Horseneck skinny
Mon, 10/17/2011 - 10:43
Dux, you asked too many questions for a response in the shout box. Horseneck has a number of access points. We chose the town lot because there is more sand and less pebbles. Also wanted to stay out of the way of the windsurfers, and sometimes there are also a fair number of tourists walking along which can get sketchy in the radical conditions we had. Of course Town Beach is not open to non-residents during the summer.
Waves vary a lot depending on tide. There is a sand bar at the entrance of Westport harbor which can be good, but where you were sets up really nice too. The serious waves riders will go downwind the whole length of the beach and then kite way offshore to get back up wind and ride that conveyor all day long. What a weekend!
Jean
Mon, 10/17/2011 - 10:49
#1
I will say the one downside
I will say the one downside to the spot we were at was that the beach had lots of rocks and trash at the waters edge up maybe 100' then good sand.
That was probably the most fun I have ever had in the waves...ever.
some of the faces on the outside were 10-12-15' from the top to the bottom.
Insane.
Mon, 10/17/2011 - 13:10
#3
Newcomb
Jean,
On Saturday I showed up at WD but could not kite as it was too windy for my level and 9m kite so we went to Wellfleet oyster fest.
On the East side they have the Newcomb beach, we parked the car there and took a shuttle school bus for the fest. Have you checked this beach out before? It was completely offshore then but the waves were huge. Very clean, well spaced 8 - 10 foot waves. I was surprised there were no surfers except for a seal.
Here's a link http://www.surfwellfleet.com/beach_newcomb.htm
Later on we pushed up to Ptown as it's only 15 more miles. Just before the town limit sign there is Pilgrim lake, I don't know if this is kiteable but it was butter flat, even with this high wind. Anyone knows?
Mon, 10/17/2011 - 14:32
#4
I have done 10 mile
I have done 10 mile downwinders down that coast in an Northeast wind, a kitesurfer paradise. Not a huge flat water fan so I don't know about access to Pilgrim Pond. Shane has a place near there.
Mon, 10/17/2011 - 13:33
#5
The direction of the
The direction of the beach/waves relative to the wind is quite different also.
in a wsw up by the river it is more sideshore and smaller waves, down by the pavilion it more onshore and bigger, so you can choose which you prefer and move up and down the beach for variety.
in other directions i.e. NW the river is too offshore and really only ridable by the pavilion. Same in a E to ENE, which is too offshore at the pavillion, but ridable near the river.
Also crowds may influence where you ride, especially when some riders watch the waves and not where they are going! 
On that note if you are new to riding in the surf the common etiquette is to stay clear of the person riding a waves. Wave riders will go downwind fast, so if you see someone on a wave and are headed out try not sail out right downwind of them... or at least keep your kite low if you do. and if you are coming in and not really riding a wave watch out upwind for people surfing the wave downwind toward you .
Mon, 10/17/2011 - 14:34
#6
Good to know. Did I cut you
Good to know. Did I cut you off yesterday?!?!!?!?
Mon, 10/17/2011 - 14:54
#7
Wasn't watching carefully
Wasn't watching carefully enough to know...only way I usually find out is when I feel my kite bumping into something in the sky. I don't really stress out about it and just accept that it is just part of kiting with others.
I do try to look ahead before dropping in , but once on a wave tend to watch the wave and am not as careful as I should be at looking where others are. usually in the last minute I will move by kite avoid collision, but probably sometimes cause undue stress on others who have less tolerance for close quarters kiting
Mon, 10/17/2011 - 21:55
#8
I notice you ride with
I notice you ride with smaller kites and move them more. I am eager to go in that direction myself, but it would seem you need plenty of radius to be swinging it like a hyperactive monkey
Yeah I think the farther downwind you go the bigger they get.
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