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Old 09-05-2011, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by RickI
I did the same thing as you did. I was uncertain if the wind would come back or not. It did but took about a half hour. It stayed sideshore as the squall approached, then shifted side offshore and then died as you noticed. The second squall did the same thing only went a bit higher. They guy was lucky to only end up doing some swimming. Lots of guys have been lofted and messed up in pretty much identical conditions. Thanks again for getting involved, we need to get more of the local guys on board with this.

I just looked up the livecam shot from this afternoon as the second squall moved in, see below. You can see two guys standing on the beach well inside the guarded area to the north. This will cost us this spot, count on it. If the wind is south we need to go someplace else where there is a downwind buffer zone.

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Originally Posted by dyyylan
Yeah those squalls were pretty intense. I sat under my kite for the first one and kited after it passed, one guy ended up getting caught in it when it switched offshore and ended up down the coast a bit.

Thanks for the reply
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