scale of one to ten?" Of course we want to hear him say "13". He had that wry little smile he gets and said "Oh, maybe eight". Then like a dad watching little kids excited over some new thing he smiles some more and lets us talk him up to eight and a half. I'll just tell you guys right here, it was a big day for little reivers. whooo haaww! If Carter gets a day like that on Race Day, he'll be picking up body parts all over the river. | Duncan and Bob did most driving. I don't think we had to drop a set-car. for most runs there is quite a bit of driving for a good paddle, so the shuttle driver saves a ton of time and wet seats. I forgot that bridge of the gods toll is now $2.00. We were joined for one run by Peter M's old S1-X (owned and operated by local Larry Goodson). John R. came down for a couple days of howl. Gwen came down for one run and done. I noticed she had weeks of dust on her boat. There aint none now. The run she did with us was the pick of the litter. Thursday wind ranged from 35 to 40 as we put in at Viento and paddled like duckies to Hood River. Predictions were not big. Standing in Viento park seemed calm. First clue was Dean and Mark coming back from the beach saying, "Two man Carry". I've never paddled water like that before. I had seen it big in Swell City, but those were more chaotic. Larry had mentioned that when wind speed averages over 28mph, it is a breakpoint for wave character. These waves were visually intimidating, but if you had the heart to power up, they were crazy rideable. I would sometimes bury the bow in chop, but not in the big rollers. The wave speed was such that I could maintain velocity. I was feeling "fleet", but then I hear Gwen behind me yell, "Beep,beep: on your left" as she rips past like road runner. I mentioned before about John R, and Micheal M. doing side-surf on their V-8. That's a big wave and some great riding. Bob McB paddled his Aries OC-1 in that run and I could see the wind flipping the light weight boat around. John and Michael scouted out the inside passage of Wells Island and found good rides in there. There's also a lot of dead heads and barely visible pilings. I noticed where there's a shallow sand bar to the West of Wells, the big waves were foaming up. It was a wall of white water you could see from a long way off. At the end of the big Thursday run we're all standing around DK jumping from foot to foot asking him, "How big was THAT?… On a scale of one to ten?" Of course we want to hear him say "13". He had that wry little smile he gets and said "Oh, maybe eight". Then like a dad watching little kids excited over some new thing he smiles some more and lets us talk him up to eight and a half. I'll just tell you guys right here, it was a big day for little reivers. whooo haaww! If Carter gets a day like that on Race Day, he'll be picking up body parts all over the river. | ||
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