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Getting Through Summer
It feels like the summer wind pattern may have set in. It might spike up again with useable wind so don't hold me to that OK.
Still, assuming the wind goes the normal route, what are folks planning to help displace windlust in the calm times? Have any summer trips laid on, any getting into standup, diving, knitting?. What's your plan this season?
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im going to Bolivia in south america for a month on the 29 of june.
winter time over there.....shucks |
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What about white water rafting? You could always hop a flight over to Chile for some skiing? Have yet to make it to SA in winter. Have fun down there, at least it shouldn't be that hot.
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yea, I was thinking of going to chile while im down there. There's some good skiing and snowboarding there. Its gonna be a 13 hour drive to go there, but its worth it.
Winter in south america is basically pretty cold during the morning, 65-75 degrees F tops during the afternoon and 30 degrees F during the winter. What are you doing over the summer Rick? |
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Hope you make it and be sure to tell us how it goes. Also, if you see Warren Miller, say hi.
I suspect I'll be wind waiting with everyone else and shifting focus back into free diving. There are some good articles coming up on that soon for the "Something Rich and Strange" forum. Should be interesting, no end of great stories out there. Just did a quick stint in the Grenadines largely to get wind-skunked but it was great all the same. Beyond that ... ? What are other folks planning for the summer?
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You should consider going to Dominican Republic during July.
Wind is epic and its cheap! |
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How is everyone coping out there? Unlike some guys, I think I've only made it out twice in some weeks. Looking forward to useable winds in fall. Any wind trip reports out there?
I have eased back into free diving to help things along. Clearer water isn't hard to find absent wind in SE Florida. In the meantime, I've rediscovered the ease of scooter diving, did about 8 free dives to 100 - 115 ft. on a large wreck in the Keys. Just like kiteboarding, don't go further (deeper or longer) than you are willing to swim back from. Blackout is a bugger too, like squalls it has taken lots over the years.
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summer
Its been great down here in marathon, at least every other week the wind has been blowing (with the 15 omega, and a 148 prodigy) and when its not the freedivings' good, and the stand up paddel board has been keeping going. Now its lobster season, anything to keep me in the water.
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Went to Bolivia for a month and didn't bring equipment because its a landlocked country with no ocean, even though Lake Titicaca was tempting( highest and deepest lake in the world). Went to La paz than Cochabamba and stayed with family, ate great food, and partied my butt off!
So now im here waiting for the unexpected wind that we have in miami. |
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Looks like we might be back to light summer winds for a while. Hang in there guys, cold fronts are coming, soon we hope!
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