Downwind Foiling Hood River, Great Conditions, Ride Guide

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Күн бұрын

June 2024 trip to Hood River Oregon. Awesome trip, to a beautiful place. Give a overview of this specail spot. Downwind foiling was great. Did one session of winging. Little bit of biking. Headed East to the desert had a great day there too!!
Times Codes:
0:00 Downwind Riding at the Hatchery
4:29 Gorge Overview
6:18 Event Site, Sandy Spit Kiteboarding Spot
7:18 View of Hood River
7:35 Race
10:35 East Arlington
14:00 Scenic White Salmon
15:45 Bike
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@mikeinhoodriver 7 күн бұрын

Glad you liked our town! Been here 45 years and still can’t get enough. 🤙🏼😎🏄‍♀️

@michaelpisarczyk6465 7 күн бұрын

I can understand that. Beautiful spot your in.!

@shreddagorge 5 күн бұрын

You lucked out. It sucks there! Folks you'll be disappointed if you come... 😉

@hirthproductions988 7 күн бұрын

Great job filming and explaining the Gorge DW scene. It's been a long time since I've been there for windsurfing in the 1990s and later kiting in the in the early 20s. After watching this video, I would love to go back and DW it.

@michaelpisarczyk6465 7 күн бұрын

Thanks. Great crew of people sending it. Lots of fun, talking while waiting and shuttling. Gives your body a break and great to slow down and actually talk. Generally I’m one of those guys who doesn’t sit around much after sessions. Nice change

@patrickrebstock200 8 күн бұрын

Looks like you had a great trip, best part is the realization how you have epic conditions at home to foil on the Great Lakes too!

@michaelpisarczyk6465 8 күн бұрын

Thanks Patrick.! Ya when the Great Lakes are on its world class. Blessed. And now have the toys to unlock all its potential!

@64brutus 8 күн бұрын

Great video! You were riding with my buddy - Bob! Great drone footage! Glad you had a great trip!

@michaelpisarczyk6465 8 күн бұрын

Yes it was a pleasure to ride and get to know Bob a little bit. Small world

@kippywylie 6 күн бұрын

"Getting over a cold".... Sometimes this is River Nose which is the legacy often from the pollen floating on the surface getting rammed up into your sinuses in crashes

@michaelpisarczyk6465 5 күн бұрын

No shit!!! When I got home I could feel my sinuses. I actually was flushing my nose with salt water and breathing eucalyptus steam. All good now. Thanks for the info.

@user-yx7bg1wu1b 8 күн бұрын

epic trip! looks so fun.

@michaelpisarczyk6465 8 күн бұрын

Thanks! Was awesome

@ieism1 8 күн бұрын

My first introduction to sports was a VHS tape about Hood river about 35 years ago. I still remember watching that dozens of times. I was sick at home for 6 months, and after buying my first windsurf sail would sneak into the garden when my parents were gone and rig the sail and pretend I was surfing. This exhausted me to the point that I could not walk inside anymore, but my perents never found out. When I got a little better I started mounting the sail to a skateboard, and a year later I was on the water for real. At 48 years old now, I'm no longer windsurfing but foiling and kitefoiling are even better.

@michaelpisarczyk6465 8 күн бұрын

Haaa Love it! Thanks for sharing. 35 years ago wow. Incredible to see people more “matured” and still frothing like a kid on candy store. Started playing in the water, in my youth. My love and passion for the water only grows.

@kippywylie 6 күн бұрын

@@michaelpisarczyk6465 74 years old living 3 hours north of the Gorge. 1991 I was completely shocked when I first observed higher wind windsurfing.... grabbed the keys and raced to a shop and got my start. Since then it's been an almost constant with weekly runs south to Hood River, Arlington, and all the spots on the entire 70 miles of river. Now I'm finally starting to Wing after 10 years of kite foiling and the juice has me completely stoked again.

@michaelpisarczyk6465 5 күн бұрын

Beautiful sir! I hope one day I can share a similar story. I have so much respect for you and the “OG’s” still killing it. I think there’s something about the water and these sports, once you get a taste it grabs a hold. Keeps you in shape and always searching for that next high. I believe so good for mind and body. Have a good one 🤙

@rickdevine4150 5 күн бұрын

I know the video I had it as well . Made it there in 1990”s. Been surfing ever since

@shreddagorge 5 күн бұрын

Rod Parmenter made those early windsurf videos, and he is killing it as a downwind foiler here now.

@ironphil62 8 күн бұрын

👍🍺

@kiter9271 8 күн бұрын

17:55 Nice compilation. BTW : The FarcEast Gorge Wallula Gap ala Port Kelly will blow your mind if you ever get to see it when its firing...swells are tilted football fields genuine breaking coast like unbelievable for inland. I wrote a few stories about windsurfing Port K in the '90s for a local mag.

@michaelpisarczyk6465 8 күн бұрын

Wow sounds amazing. I’ll be back one day forsure!

@russellzauner 4 күн бұрын

Grab a dry bag and get camping :-) There is a lot of water in the state and having to walk around it sucks lol

@michaelpisarczyk6465 4 күн бұрын

@benclark4865 8 күн бұрын

Great video thanks! I'm doing my first trip this summer too. What foils do you recommend? I ride Lift and am probably a similar weight and skill level to you. I was going to bring the 150 and 120, but since the 130 and 110 just came out, now I'm considering them instead. What did you ride and what do you recommend? Thanks!

@michaelpisarczyk6465 8 күн бұрын

Thanks!! Was on the 150 HAX probably 75 percent of the time. Then got to demo the 130. 130 was sooo good! Top end excellent and awesome low end and glide was what really impressed me. That 130 will be my go to for big days.

@kylemaligro 8 күн бұрын

Heck yeah! Good vid of the hood and east! Love this place and can’t wait to be there in a few weeks. Yeeeeew!!

@hhhancock167 2 күн бұрын

Great video. Which drone do you have or recommend?

@michaelpisarczyk6465 Күн бұрын

DJI mini 4 pro. It’s awesome, was little worried how it would do in high wind but handled it well

@walterbunso3675 7 күн бұрын

I'm heading up to the UP for the summer. Are the conditions good for winging on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior over the summer. Like over 11 ? knots

@michaelpisarczyk6465 7 күн бұрын

It’s all frontal. High and lows. But if you’re there for the summer. You’ll definitely score somedays! Had a good one today

@freddy82 7 күн бұрын

Which lift foils were you riding for the downwind?

@michaelpisarczyk6465 6 күн бұрын

150HAX and 130HAX. 130 was amazing when it was big

@tommy85 8 күн бұрын

Great video! I'm a decent winger and wanting to get into downwinding. What length mast are you using? What size foil? Looks super fun!

@michaelpisarczyk6465 7 күн бұрын

Thanks! I use short mast downwinding. Lift 28” M2. (72cm) Sometimes 32 but getting the small one dailed. Daily driver would be the 150 HAX. I demoed the 130 HAX on the bigger days. Was amazing. 130 I’ll use when it’s firing at home. Highly recommend DW!!!

@Fjordjumper 8 күн бұрын

As a Great Lakes waterman you are an inspiration, man. Thanks for sharing. Question: when conditions are great do you prefer downwinding to winging?

@michaelpisarczyk6465 8 күн бұрын

Thanks!!! I prefer downwinding. It’s the pinnacle for me. Freedom of not having to manage a wing and solely play with the water is amazing. Fall or make a bad decision you pay the price with a laborious paddle up. Can be bit of a chess game at times. The connection to the water and being able to read waves is like nothing else.