Snow or Water this Weekend

ChristianS. · Post by **ChristianS.** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:19 pm

Does any of you guys know how far North to go for good snow kiting or how far South to go for good water kiting this coming long week end?
I am located in Hudson just east of the Twin Cities.

Mike W · Post by **Mike W** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:35 pm

Christian, if there is any wind soon, Cannon in Faribault still has a bunch of snow. Mille Lacs and Sturgeon Lake both still have snow. Mille Lacs is definitely a better spot though.

Some of the guys from Iowa have been on the H20 already near Des Moines. Look through the posts from the last coupld of weeks to find out more about that.

Dave Z · Post by **Dave Z** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:45 pm

Clear Lake, Iowa is open:

http://www.clearlakeiowa.com/html/comm/live.html

Mike W · Post by **Mike W** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 1:25 pm

Wow, that surprises me. I am there for a kiting session as soon as we get a warm day with decent wind.

Boardsports USA · Post by **Boardsports USA** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:35 pm

Ok...Who has the goods on Spirit Lake?? Is it good for kiting? Launch areas? Shallow sandy beaches? Are there different launch sites for different wind directions etc?

Might have to make the trip...

Jason & Family

Dave Z · Post by **Dave Z** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 3:06 pm

Better check with the locals ( http://www.kiteboardokoboji.com/ ) down there. Looks like 'boji is still iced:

http://www.okoboji.com/live/big_picture/

http://webcams.okoboji.com/CAM2/WEBCAM/index.htm

steveb · Post by **steveb** » Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:28 pm

Christian, as of today Cedar still has cover, I'll post Friday if we still have some white stuff, Saturday is supposed to be 10mph from the west.

cp2616 · Post by **cp2616** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 3:59 pm

Well there were still ice fisherman on Spirit last weekend and pretty solid looking. There was a big open spot on the North side about a month ago so it might be OK. There are several open spots on a couple the other lakes that might be ridable. I'll make a run up to Spirit tonight and report any good news! However, not much in the way of wind forcast this weekend.

Casey

cp2616 · Post by **cp2616** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 7:03 pm

Spirit is over 3/4 open on the north side, so it is ridable.

There were still some crazy ice fisherman on the south side of the lake out in the middle. So, maybe you could hit the snow and the water on the same lake.

Casey