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Hood River Daily Wind Diary 1998

((((Just a note to do justice to the Hood River wind diary: I remember

sending in a wind diary entry for Monday June 15, 1998. It was one of the

most unbelievably insane days in history. WAY beyond a typical "Nukin"

day. The September/October issue of Windsurfing Magazine has a brief story

about that day with photos. Unfortunately most (probably all) of the

photos are not from that day. Some of the photos weren't even taken at

Doug's! Most of the sailors in the article weren't even in the Gorge that

day. Pascal Hardy was in Quebec. Chris Wymann wasn't in the Gorge then

either. The photos of Carl Meinberg and myself were taken at Doug's, but

either they were taken later in the day when the wind had backed off, or

were taken on a different day altogether. During the mid-afternoon, the

river was a haze of solid spray, and the swells were XXL. The photos in

that article are representative of really good 3.7 spring/early summer

conditions in the Gorge. However, those photos don't do justice to some of

the extreme "off the charts" days we've had in 1998 - especially June 15,

1998!))))

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