Brutal Downwinder

[PonoBill]

Looks great, I love Arlington runs but I'm kind of glad I didn't go. My shoulder was definitely dodgy for the first half of the run, and it was hard getting back on the board the one time I fell. If Rod was falling, I would have been wet the whole trip.

[starman]

The guys I was with had a tough time getting around Mitchell point--they said it took them 45 minutes to get around it.

That is absolutely brutal. That place is always a mess on a good day so I can't imagine spending 45 minutes there.

[JP4]

Looks great, I love Arlington runs but I'm kind of glad I didn't go. My shoulder was definitely dodgy for the first half of the run, and it was hard getting back on the board the one time I fell. If Rod was falling, I would have been wet the whole trip.

It was pretty fun for sure. Though it was just about as windy as it gets out there, at least for sane people, the swell was not nearly the size it can be. Probably not much more than head high. I'm not sure why, as it was a steady blast all the way from The Dalles, so plenty of fetch. I remember back in '97 when we had really high water the swell was generally smaller, so maybe that's it. Still, it's pretty fun to be able just stand there and be blown onto a bump if you get tired of paddling.

Boy they've done a great job attracting people to the new Arlington launch. Virtually no one sailing or kiting Maryhill, The Wall, or Rufus on the way out. Maybe a total of 6 people between them, despite epic conditions. There were probably 30 cars at Arlington. A far cry from the old days of trying to haul our gear up the rocks in overhead swell way back when.
It's pretty sweet to be able to paddle under the freeway and right into that nice park out of the wind and into the comfort of the grass and shade. Such a contrast to the chaos that lurks outside the jetty.
JP

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[JP4]

Arlington yesterday. Photo poached from Russel P.

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