Seattle Downwind Video - SIC Bullet 14'

[Seattle-Wind]

We've got a little gem of a downwind spot locally near Seattle - relatively shallow depth (less than 100') and non-banked shoreline produce groomed rollers and the fun begins when the S wind gets to 20+ range...today it was 30 sustained gusting to the mid 40's. The best day I have ever seen this spot.

Did two runs totally around 14 miles - the weather went from sunny, to cloudy, then hail as you'll see.



The Bullet 14 is an absolute rocket when the wind exceeds 20, its like a steam locomotive that you can't slow down once gaining momentum.

[Takeo]

Cool video!  The SIC boards are simply amazing in downwind.  I love my 17 but wish I also had a 14 and 12. Thanks for sharing!

[DavidJohn]

Great vid.. 8 out of 10 for the dismount .. and 10 out of 10 for the boardies over wettie.. 

DJ

[Chilly]

Nice video and footwork. So what happen at the end? Feet were numb or just plain exhaustion. 

[Muskoka SUP]

Nice! 

Noticed you didn't have a leash, you forget in the excitement, or you just don't use one?....
Boards can get blown away waaay faster than anyone can swim. 

DS

[supdiscobay]

I love the snow on the peaks in the background!
Your are a long way from Maliko Bay.

[Shark]

Nice, I'll have to give it a try once I get a decent DW board.  BTW, the large building in the background starting at :08 is the Seahawks training facility.  Go Hawks!

[greatdane]

Very cool!  Glad to see the same wind got you guys and then came up & hit us in Bellingham... Gotta try your Bullet sometime!

[pdxmike]

Rastaman--if you don't mind my asking--where is that?

[Seattle-Wind]

Right here...

[greatdane]

Right here...

It's like the best part of Round the Rock (-:

[pdxmike]

Right here...

It's like the best part of Round the Rock (-:

It pretty much WOULD be Round the Rock, if you stopped halfway through and paddled back to where you started.   

Rastaman--thanks.  I knew it was Lake Washington, just couldn't tell where.   That's great you get those conditions there, right in town. 

[kayadogg]

rasta, what kind of mount do you have for your camera?  can you take a pic of it?  that Bullet looks fast and furious.

[Seattle-Wind]

PDX - It's great that it's so convenient, rarely does it blow gusting to the 40's, but 20-30s happen quite often and produce fun conditions with lots of glides.

Kayakdogg - it's the standard GoPro Suction cup mount. It was the first time I've used it, tied a safety leash to it in case it came off but it was rock solid through 2 downwind runs and driving on the freeway, I even fell on it at the end of the video and the suction stayed put, just bent the angle a bit 

[bbarry]

Great job on the vid Rasta - Several of us frequently do a shorter version of this run with a really easy shuttle from Newcastle Park to Coulon Park and back.  Usually we get 10-20's on the weekends, the really windy days seem reserved for mid week.

With no tidal influence ave speeds for our runs are quite consistent with me running around a 10:35 pace on my 12'6" Bark and a 10:10 on my 14 Coast Runner.   Last Sat was a bit windier more 15-25 than our normal 10-20 and the speed on the Coast Runner dropped to a 9:38 for the 4.5 mile run. 

From the looks of the vid, you were really smoking on the Bullet and I imagine your time was quite a bit better than the mid 9's.   

Bruce in Issaquah