Updating videos

I have been in the process of updating the videos to a better quality and in HD. The Long Beach vid from June 16 is now done and the others will be updated as I go along. To watch the video in HD, start it and then you will notice an icon on the right saying "HD is off". If you click on this, you can watch the HD video on vimeo. The HD quality is much better.

It seems that the video are of better quality when you watch them on vimeo as opposed to the embedded video on this blog. To do this just click on "vimeo" on the bottom right of the vid.

Quiet week on Lake Ontario (a few days of 7.5) but early next week is looking promising!

Good times at Long Beach (new vid in HD)

What a great day at Long Beach last Wednesday. Winds were from the SW at 20-30 knots with a good number of windsurfers (Ke, Denny, John, Dirk, Bob, Rob, Dan, Chris, Cliff plus many more with names that I do not know or forgot--sorry, will get it right soon!). I tried to get a few of you on the clip below. Works best if I am near you but it did not turn too bad I think. Got a bit of Cliff doing a loop. Sail sizes were somewhere in the 4.0 to 5.0 range.

Long Beach June 16 2010 (new) from jf lamarche on Vimeo.

Finally some wind! What a spring.

Denny and I went to the park just before Niagara-on-the-Lake. This is a great spot for NE winds. Today we were on our 7.5/8.0 with winds in the 15-19 knots range. It picked-up nicely around 2pm and we were both fully powered. The water is warmer (around 19 degrees). For those who kitesurf, there was one at the park and he launched just a bit downwind from us in a clearing near a rocky point. Directly across, although hard to see, is the CN tower in Toronto (maybe 22 nautical miles across).

Great spot. When you arrive, take the small road that will lead you to the very far left (west) part of the park. There, you can rig and walk about 10 yards to the water. Here is a clip from today.

Niagara-on-the-Lake, June 15 2010 with Denny from jf lamarche on Vimeo.