Poll Results:
When are you coming to visit?
April: 14 votes (39%)
I live here!: 6 votes (17%)
Other: 4 votes (11%)
May and June tied with 3 votes each
Honorable Mention: Other - "every freakin' windy day!"
April, as always, is the popular month for spring windsurfing on the OBX. Its a great time for wind but wetsuits are usually still required. April is best summed up in one word: "Everything!" Basically, bring everything since it could be cold, warm, windy, calm, rainy, sunny, big surf, flat, etc...the only consistency is that it is warmer than March or February, and there is always
WindFest! As for wind, it is usually pretty windy with a range spanning one extreme to the other. Bring the 3.2m as well as the 7.0m.
By June we usually see the consistent near daily SW afternoon thermals in the 20 to 25mph range, no full-suits, warm air, and moderate to small surf. June though Sept is usually when I wear out my 5.3m!
Who knows though?! Given our windy and "warm" winter, hopefully it will carry into April, and on to June - summer! It would be great if my 4.7m could get as much water time as the 5.3m this year!
An Aerial Tour of Jockey's RidgeBack by popular demand, another aerial flight..this time over Jockey's Ridge. Its a high altitude view from the north end of the state park. Enjoy!
Caleb J, a regular on OBX Beach Life in windsurfing photos and video is a guitarist in the local band, The XBanders. He is working to promote his group though an online music promo event for online airplay. Visit Forbidden Radio to place your vote for the group. Only two clicks! Vote daily, and who knows, perhaps we will be hearing these guys regularly on 99.1 The Sound?!
