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The lakes are going to "Fire up," are you ready to go? OH my World! Fri, Sat, and Sunday in SW Minnesota BiG WINDS ARE a commin! (Three days in a row, and on a weekend)! That's this weekend June 20, 21 and 22. "BE there, aloha!" This means Faribault, Clear Lake, IA, Waseca (weed ...

Well, Last Friday I had my opening day for Windsurfing 2025. Last year it was on March 1st. I sailed the bigger lake of the Waseca lakes, (know as "also Clear Lake"). There are about 20 Lakes in Minnesota and Iowa called "Clear Lake." Everybody wants to call their lake "the ...

OOPS!!!! I meant to say both East Okaboji and West Okaboji in NW Iowa are open (NOT Lake Okabena in Worthington)... I doubt Worthington area lakes are open. However, I sure would like to know the situation on Big Spirit Lake. I may call the Loon bait shop near Spirit Lake for an update on Lake condi...

I'm wondering if anyone has sailed yet during this Windy March....A couple of bodies of water are open. Big Creek Lake, Ia, and Clear Lake looks all open on the live web cam. The Okabena Lakes (East and West) "look" open. Anyone know if Lake Pepin has opened up? Pete, Chris, or Tim S.? I t...

VIENTO and OPEN WATER and Whitecaps and Bald eagles and eager sailors ready to go!!!!! Big Creek Lake is near Polk City, Iowa. If you're itching to sail...there's the place,,,"Bob's Country Bunker"...."Here we are!" Check out some live web cams (The cam web site for all of Iowa, ...

The Sea was angry that day my friends...... Well, it's late February and it's looking like the lakes aren't going to open up AS early as last year. Opening day last year (for soft water sailing) was March 1st.!!!! I sailed four times in March and then it snowed on March 31st, (5 inches) and I went c...

Well, here we are.....waiting for Spring....Ice out.....unless you like Sailing on Ice. I want to promote "WIDE BOARD SAILING!!!! for the open water season of 2025.... I just think it's SO easy to forget how WIDE boards can really make ALL the difference in order to be planning instead of slogg...

Winter Windsurfing is Possible in Minnesota. If air temp. goes up into the forties, (a 50 degree temp. is even nicer) then there's open water on wide rivers, like the Mississippi, St. Croix River,,,ah...maybe that's it. Sure, it's nice to Ice sail, if you have an ice surfer...but it's kinda scarry b...

Thanks Bill for your comments. YOU know how to really "Dial In" squeeze out every onze of Sail power with the smaller gear! I on the other hand tend to sort of "cheat" and down hall (over maxed)..thus the 7.5 sail is just so easy to control (or too easy) and it's basically planni...

yEAH.....I last windsurfed on Saturday...Nov. 16th on Lake Cannon. Sunny Blue Sky day. About 14 cars in the lot. There as a an open space for me to park right up to the water's edge. Wow, already 10 sailors out there..on this beutiful (almost Summer looking day) but was really temp. wise around 48 t...

On Tuesday of Last week at Eagle Lake, Near Mankato, when jibing, I flipped the sail so fast that the boom (once coming around) came right back to my TWO hands, and I grabbed it! Is this what's called Gybing like a hero? Well, it felt good, maybe it's wrong but I liked it! Chime in if you have comme...

I, Quetzalcoatl was considering a long road trip to catch some wind in Eastern SD on Sunday last. But, when I checked the Sunday morning forecast, it looked like some of the cold front was now extending (a little) out of the Dakotas and "incapsulating" a bit of SW Minnesota. So,,,,,instead...

The term "Windsurfing" might excite more newcomers if the term were to be switched to "Sailsurfing." I say this for two reasons: 1) Sailsurfing visually places a sail to a surfboard. With Windsurfing, some people just can't figure out "how can you surf the wind on just a boa...

WOW,,,,We"ve got WIND!!!!!! Sure glad I kept my 2.8 Comabat sail! I DO have a mast for it too! Unfortunely I'm at work.... Isn't the Worthington Windsurf Regatta and Unvarnished Music Festival THIS weekend? If you're not at work, Then you should be WINDSURFING right now. No EXCSUSES! Sail hard ...

On Saturday, April 13th, "I'm going Windsurfing!"

Quetzalcoatl out.

Greetings Hutch: Great to hear from you. I'm still enjoying your Ezzy 8.0 Freeride sail. But I don't think you are giving up windsurfing completely because you didn,t include your 8.5 Ezzy Cheetah on your for sale list. My current cell phone is 507-261-1901. Safe Journeys. Eric. AKA----Quetzacoatl.

Yeah. Wind was weaker on Pepin that day,,but also later in the day around 4:30 pm.

PS: My "Wave Sail" is a 7.5!!!!

Quetzalcoatl out.

Glad to hear it.

Yo, Quetzalcoatl, DID sail on Friday, March 1st, 2024. I launched from Roadside Park two miles upstream from Lake City. All open water and I never had a "lull" moment. Air was real warm, fingers never felt cold. I had my Dry-suit on, Hood and 6mm thick booties. Dakine Mitts with a big hole...

See you there. I'll be rolling in before 1200? Eric F.